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Kashmiri poet and independence activist

Sarwanand Koul Premi

Sarwanand Koul Premi, also spelled Sarvanand Kaul Premi (2 November 1924 – 1 May 1990), was a Kashmiri poet, journalist, research scholar, Gandhian, social reformer and independence activist living in Jammu & Kashmir, India. Along with his young married son, Verinder (27), he was kidnapped, tortured and killed by Islamic terrorists in 1990.

For a few years he worked for the Village and the Khadi Industries Board (a state enterprise) as well as the Industries Department of Punjab. He returned to Kashmir and joined the education department of Jammu and Kashmir as a teacher from 1954 to 1977.

Published work

  • Kalami Premi
  • Payami Premi
  • Rood Jeri
  • Osh ta Vush
  • Gitanjanli (Translations)
  • Russi Padshah Katha
  • Panctchadar (poetic collections)
  • Bakhti Koosum
  • Akhri Mulaqat
  • Mathur Devi
  • MIrza Kak (life and works)
  • Mirza Kak Ji Wakhs
  • Kashmiri ki beeti
  • Bagwat Gita (Translations 1)
  • Taj
  • Rupa Bhawani

Death

News report on Mr. Sarwanand Premi and Virender Premi's murder

He along with his son was murdered and hanged by Kashmiri Islamic separatist militants on 1 May 1990.

References

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  2. "Real Tragedy of Kashmir". www.kashmirherald.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "The Unsung Hero of Kashmiriyat - Sarwanand Kaul Premi - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimesnews.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. Editorjknews. "JKCA pays tributes to the Sarwanand Koul Premi on his 27th death anniversary". jknewspoint.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "Banished from Home ~ I - The Statesman". The Statesman. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. "Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: What happened on January 19, 26 years ago?". India Today. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. "Pandita, R. (2007). Pt. Sarwanand Kaul Premi. Retrieved from". Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 585–. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  9. "Why did terrorists kill my father: Kashmiri Pandit poet's son recalls night clock stopped ticking for him". 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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