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The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1950

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The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1950

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The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories is a 1950 book written by Khushwant Singh. Its titular story is an integral part of primary school curricula in India. The book comprises mostly ironic tales about faith and religion, and deals with the author's school days.

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The first volume of The History of the Sikh provides a detailed account of the religious, political, and social background that eventually brought about the formation of the Sikh religion during the fifteenth century. It outlines the development of Sikhism and the Punjab monarchy. This volume is divided into three parts. Part I begins with a description of the Sikh homeland, including its climate, available flora and fauna, and landscapes. From here the chapters turn to the founding of Sikhism by Guru Nanak, and the development of this religion through the exploits of his successors. Prominent

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Train to Pakistan is a historical novel by writer Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. It recounts the Partition of India in August 1947 through the perspective of Mano Majra, a fictional border village.

Instead of depicting the Partition in terms of only the political events surrounding it, Singh digs into a deep local focus, providing a human dimension which brings to the event a sense of reality, horror, and believability

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The Voice of God and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1957

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The Voice of God and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1957

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In The Voice of God by Khushwant Singh we have the theme of social order, corruption, connection, control and change. Taken from his Collected Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Singh may be exploring the theme of social order. Those in Bhamba appear to be classified by their religion with Sikh peasants being at the top of the social order followed by Moslems and Christians.

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I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, (Novel) 1959.

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I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, (Novel) 1959.

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Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (made into film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel.

Born in Punjab, Khushwant Singh was educated in Modern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, and graduated from Government College, Lahore. He studied at King's College London and was awarded LL.B. from University of London.

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Khushvant Singh, having an impeccable sense of humour; he had won our hearts with Train to Pakistan for which he was honoured with the Rockefeller Grant, 1966

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Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974)

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Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974)

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Being a nation lover, he always placed the naion first. Even after being awarded by the biggest award in the country, he returned the award in 1984 in protest against Operation Blue Star in which the Indian Army raided Amritsar.

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Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)

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Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)

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With full honesty and dedication towards his work, Khushvant Singh recieved the Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)

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Punjab Rattan Award, The Government of Punjab (2006)

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Punjab Rattan Award, The Government of Punjab (2006)

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In the year 2006, he was awarded Punjab Rattan Award by The Government of Punjab.

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Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007)

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Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007)

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Khushwant Singh was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2007, the second-highest civilian award in India.

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Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by Sahitya academy of India (2010)

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Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by Sahitya academy of India (2010)

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The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India bestowed by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. It is the highest honour conferred by the Akademi, Lt. Mr. Khushwant singh was awarded by this award.

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1. The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1950

2. The History of Sikhs, 1953

3. Train to Pakistan, (Novel) 1956

4. The Voice of God and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1957

5. I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, (Novel) 1959

6. The Sikhs Today, 1959

7. The Fall of the Kingdom of the Punjab, 1962

8. A History of the Sikhs, 1963

9. Ranjit Singh: The Maharaja of the Punjab, 1963

10. Ghadar 1915: India's first armed revolution, 1966

11. A History of the Sikhs, 1966 (2nd edition)

12. A Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories, (Short Story) 1967

13. Black Jasmine, (Short Story) 1971

14. Tragedy of Punjab'"

15. The Collected Stories of Khushwant Singh, N.p., Ravi Dayal Publisher, 1989

16. The Delhi :A Noval (Novel) 1990

17. Not a Nice Man to Know: The Best of Khushwant Singh, 1993

18. We Indians, 1993

19. Women and Men in My Life, 1995

20. Declaring Love in Four Languages, by Khushwant Singh and Sharda Kaushik, 1997

21. India: An Introduction, by Khushwant Singh

22. The Company Of Women (Novel) 1999

23. Truth, Love and a Little Malice (an autobiography), 2002

24. With Malice towards One and Al l

25. The End of India, 2003

26. Burial at the Sea, 2004

27. Paradise and Other Stories, 2004

28. A History of the Sikhs: 1469–1838, 2004

29. Death at My Doorstep, 2005

30. A History of the Sikhs: 1839–2004, 2005

31. The Illustrated History of the Sikhs, 2006

32. Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles, 2009

33. The Sunset Club, (Novel) 2010

34. Gods and Godmen of India, 2012

35. Agnostic Khushwant: There is no God, 2012

36. The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous, 2013 (Co-authored with Humra Qureshi)

37. More Malicious Gossip 1989 - Collection of Writings

38. Sex, Scotch & Scholarship, 1992 Collection of Writings

39. Big Book of Malice, 2000, Collection of Writings

40. Khushwantnama, The Lessons Of My Life, 2013

41. The Freethinker's Prayer Book and Some Words To Live By, 2011

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(SHORT STORIES)

