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	\| birth_place = [[Bhadaur]], [[Barnala]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India		\| birth_place = [[Bhadaur]], [[Barnala district\|Barnala]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2003\|02\|12\|1908\|05\|23		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2003\|02\|12\|1908\|05\|28

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	\| occupation = Writer		\| occupation = Writer
	\| yearsactive = ~~1927-2003~~		\| yearsactive = 1927–2003
	\| known for = Punjabi ~~folkore~~		\| known for = Punjabi folklore
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	'''Devendra Satyarthi''' (1908-2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of [[Hindi literature\|Hindi]], [[Urdu literature\|Urdu]], [[Punjabi literature\|Punjabi]] literature.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book \| url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICKXMO \| title=Amazon profile \| publisher=Amazon \| authorlink=2015}}</ref><ref name="Satyarthi, Devendra">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82043495/ \| title=Satyarthi, Devendra \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Open Library profile">{{cite web \| url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2842A/Devendra_Satyarthi \| title=Open Library profile \| publisher=Open Library \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> Born on 28 May 1908 at [[Bhaduar]]([[Barnala]]) <ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 \|title=ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ \|access-date=15 June 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213654/http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 \|archive-date=13 April 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> he did not complete his education and started leading a roaming life from 1927.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead">{{cite web \| url=http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/sathyarthi/ \| title=Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead \| publisher=Apna \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> He had a passion for folk songs and started collecting them to publish his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name ''Giddha'',<ref name="Giddha">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=zQnYGwAACAAJ \| title=Giddha \| publisher=Navyug \| author=Devedra Satyarthi \| year=1970 \| pages=223}}</ref> which is considered by many as a seminal work.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />		'''Devendra Satyarthi''' (28 May 1908 – 2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of [[Hindi literature\|Hindi]], [[Urdu literature\|Urdu]], [[Punjabi literature\|Punjabi]] literature.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book \| url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICKXMO \| title=Amazon profile \| publisher=Amazon \| authorlink=2015}}</ref><ref name="Satyarthi, Devendra">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82043495/ \| title=Satyarthi, Devendra \| publisher=Worldcat \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Open Library profile">{{cite web \| url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2842A/Devendra_Satyarthi \| title=Open Library profile \| publisher=Open Library \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref>

	Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=ObFCT5_taSgC~~&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167~~&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi+biography~~#v=onepage~~&~~q&f~~=~~false~~ \| title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo \| publisher=Sahitya Akademi \| date=1987 \| accessdate=27 June 2015 \| author=Amaresh Datta \| pages=987 \| isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> short stories,<ref name="Selected Punjabi Short Stories">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=YBiiMdQu3j0C~~&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8~~&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi~~#v=onepage~~&q=~~Devendra%20Satyarthi&f=false~~ \| title=Selected Punjabi Short Stories \| publisher=Diamond Pocket Books \| date=2004 \| accessdate=27 June 2015\| isbn=9788128804786 }}</ref> poems, essays and folksong anthologies in [[Urdu]], [[Hindi languages\|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] languages, but reportedly on advice from [[Rabindranath Tagore]], he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Mere Saakshatkaar'',<ref name="Mere Saakshatkaar">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=Pio-BZrtK7EC~~&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90~~&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi~~#v=onepage~~&q=~~Devendra%20Satyarthi&f=false~~ \| title=Mere Saakshatkaar \| publisher=Kitabghar Prakashan \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| pages=192 \| isbn=9788170166702}}</ref> ''Miss Folklore'',<ref name="Miss Folklore">{{cite book \| url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Miss-Folklore-Devendra-Satyarthi/9788185134703 \| title=Miss Folklore \| publisher=Pustakayan \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| isbn=9788185134703}}</ref> ''Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry'',<ref name="Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry">{{cite book \| url=~~http~~://jsks.biz/meet-my-people-devendra-satyarthi \| title=Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry \| publisher=Navyug Publishers \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1987}}</ref> ''Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika'',<ref name="Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=RveBAAAAMAAJ \| title=Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika \| publisher=Punjab University Publication Bureau \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1989}}</ref> ''Lanka Desa hai Kolambu'',<ref name="Lanka Desa hai Kolambu">{{cite book \| title=Lanka Desa hai Kolambu \| publisher=Navyug Publishers \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1991 \| pages=235 \| isbn=978-8185267548}}</ref> ''Brahmaputra'',<ref name="Brahmaputra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=MgRAAAAAIAAJ \| title=Brahmaputra \| publisher=Asia Publications \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1956 \| pages=466}}</ref> and ''Rath ke Pahiye''<ref name="Rath ke Pahiye">{{cite book \| title=Rath ke Pahiye \| publisher=Praveena Publications \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1993 \| pages=276 \| oclc=36640372}}</ref> are some of his notable works.		== Early life ==
			Born at [[Bhadaur]] ([[Barnala]])<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 \|title=ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ \|access-date=15 June 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213654/http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 \|archive-date=13 April 2012 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref> he did not complete his education and started travelling from 1927<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead">{{cite web \| url=http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/sathyarthi/ \| title=Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead \| publisher=Apna \| date=2015 \| accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> collecting folk songs which he published in his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name ''Giddha'',<ref name="Giddha">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQnYGwAACAAJ \| title=Giddha \| publisher=Navyug \| author=Devedra Satyarthi \| year=1970 \| pages=223}}</ref> which is considered by many as a seminal work.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />
			[[File:Devendra Satyarthi 1942.jpg\|thumb\|Image of Devendra Satyarthi, his wife and daughter published in ''Modern Review'' (1942)]]
			Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi+biography&pg=PA167 \| title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo \| publisher=Sahitya Akademi \| date=1987 \| accessdate=27 June 2015 \| author=Amaresh Datta \| pages=987 \| isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> short stories,<ref name="Selected Punjabi Short Stories">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YBiiMdQu3j0C&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi&pg=PA8 \| title=Selected Punjabi Short Stories \| publisher=Diamond Pocket Books \| date=2004 \| accessdate=27 June 2015\| isbn=9788128804786 }}</ref> poems, essays and folksong anthologies in [[Urdu]], [[Hindi languages\|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] languages, but reportedly on advice from [[Rabindranath Tagore]], he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Mere Saakshatkaar'',<ref name="Mere Saakshatkaar">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pio-BZrtK7EC&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi&pg=PA90 \| title=Mere Saakshatkaar \| publisher=Kitabghar Prakashan \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| pages=192 \| isbn=9788170166702}}</ref> ''Miss Folklore'',<ref name="Miss Folklore">{{cite book \| url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Miss-Folklore-Devendra-Satyarthi/9788185134703 \| title=Miss Folklore \| publisher=Pustakayan \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| isbn=9788185134703}}</ref> ''Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry'',<ref name="Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry">{{cite book \| url=https://jsks.biz/meet-my-people-devendra-satyarthi \| title=Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry \| publisher=Navyug Publishers \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1987}}</ref> ''Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika'',<ref name="Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RveBAAAAMAAJ \| title=Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika \| publisher=Punjab University Publication Bureau \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1989}}</ref> ''Lanka Desa hai Kolambu'',<ref name="Lanka Desa hai Kolambu">{{cite book \| title=Lanka Desa hai Kolambu \| publisher=Navyug Publishers \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1991 \| pages=235 \| isbn=978-8185267548}}</ref> ''Brahmaputra'',<ref name="Brahmaputra">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgRAAAAAIAAJ \| title=Brahmaputra \| publisher=Asia Publications \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1956 \| pages=466}}</ref> and ''Rath ke Pahiye''<ref name="Rath ke Pahiye">{{cite book \| title=Rath ke Pahiye \| publisher=Praveena Publications \| author=Devendra Satyarthi \| year=1993 \| pages=276 \| oclc=36640372}}</ref> are some of his notable works.

	A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web \| url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/devendra-satyarthi-awarded-hindi-sahitya-sadhna-samman-for-contribution-to-hindi-literature~~/1/231319.html~~ \| title=Signposts \| publisher=India Today \| date=1 October 2001 \| ~~accessdate~~=27 June 2015}}</ref> Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Shri \|publisher=Padma Shri \|date=2015 \|accessdate=18 June 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref> He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Pancham'', a monthly magazine published from [[Lahore]], brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, ''Satyarthi – Ik Dant-katha'', written by [[Nirmal Arpan]].<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />		A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/20011001-devendra-satyarthi-awarded-hindi-sahitya-sadhna-samman-for-contribution-to-hindi-literature-774325-2001-09-30 \| title=Signposts \| publisher=India Today \| date=1 October 2001 \| access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Shri \|publisher=Padma Shri \|date=2015 \|accessdate=18 June 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Pancham'', a monthly magazine published from [[Lahore]], brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, ''Satyarthi – Ik [[Dant katha\|Dant-katha]]'', written by [[Nirmal Arpan]].<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />

