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{{Infobox writer|name = Mohan Bhandari|native_name_lang = Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;h&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;|honorific_suffix = |birth_place = Banbhaura village in Sangrur district, Punjab&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;h&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;|birth_date = 1937 (78)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;h&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;|language = Punjabi&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;h&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mohan Bhandari&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1937) is a [[Punjabi writer]] who received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1998, but later returned it in 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:saaa&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/photo-news/india/here-are-the-33-writers-who-returned-their-sahitya-akademi-awards/14/|title=Here are the 33 writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards|date=25 October 2015|work=The Indian Express|access-date=3 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;h&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/mohan-bhandari-confirms-decision-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award/story-pREXruLJV5UCwZJBZLZl8H.html|title = Mohan Bhandari confirms decision to return Sahitya Akademi award|date = 14 October 2015|journal = HT|access-date = 2015-11-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Life and career ==&lt;br /&gt;
Mohan Bhandari was born in 1937 in the Banbhaura village of [[Sangrur district]], [[Punjab]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/mohan-bhandari-confirms-decision-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award/story-pREXruLJV5UCwZJBZLZl8H.html|title=Mohan Bhandari confirms decision to return Sahitya Akademi award|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=19 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Bhandari was influenced by [[Urdu]] writer [[Munto]] alongside Russian authors including [[Maxim Gorky|Gorky]], [[Dostoevsky]], [[Tolstoy]] and [[Chekhov]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tribune India&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Credited for as many as 15 short story collection books which includes critically acclaimed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kaath di Latt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Til-Chouli&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gora Basha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; among others. Bhandari received [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1998 for his collection of short stories, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Moon di Akh&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:saaa&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Tribune India&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061129/cth2.htm | title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories | work=tribuneindia.com | access-date=19 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Mohan Bhandari ,Punjabi language story writer.jpg|thumb|Mohan Bhandari, Punjabi language story writer]]&lt;br /&gt;
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