Gitchandra Tongbra Explained

Gitchandra Tongbra
Birth Date:	6 February 1916
Birth Place:	Manipur, India
Occupation:	Writer, teacher
Awards:	Padma Shri

Gitchandra Tongbra (6 February 1916  - 3 June 1996), popularly known as G. C. Tongbra, was an Indian satirist,^[1] poet, playwright and art academic from Imphal.^[2] Born on 6 February 1913 in the Indian state of Manipur, Tongbra was known for his socio-realistic plays such as Mani Manou (1962), Matric Pass (1964) and Upu Baksi (1972).^{[3] [4]}

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1975.^[5] Four years later, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his play, Ngabongkhao, in 1978.^[6] The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, honoured his memories by staging a Tongbra Drama Festival under the aegis of Ougri Theatre Repertory Manipur on 24 April 2015 which consisted of four selected plays of the dramatist.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra . Sangai Digest . 4 June 2011 . 16 June 2015 .
2. Web site: Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed . Hueiyen Lanpao . 2015 . 16 June 2015.
3. Book: Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems . Sahitya Akademi . K. M. George . 1992 . 1148 . 9788172013240.
4. Web site: GC Tongbra birth centenary celebration begins. Manipur - E-Pao! . 2013-02-06 . 2018-03-03.
5. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . 11 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
6. Web site: SNA Award . Sahitya Akademi . 2015 . 16 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MANIPURI . 4 March 2016 . dead .
7. Web site: GC Tongbra festival kick-starts . Sangai Express . 25 April 2015 .