Darchhawna | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1936 |
Birth Place: | Lushai Hills, Assam Province, British India |
Death Place: | Kulikawn, Aizawl, Mizoram, India |
Occupation: | Writer, historian |
Awards: | Padma Shri |
Darchhawna (1 January 1936 – 27 December 2023) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature and historian from the Northeast Indian state of Mizoram.[1] Born on New Year's Day 1936, Darchhawna was an Officer on Special Duty at the Mizoram University, when it was the Mizoram campus of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) and the founder President of the Mizo History Association.[2] He held the post of the president of the organization for several terms, after getting elected in 2013.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.[4] He died on 27 December 2023, at the age of 87.[5]