Pen name Hans Name Uday Hans Role Poet | Nationality Indian | |
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Uday Bhanu is a Hindi poet. He was bestowed with the title of the state poet of Haryana when Haryana was carved out as a new state in 1966.
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- Uday Bhanu hans ji Urdu Saraiki Poet LIVE WITH OUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS
- Uday Bhanu Hans Talk About Manto
- Poetry
- Books written about him
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Poetry
Books written about him
Awards
When Haryana was carved out as a separate state in 1966, Uday Bhanu was declared as the state poet of Haryana. He was awarded Sur Puruskar in 2006 and Haryana Sahitya Rattan Samman in 2009 by Haryana Sahitya Akademi. Uday Bhanu Hans Awards are given every year in his honour.
Personal life
Uday Bhanu was born on 2 August 1926 at Daira Din Panah in Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan. His family shifted to Hisar after partition of India in 1947 when he was 21 years old. He completed his Master of Arts in Hindi language and joined as a teacher. Yashpal Sharma was one of his students. He retired as principal of Government College, Hisar and now lives in Hisar. He is also the secretary of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and member of advisory committee of Haryana Sahitya Akademi.