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	'''Mangal Sen''' (1915–1972) was a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] writer, poet and essayist in [[Punjab, India\|East Punjab]], India.<ref name="bb">{{cite book \| title=Bawa Balwant \| publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \| author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh \| authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang \| year=1998\| isbn=81-26005629 \| series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref><ref name="ti2">{{Cite news \|title=Bawa Balwant's sad saga \|date=2 June 2005 \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|location=Chandigarh, India \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#2 \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6Rqxn2dIu?url=~~http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm \|archive-date=~~15 August 2014~~ \|url-status=live \|df=dmy }}</ref> He wrote first under the name '''Balwant Rai''', but is most famous for his poetry under his [[pen name]] '''Bawa Balwant'''. He started writing poetry in [[Urdu]] but later switched to his [[mother tongue]] of [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]].<ref name="ti2" /><ref name="ao">{{Cite web\|title=Bawa Balwant\|publisher=Academy of the Punjab in North America\| url=http://www.apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505081525/http://apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html\|archive-date=5 May 2012\|url-status=live}}</ref> Balwant is credited with helping start the progressive movement in Punjabi poetry.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" /> He also made a contribution to the freedom struggle of India.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Virsa Vihar to celebrate birth centenary of Bawa Balwant \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/virsa-vihar-to-celebrate-birth-centenary-of-bawa-balwant-155909 \|work=Tribuneindia News Service \|language=en}}</ref>		'''Mangal Sen''' (1915–1972) was a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] writer, poet and essayist in [[Punjab, India\|East Punjab]], India.<ref name="bb">{{cite book \| title=Bawa Balwant \| publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \| author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh \| authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang \| year=1998\| isbn=81-26005629 \| series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref><ref name="ti2">{{Cite news \|title=Bawa Balwant's sad saga \|date=2 June 2005 \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|location=Chandigarh, India \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#2 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402040633/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm \|archive-date=2 April 2015 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy }}</ref> He wrote first under the name '''Balwant Rai''', but is most famous for his poetry under his [[pen name]] '''Bawa Balwant'''. He started writing poetry in [[Urdu]] but later switched to his [[mother tongue]] of [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]].<ref name="ti2" /><ref name="ao">{{Cite web\|title=Bawa Balwant\|publisher=Academy of the Punjab in North America\| url=http://www.apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505081525/http://apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html\|archive-date=5 May 2012\|url-status=live}}</ref> Balwant is credited with helping start the progressive movement in Punjabi poetry.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" /> He also made a contribution to the freedom struggle of India.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Virsa Vihar to celebrate birth centenary of Bawa Balwant \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/virsa-vihar-to-celebrate-birth-centenary-of-bawa-balwant-155909 \|work=Tribuneindia News Service \|language=en}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

	Mangal Sen was born in August 1915<ref name=bb/> to a middle-class family, in the ancient<ref name="ti1">{{Cite news \|author=Walia, Varinder \|date=2 June 2005 \|title='Garden of beautiful girl' in ruins \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|location=Chandigarh, India \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#1 \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6Rqxn2dIu?url=~~http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm \|archive-date=~~15 August 2014~~ \|url-status=live \|df=dmy }}</ref> village of Neshta in the [[Indian Punjab]].<ref name="ti2" /> Neshta ({{lang-pa\|ਨੇਸ਼ਟਾ}})<ref name="vp">{{cite web \| url=http://www.veerpunjab.com/page.php?id=516 \| title=ਬਾਵਾ ਬਲਵੰਤ \| publisher=VeerPunjab \| access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> is near [[Wagah\|Wagah border]] and now falls under the [[Amritsar district]]<ref name="ti1" /> He received his primary education from his father, Thakur Dina Nath, and learned [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]<ref name="ti2" /> and [[Sanskrit]]. He got a job in [[Amritsar]] where he developed a passion for music.<ref name="ti2" /> He was heavily influenced by the Urdu poet [[Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" />		Mangal Sen was born in August 1915<ref name=bb/> to a middle-class family, in the ancient<ref name="ti1">{{Cite news \|author=Walia, Varinder \|date=2 June 2005 \|title='Garden of beautiful girl' in ruins \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|location=Chandigarh, India \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402040633/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm \|archive-date=2 April 2015 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy }}</ref> village of Neshta in the [[Indian Punjab]].<ref name="ti2" /> Neshta ({{lang-pa\|ਨੇਸ਼ਟਾ}})<ref name="vp">{{cite web \| url=http://www.veerpunjab.com/page.php?id=516 \| title=ਬਾਵਾ ਬਲਵੰਤ \| publisher=VeerPunjab \| access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> is near [[Wagah\|Wagah border]] and now falls under the [[Amritsar district]]<ref name="ti1" /> He received his primary education from his father, Thakur Dina Nath, and learned [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]<ref name="ti2" /> and [[Sanskrit]]. He got a job in [[Amritsar]] where he developed a passion for music.<ref name="ti2" /> He was heavily influenced by the Urdu poet [[Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" />

