Gurbhajan Gill Explained

Gurbhajan Gill
Birth Name:	Gurbhajan Singh Gill
Birth Date:	1953 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Village: Basant Kot, Tehsil Batala, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India
Alma Mater:	Govt. College Ludhiana, Punjab University, Chandigarh
Occupation:	Poet, writer, editor

Gurbhajan Singh Gill (born 2 May 1953), more popular as Gurbhajan Gill is a Punjabi poet, literary commentator and active cultural activist in Ludhiana, India.^[1]

Biography

Gurbhajan Gill was in the Basant Kot village of Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India.^[2] He received his graduate and postgraduate degrees at GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana, and Govt. College (Boys) Ludhiana respectively. He served for sometime as a Lecturer- in- Punjabi at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha and LRM College (now DAV College) Jagraon. Since 1983 he has been working as Editor (Punjabi) at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

Major works and publications

• Sheesha Jhooth Bolda hai (Poetry collection)
• Har Dhukhda Pind Mera hai (Gazal Collection)
• Surkh Samundar (The first two collections are in a single volume)
• Do Harf Raseedi (Ghazals)
• Agan Katha (Poetry collection)
• Mann de Buhe Bariya (Ghazals)
• Dharti Naad (Poetry collection)
• Khair Panja Paaniya Di (Poems about Indian Pak Relationships)
• Fullan di Jhanjhar (Song Collections)
• Paardarshi (Poetry collection)
• MorPankh (Ghazals)
• Man Tandoor (Poetry collection)
• Taryan de Nal Gallan Kardyan (Ghazals)
• Gulnar (Ghazals)
• Mirganwali (Ghazals)
• Camere di Akh Boldi
• Raavi (Ghazals)
• pippal pateeaan(song collection)

Awards

• Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill was honoured with Balraj Sahni Memorial Award by Space Cinema during the 5th Ludhiana Short Film Festival organised at Ishmeet Singh Music Institute, Ludhiana, on December 7.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile > Gurbhajan Gill > Punjabi kalma ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਲਮਾਂ. Punjabikalma.com. 2017-06-06.
2. News: Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill's latest book "Mirgawali" released. The Times of India. 2017-06-06.
3. Web site: Prof Gurbhajan Gill to be honoured with Balraj Sahni Memorial Award . 2019-12-07 . 2019-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207155225/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/prof-gurbhajan-gill-to-be-honoured-with-balraj-sahni-memorial-award/870302.html . dead .
4. Web site: Gurbhajan Gill is Punjabi Sahit Akademy chief - Indian Express. Archive.indianexpress.com. 12 January 2018.
5. Web site: Gurbhajan Gill. 19 April 2012. 12 January 2018. YouTube.
6. Web site: a dacumentry of punjabi poet GURBHAJAN GILL on DD PUNJABI. 12 December 2013. 12 January 2018. YouTube.