Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh at a reading in New Delhi Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write ''Train to Pakistan'' in 1956 (made into film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel.

Born in Punjab, Khushwant Singh was educated in Modern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, and graduated from Government College, Lahore. He studied at King's College London and was awarded an LL.B. from University of London. He was called to the bar at the London Inner Temple. After working as a lawyer in Lahore High Court for eight years, he joined the Indian Foreign Service upon the Independence of India from British Empire in 1947. He was appointed journalist in the All India Radio in 1951 and then moved to the Department of Mass Communications of UNESCO in Paris in 1956. These last two careers encouraged him to pursue a literary career. As a writer, he was best known for his trenchant secularism, humour, sarcasm and an abiding love of poetry. His comparisons of social and behavioural characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit. He served as the editor of several literary and news magazines, as well as two newspapers, through the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1980 and 1986 he served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

Khushwant Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974; however, he returned the award in 1984 in protest against Operation Blue Star in which the Indian Army raided Amritsar. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1962
    London : Allen & Unwin, 1962.
    237 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
    Also issued online.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1976
    Delhi : Hind Pocket Books, 1976.
    151 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1978
    New Delhi : Orient Paperbacks, c1978.
    197 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1953
    Nawīṃ Dillī : Ammritasara : Ḵẖushawanta Siṅgha ; Milaṇa dā patā Sikha Pabalishiṅga Hāūsa, [1953]
    143 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1950
    London : Saturn Press, 1950.
    122 p. ; 22 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1970
    Bombay, Jaico Pub. House [1970, c1966]
    100 p. illus. 17 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1977
    Bombay : India Book House, 1977.
    150 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1974
    Bombay : IBH Pub. Co., 1974.
    288 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1979
    New Delhi : Vision Books, 1979.
    184 p. ; 23 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1971
    [Delhi] Hind Pocket Books [1971]
    136 p. 18 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1970
    Bombay, IBH Pub. Co. [1970]
    232 p. 18 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1982
    Delhi : Orient Paperbacks, c1982.
    151 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1979
    New Delhi : Vision Books, 1979.
    1 online resource (184 p.)
    Center for Research Libraries
    Online Resource
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1981
    Bombay : IBH Pub. Co., 1981.
    195 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Khushwant Singh, 1915-
    Published 1968
    Madras, University of Madras, 1968.
    vii, 38 p. 25 cm.
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    by Singh, Satindra
    Published 1972
    Bombay, Jaico Pub. House, 1972.
    xiv, 105 p. 19 cm.
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    Published 1975
    Bombay : Orient Longman, 1975.
    xv, 119 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    by Amrita Pritam, 1919-
    Published 1964
    Bombay : Jaico Pub. House, 1964.
    105 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Nānak, Guru, 1469-1538
    Published 1969
    [New Delhi] Orient Longmans [1969]
    xv, 193 p. 22 cm.
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    by Singh, Satindra
    Published 1972
    Bombay, Jaico Pub. House, 1972.
    1 online resource (xiv, 105 p.)
    Other Authors: “...Khushwant Singh, 1915-...”
    Center for Research Libraries
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