	His father, Thakur Dina Nath, was a ''hakeem'' (English:desi doctor). He had two brothers and two sisters.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> His brothers was unmarried while his marriage was followed by a quick separation.<ref name="ti2" /> [[Sujan Singh]], a noted story writer of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]],<ref name="ss">{{cite book \| title=Sujan Singh \| publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \| author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh \| authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang \| year=2003 \| pages=53 \| isbn=81-260-1742-2 \| series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref> was one of his close friends.		His father, Thakur Dina Nath, was a ''hakeem'' (English:desi doctor). He had two brothers and two sisters.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> His brothers was unmarried while his marriage was followed by a quick separation.<ref name="ti2" /> [[Sujan Singh]], a noted story writer of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]],<ref name="ss">{{cite book \| title=Sujan Singh \| publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \| author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh \| authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang \| year=2003 \| pages=53 \| isbn=81-260-1742-2 \| series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref> was one of his close friends.

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'''Mangal Sen''' (1915–1972) was a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] writer, poet and essayist in [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]], India.<ref name="bb">{{cite book | title=Bawa Balwant | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] | author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh | authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang | year=1998| isbn=81-26005629 | series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref><ref name="ti2">{{Cite news |title=Bawa Balwant's sad saga |date=2 June 2005 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |location=Chandigarh, India |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#2 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Rqxn2dIu?url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> He wrote first under the name '''Balwant Rai''', but is most famous for his poetry under his [[pen name]] '''Bawa Balwant'''. He started writing poetry in [[Urdu]] but later switched to his [[mother tongue]] of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref name="ti2" /><ref name="ao">{{Cite web|title=Bawa Balwant|publisher=Academy of the Punjab in North America| url=http://www.apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505081525/http://apnaorg.com/books/tasneem/Ch-31-Poetry-7.html|archive-date=5 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Balwant is credited with helping start the progressive movement in Punjabi poetry.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" /> He also made a contribution to the freedom struggle of India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Virsa Vihar to celebrate birth centenary of Bawa Balwant |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/virsa-vihar-to-celebrate-birth-centenary-of-bawa-balwant-155909 |work=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Mangal Sen was born in August 1915<ref name=bb/> to a middle-class family, in the ancient<ref name="ti1">{{Cite news |author=Walia, Varinder |date=2 June 2005 |title='Garden of beautiful girl' in ruins |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |location=Chandigarh, India |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm#1 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Rqxn2dIu?url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/aplus.htm |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> village of Neshta in the [[Indian Punjab]].<ref name="ti2" /> Neshta ({{lang-pa|ਨੇਸ਼ਟਾ}})<ref name="vp">{{cite web | url=http://www.veerpunjab.com/page.php?id=516 | title=ਬਾਵਾ ਬਲਵੰਤ | publisher=VeerPunjab | access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> is near [[Wagah|Wagah border]] and now falls under the [[Amritsar district]]<ref name="ti1" /> He received his primary education from his father, Thakur Dina Nath, and learned [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]<ref name="ti2" /> and [[Sanskrit]]. He got a job in [[Amritsar]] where he developed a passion for music.<ref name="ti2" /> He was heavily influenced by the Urdu poet [[Muhammad Iqbal]].<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ao" />

His father, Thakur Dina Nath, was a ''hakeem'' (English:desi doctor). He had two brothers and two sisters.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> His brothers was unmarried while his marriage was followed by a quick separation.<ref name="ti2" /> [[Sujan Singh]], a noted story writer of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]],<ref name="ss">{{cite book | title=Sujan Singh | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] | author=Kaang, Kulbir Singh | authorlink=Kulbir Singh Kaang | year=2003 | pages=53 | isbn=81-260-1742-2 | series=Makers of Indian Literature}}</ref> was one of his close friends.

== Literary works ==

Greatly influenced by [[Mohammad Iqbal]], he started writing [[Urdu]] poetry<ref name="ao" /> and later switched over to his [[mother tongue]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. His first book in Urdu, ''Sher-E-Hind'', was banned by the British administration.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> His poetic collections include ''Amar Geet'', ''Maha Nach'',<ref name="ao" /> ''Jwalamukhi'', ''Sugand-Sameer'' and ''Bandergah''.<ref name="ti2" /> He published one essay collection, ''Kis Taraan De Naach''.<ref name="bb" />

== Legacy ==

He died due to the heat of June in 1972 in New Delhi.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> Today, except his literal works, nothing belonging to him is traceable.<ref name="ti2" /> Neshta, the Punjab's most ancient village lies neglected with his house ruined.<ref name="bb" /><ref name="ti2" /> His two sisters are unknown.<ref name="ti2" /> Nobody knows where they live.

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