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'''Darshan Singh Awara''' (1906–1982) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[poetry|poet]], who started writing verse under the impulse of the [[Indian Freedom Struggle]] in the early 1920s.<ref name = das>Das, Sisir Kumar.A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956:
Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy. Delhi. Sawastik Offset. 2006 pg. 734.</ref> The tone and diction of these poems were nationalist revolutionary and they were first published in a volume named ''Bijii di Tarak (The Lap of Lightning)''. It was confiscated by the [[British India|British Government]] under the title ''Bhaghawat (Rebellion),'' followed in 1941 by Main Baghi Han (I am a Rebel). The rebellion at this state has gone from mere political defiance of the British rulers to the more fundamental spiritual rebellion against the belief in an all-pervading divinity and the principles and tactics of [[organized religion|institutional religion]].<ref name = das/> Awara saw the variety of religions in [[India]] as obstacles in the way not only of the National struggle for freedom but also of basic humanity. He died in 1982.

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