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'''Devendra Satyarthi''' (1908-2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of [[Hindi literature|Hindi]], [[Urdu literature|Urdu]], [[Punjabi literature|Punjabi]] literature.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001ICKXMO | title=Amazon profile | publisher=Amazon | authorlink=2015}}</ref><ref name="Satyarthi, Devendra">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82043495/ | title=Satyarthi, Devendra | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Open Library profile">{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2842A/Devendra_Satyarthi | title=Open Library profile | publisher=Open Library | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> Born on 28 May 1908 at [[Bhaduar]]([[Barnala]]) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 |title=ਰਾਮਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਤਿਆਰਥੀ |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213654/http://www.hunpanjabi.net/article/article.aspx?nc=29 |archive-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he did not complete his education and started leading a roaming life from 1927.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/sathyarthi/ | title=Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead | publisher=Apna | date=2015 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> He had a passion for folk songs and started collecting them to publish his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name ''Giddha'',<ref name="Giddha">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=zQnYGwAACAAJ | title=Giddha | publisher=Navyug | author=Devedra Satyarthi | year=1970 | pages=223}}</ref> which is considered by many as a seminal work.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />

Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels,<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi+biography#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | date=1987 | accessdate=27 June 2015 | author=Amaresh Datta | pages=987 | isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> short stories,<ref name="Selected Punjabi Short Stories">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=YBiiMdQu3j0C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi#v=onepage&q=Devendra%20Satyarthi&f=false | title=Selected Punjabi Short Stories | publisher=Diamond Pocket Books | date=2004 | accessdate=27 June 2015| isbn=9788128804786 }}</ref> poems, essays and folksong anthologies in [[Urdu]], [[Hindi languages|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] languages, but reportedly on advice from [[Rabindranath Tagore]], he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Mere Saakshatkaar'',<ref name="Mere Saakshatkaar">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=Pio-BZrtK7EC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=Devendra+Satyarthi#v=onepage&q=Devendra%20Satyarthi&f=false | title=Mere Saakshatkaar | publisher=Kitabghar Prakashan | author=Devendra Satyarthi | pages=192 | isbn=9788170166702}}</ref> ''Miss Folklore'',<ref name="Miss Folklore">{{cite book | url=http://www.bookdepository.com/Miss-Folklore-Devendra-Satyarthi/9788185134703 | title=Miss Folklore | publisher=Pustakayan | author=Devendra Satyarthi | isbn=9788185134703}}</ref> ''Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry'',<ref name="Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry">{{cite book | url=http://jsks.biz/meet-my-people-devendra-satyarthi | title=Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry | publisher=Navyug Publishers | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1987}}</ref> ''Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika'',<ref name="Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=RveBAAAAMAAJ | title=Pañjābī loka-sāhita wica sainika | publisher=Punjab University Publication Bureau | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1989}}</ref> ''Lanka Desa hai Kolambu'',<ref name="Lanka Desa hai Kolambu">{{cite book | title=Lanka Desa hai Kolambu | publisher=Navyug Publishers | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1991 | pages=235 | isbn=978-8185267548}}</ref> ''Brahmaputra'',<ref name="Brahmaputra">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=MgRAAAAAIAAJ | title=Brahmaputra | publisher=Asia Publications | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1956 | pages=466}}</ref> and ''Rath ke Pahiye''<ref name="Rath ke Pahiye">{{cite book | title=Rath ke Pahiye | publisher=Praveena Publications | author=Devendra Satyarthi | year=1993 | pages=276 | oclc=36640372}}</ref> are some of his notable works.

A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman,<ref name="Signposts">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/devendra-satyarthi-awarded-hindi-sahitya-sadhna-samman-for-contribution-to-hindi-literature/1/231319.html | title=Signposts | publisher=India Today | date=1 October 2001 | accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" /> ''Pancham'', a monthly magazine published from [[Lahore]], brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, ''Satyarthi – Ik Dant-katha'', written by [[Nirmal Arpan]].<ref name="Footloose darwesh Satyarthi is dead" />

==See also==
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* [[Folklore of India]]
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==External links==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Sangrur]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Indian folklorists]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male essayists]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
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