P. S. Chawngthu Explained

P. S. Chawngthu
Birth Date:	1922
Birth Place:	Mizoram, India
Occupation:	Poet Singer Musician Broadcaster
Awards:	Padma Shri Mizo Academy of Letters Award

Pahlira Sena Chawngthu (1922–2005) was a Mizo poet, singer, and radio broadcaster from the Indian state of Mizoram.^[1]

Career

PS Chawngthu served the Royal Indian Air Force during pre-independence period. Later, he worked as a broadcaster with the Aizawl station of the All India Radio. His poems are included in the curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).^[2]

Awards

• He was a recipient of 1999 Mizo Academy of Letters Award.
• The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 2000.^[3]

Personal

PS Chawngthu was Born in 1922.^[4] Chawngthu died on 2005, at the age of 83.

External links

• Web site: Memories of PS Chawngthu . Lalramdinmawia Chinzah . YouTube video . 26 November 2014 . 8 November 2015.

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIR Aizawl remembers renowned Mizo song-writer P S Chawngthu . Mizo News . 8 May 2015 . 8 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160203005607/http://www.mizonews.net/mizo-news/air-aizawl-remembers-renowned-mizo-song-writer-p-s-chawngthu/215383/ . 3 February 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Syllabus . Central Board of Secondary Education . 2015 . 8 November 2015.
3. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . 15 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . dead .
4. Book: The Camera as Witness: A Social History of Mizoram . Cambridge University Press . Joy L. K. Pachuau, Willem van Schendel . 2015 . 379–396 . 9781107073395 . 8 November 2015 . 26 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126110742/http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9781139683470&cid=CBO9781139683470A033&tabName=Chapter&imageExtract= . dead .