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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description |Indian dramatist (1892–1965)}}<br />
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'''Ishwar Chand Nanda''' (30 September 1892 – 3 September 1965<ref name="ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਸ਼">{{cite book | title=ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਸ਼ ਜਿਲਦ ਦੂਜੀ| publisher=ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ | author=ਰਛਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ |language=Punjabi| year=2004 | pages=201}}</ref>) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] academic and dramatist, known as the father of [[Punjabi drama]].<ref name=pro/><ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0414 | title=Oxford Reference | isbn=978-0-19-564446-3 | accessdate=14 September 2014| last1=Lal | first1=Ananda | year=2004 | publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] }}</ref><ref name="Nāraṅga1987">{{cite book|author=Sī. Aila Nāraṅga|title=History of Punjabi Literature, 850-1850 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LpjAAAAMAAJ|page=9|year=1987|publisher=National Book Shop}}</ref><ref name="Grewal1986">{{cite book|author= Grewal, J. S. |title=The Emergence of Punjabi Drama: A Cultural Response to Colonial Rule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgkMAAAAIAAJ|page=33|year=1986|publisher= [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
He did B.A. Honors from [[Dayal Singh College, Lahore]], where he was a student of [[Norah Richards]],<ref name="SekhonDuggala1992">{{cite book|author1=Sant Singh Sekhon|author2=Kartar Singh Duggal|title=A History of Punjabi Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srBjAAAAMAAJ|year= 1992|page=333|publisher=Sahitya Akademi Publications|isbn=978-81-7201-292-2}}</ref> and then M.A. English from [[Punjab University, Lahore]]. He later became professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on 15 August 1947. <br />
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After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he settled in [[New Delhi]], where he lived for the rest of life.<ref name=pro>{{cite web | url=http://www.profiles.manchanpunjab.org/people.php?id=18 | title=Ishwar Chander Nanda | accessdate=14 September 2014 | archive-date=14 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914000355/http://www.profiles.manchanpunjab.org/people.php?id=18 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Plays==<br />
* ''Suhag or Dulhan'' (1913), one-act play<br />
* ''Bebe Ram Bhajni'' (1914)<br />
* ''Subhaddra'' (1920)<br />
* ''Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah'' (1930)<br />
* ''Shamu Shah'' (1928)<br />
* ''Social Circle'' (1953), three one-act plays<ref>{{cite book|title=ਮੰਚ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ |author=ਡਾ. ਰਘਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ |year=2007 |publisher=ਪਬਲੀਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਪਟਿਆਲਾ |isbn=978-81-7380-153-2|language=Punjabi|pages=147–148, 167 }}</ref><br />
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