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Aug 31, 2020 · More than 15 years after her death in 2005, Amrita Pritam is still a constant presence in the life of Inderjeet alias Imroz, an artist whom she met nearly 63 years ago. The two never married, but had a live-in relationship for 40 years.
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Partition of India. One million people, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims died from communal violence that followed the partition of India in 1947, and left Amrita Pritam a Punjabi refugee at age 28, when she left Lahore and moved to New Delhi.
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Amrita Pritam was born Amrit Kaur Outlook India on Sunday, 31 August 1919 (age 86 years; at the time of death) in Gujranwala, Punjab, British India. Her zodiac sign was Scorpio. She was born in Punjab, but after her mother’s death, she moved to Lahore with her father.
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Amrita’s father’s name is Kartar Singh Hitkari, who was a poet. Her father knew the Braj Bhasha language, and he was a pracharak – a preacher of the Sikh faith. Her mother’s name is Raj Bibi, who was a teacher.
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Amrita got married to Pritam Singh, who was an editor in 1936 when she was sixteen years old. She was engaged to him since childhood. Amrita got divorced in 1960. They had a son, Navraj Kwatra and a daughter Kandlla. Her son was murdered in Elysee Colony, Borivilli, Mumbai. After her divorce, in her poems, she started expressing how unhappy she was in her marriage. In an interview, she became more productive after her divorce and said,
In the 1960s, she fell in love with the poet Sahir Ludhianvi. She was so in love with him that many of her poetries were about him. Sahir left her for singer Sudha Malhotra. After their breakup, her sadness and loneliness could be seen in her poems. Amrita expressed her love for Sahir in her autobiography Rasidi Ticket. In the book, she said that s...
According to Amrita, she became an atheist after her mother’s death. In an interview, she talked about how she lost faith in god after her mother’s death and said,
When she was in Lahore, she used to work at a radio station there. In 1947, after the partition, when she came to Delhi, she worked in the Punjabi service of All India Radio, Delhi until 1961. Amrita started her career at a very young age. When she was sixteen years old, she wrote her first poem Amrit Lehran that got published in 1936. In 1950, she...
Amrita was a controversial writer who wrote about women’s rights and feelings. In 2015, a writer, Gurbachan Singh Bhullar criticized Amrita in his novel for her relationship with different men. He wrote that Amrita was a selfish woman using men to her advantage to achieve fame. Later, one of the critiques, Amiya Kanwar, rejected the allegation and ...
1956: Sahitya Akademi Award for the Punjabi poem, Sunehade1969: Padma Shri AwardAmrita Pritam receiving Padma Shri Award1973: Delhi University confers its D. Litt.1973: Jabalpur Uniersity confers its D. Litt.1979: Vaptsarov Award from the Republic of Bulgaria1981: Bharatiya Jnanpith Award for the book Kagaz Te CanvasAmrita died on 31 October 2005 in her house in Hauz Khaz, Delhi due to a long illness. Hindustan Times
In 1936, she married Pritam Singh and changed her name from Amrit Kaur to Amrita after getting married to him.
Aug 30, 2020 · LAST PUBLISHED 30.08.2020 | 10:00 AM IST. Celebrated poet and novelist Amrita Pritam is one of the most recognized Punjabi authors of the 20th century. Although she has more than 100 books to...
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Aug 31, 2019 · He still talks like ‘Amrita eddan kardi hai’ (Amrita does like this) not ‘Amrita eddan kar di si’(She used to do like this). For him she is still alive,” shares Kunwar.
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Aug 30, 2016 · Amrita Pritam survives today in all her works, as alive as her language; simple and lyrical, sad yet uplifting, honest and unpretentious, leaving us hoping the words she wrote for Imroz come true.
Jun 7, 2024 · Amrita Pritam, a well-known name in Indian literature, is beloved by millions. She was born on August 31, 1919, in Gujranwala, Punjab (now in Pakistan), during a time of great upheaval due to partition. Her life reflects the emotions and complexities found in her well-known works. Here are 10 fascinating facts about this iconic figure.