1. The Portrait of a Lady

2. The Strain

3. Success Mantra

4. A Love Affair In London

5. ना कहू से दोस्‍ती ना कहू से बैर

6. The Wog

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Khushwant Singh started his professional career as a practicing lawyer in 1939 at Lahore in Chamber of Manzoor Qadir and Ijaz Husain Batalvi. He worked at Lahore Court for eight years where there are so many of his friends and fans including Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate and Raja Muhammad Arif Advocate. In 1947 he entered Indian Foreign Service for the newly independent India. He started as Information Officer of the Government of India in Toronto, Canada. He was Press Attaché and Public Officer for the Indian High Commission for four years in London and Ottawa. In 1951 he joined the All India Radio as a journalist. Between 1954 and 1956 he worked in Department of Mass Communication of the UNESCO at Paris. From 1956 he turned to editorial services. He founded and edited Yojana, an Indian government journal in 1951 -1953; The Illustrated Weekly of India, a newsweekly;The National Herald. He was also appointed as editor of Hindustan Times on Indira Gandhi's personal recommendation.

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During his tenure, The Illustrated Weekly became India's pre-eminent newsweekly, with its circulation raising from 65,000 to 400,000. After working for nine years in the weekly, on 25 July 1978, a week before he was to retire, the management asked Singh to leave "with immediate effect". A new editor was installed the same day.After Singh's departure, the weekly suffered a huge drop in readership.In 2016 Khushwant Singh enters Limca Book of Records as a tribute

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He was borin in Hadali  Khushab District, Punjab.in a Sikh family. He was the younger son of Sir Sobha Singh, who later testified against Bhagat Singh, and Veeran Bai. Births and deaths were not recorded in his time, and for him his father simply made up 2 February 1915 for his school enrollment at Modern School, New Delhi.But his grandmother Lakshmi Devi asserted that he was born in August, so he later set the date for himself as 15 August.Sobha Singh was a prominent builder in Lutyens' Delhi.His uncle Sardar Ujjal Singh (1895–1983) was previously Governor of Punjab and Tamil Nadu.

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Khushwant Singh was married to Kanwal Malik. Malik was his childhood friend who had moved to London earlier. They met again when he studied law at King's College London, and soon got married. They were married in Delhi, with Chetan Anand and Iqbal Singh as the only invitees. Muhammad Ali Jinnah also attended the formal service. They had a son, named Rahul Singh, and a daughter, named Mala. His wife predeceased him in 2001. Actress Amrita Singh is the daughter of his brother Daljit Singh's son - Shavinder Singh and Rukhsana Sultana. He stayed in "Sujan Singh Park", near Khan Market New Delhi, Delhi's first apartment complex, built by his father in 1945, and named after his grandfather

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Singh was a self-proclaimed agnostic, as the title of his 2011 book Agnostic Khushwant: There is no God explicitly revealed. He was particularly against organised religion . He was evidently inclined towards atheism, as he said, "One can be a saintly person without believing in God and a detestable villain believing in him. In my personalised religion, There Is No God!" He also once said, "I don't believe in rebirth or in reincarnation, in the day of judgement or in heaven or hell. I accept the finality of death." His last book The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous was published in October 2013, following which he retired from writing. The book was his continued critique of religion and especially its practice in India, including the critique of the clergy and priests. It earned a lot of acclaim in India.

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Singh died of natural causes on 20 March 2014 at his Delhi residence, at the age of 99. His death was mourned by many including the President, vice President and Prime Minister of India He was cremated at Lodhi Crematorium in Delhi at 4 in the afternoon of the same day. During his lifetime, Khushwant Singh was keen on burial because he believed that with a burial we give back to the earth what we have taken. He had requested the management of the Baháʼí Faith if he could be buried in their cemetery. After initial agreement, they had proposed some conditions which were unacceptable to Singh, and hence the idea was later abandoned.