Bhisham Sahni

Bhisham Sahni was a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas , a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002.

Bhisham Sahni was born onAugust 1915 in Rawalpindi. He earned a masters degree in English Literature from Government College in Lahore, and a Ph.D from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1958.

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