Write about Khushwant Singh?
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Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 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.
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Khushwant Singh: Noted writer and journalist
Novelist, journalist, diplomat and lawyer, he is today best known for his literary works. Winner of Padma Vibhushan and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, he wrote his most notable work, Train to Pakistan, recounting his experiences of the partition of India
Khushwant Singh was the editor of several reputed newspapers and magazines such as The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald and Hindustan Times.(Illustration: Gajanan Nirphale)
Born to Sir Sobha Singh, a prominent builder, and Veeran Bai at Hadali in Punjab’s Khushab district (now in Pakistan). During those times, most births and deaths were not recorded. Therefore, his father simply wrote February 2, 1915, while he was admitting Khushwant Singh to Modern School in Delhi. Although his beloved grandmother, Lakshmi Bai said he was born in August, prompting Singh to later “set his birthday” to August 15. His grandmother had given him the name Khushal Singh and his pet name was “Shalee”. He chose Khushwant as his first name to rhyme with that of Bhagwant, his elder brother. He believed that his new name was “self-manufactured and meaningless.”