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Mulk Raj Saraf
Born(1894-04-08)8 April 1894
Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Died21 February 1989(1989-02-21) (aged 94)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
Known forUrdu journalism
ChildrenVed Rahi
Parent(s)Dayanand Saraf
Jamuna Devi
AwardsPadma Shri

Lala Mulk Raj Saraf was an Indian journalist and writer,[1] known for his pioneering efforts in Urdu journalism.[2] He was born on 8 April 1894 in Samba district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to Dayanand Saraf and Jamuna Devi and graduated from the Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu.[2] He started his career as a sub editor at the nationalist daily, Bande Matharam based in Punjab, worked there for a while and returned to Jammu in 1924 to start his own daily in Urdu language, Ranvir and Rattan, an Urdu Journal.[2]

Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as Meri Pakistan Yatra, Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai and Nagooh-e-Ranvir.[2] Meri Pakistan Yatra,[3] which detailed his reminiscences of his trip to Pakistan was selected as the Book of the Year by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1980.[2] His autobiographical work was published in 1967 under the title, Fifty years as a journalist.[4] Saraf was the author of the first biography published in Dogri language, Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan Jeevan Katha'who was born in hamirpur sidhar j&k ,which was released in 1968.[5] He was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976.[6]

Mulk Raj Saraf died on 21 February 1989, at the age of 94, in Mumbai at the residence of his son, Ved Rahi,[2] a known Bollywood film personality and the director of the film, Veer Savarkar.[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Open Library Profile". Open Library. 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Lion of Duggar land". Daily Excelsior. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. ^ Mulk Raj Saraf (1980). Meri Pakistan yatra. Raj Mahal. ASIN B0000CRND7.
  4. ^ Mulk Raj Saraf (1967). Fifty years as a journalist. Rajmahal. p. 183.
  5. ^ K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1148. ISBN 9788172013240.
  6. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Ved Rahi". IMDB. 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.


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