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|birth_name = Mohinder Pratap Narang<br />
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|occupation = [[Urdu]] poet, librarian<br />
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'''Mohinder Pratap Chand''' (1 August 1935 – 19 October 2020) was an [[Urdu]] writer and poet of [[India]] who promoted Urdu language and literature in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techforftcp.com/2020/10/renowned-urdu-poet-mohinder-pratap-chand-passes-away-haryana-chief-urdu-poet-mahendra-pratap-chand-passed-away-chief-minister-manohar-lal-expressed-grief.html|title=Renowned Poet Mohinder Pratap Chand Passes Away|date=22 October 2020|website=techforftcp.com|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In [[Kurukshetra University]] (India), he initiated the Bazm-e-Adab (a literary body) and introduced the study of Urdu in the University Curriculum where he taught Urdu as Teacher In-charge for 26 years. He was the author of over one dozen Urdu and Hindi books, both in poetry and prose, including children's literature in Urdu.{{Citation needed|date= January 2022}}<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
* ''Harf-e-Raaz'', ''Harf-e-Aashna'' and ''Aazar-e-Gham-e-Ishq'' (Anthologies of Urdu poems)<br />
* ''Zakhm Aarzoo-on ke'' (Anthology of Urdu poems in Devnagri script)<br />
* ''Urdu Text Book'' (Prescribed since 1986 in the school curriculum of 7th grade students of the Haryana state, India)<br />
* ''ali Panipati ki Ghazlen'' (Devnagri script), Ed. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040723132742/http://haryanaurdu.nic.in/publication2.htm]<br />
* ''Laava'' (A long Urdu poem by Qais Jalandhari'), Ed. [http://ciillibrary.org:8000/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?host=localhost%2b1111%2bDEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&SourceScreen=INITREQ&sessionid=2008030209400628744&skin=default&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&lng=en&itemu1=4&scant1=Laasika%20Prabodh%20Narayan%20Singh&scanu1=4&u1=4&t1=%01835464&pos=1&prevpos=1&]<br />
* ''Colon Classification: a programmed text'' (2 Editions in English and one in Hindi) – English [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813055407/http://catalog.library.ksu.edu.sa/digital/238906.html]; – Hindi [http://www.flipkart.com/books/Dwibhind-Varghikaran/Mohinder-Pratap-Chand/8180480178/6V23F9DSKK.html]<br />
* ''Desh Videsh Ki Kahaniyan'' (in Hindi), ''Doodh Ka Mulaya'' (in Hindi), ''Doodh ki Qimat'' (in Urdu) – Folktales of the world;<br />
* 'Ujalon Ke Safeer' (a collection of research and critical articles)<br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
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– Honored by 'Adabi Sangam' (Kurukshetra, 1986) and 'Akhil Bharti Tarun Sangam' (Kurukshetra, 1997) for his overall contribution to Urdu and [[Hindi literature]].<br />
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– Conferred with the prestigious 'SMH Burney Award' by Haryana Urdu Akademi (1995) for his overall contribution to the promotion of Urdu language and literature<br />
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– Honored with 'Naseem-e-Layyah Award' (2004) by the International Bazm-e-Ilm-o-fun, Layyah, Pakistan, for his contribution to Urdu Language and learning<br />
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– Conferred with 'Khwaja [[Altaf Hussain Hali]] Award' (2006) by the Haryana Waqf Board for promoting the cause of Urdu in the state of Haryana<br />
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– Honored with the Title of 'Mahtab-e-Sukhan' (2006) by [[Navrang]] Adabi Idara, Ludhiana, Punjab<br />
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– Conferred with the 'Bharat Excellence Award' for the year 2009 by the Friendship Forum of India, New Delhi, for his overall contribution to the fields of Education and Literature.<br />
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– Conferred with 'Abr Seemabi Award' for the year 2010, by Sahitya Sabha, Kaithal, Haryana, India, for his overall achievements in Urdu Language and Literature.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Biodata and 10 Ghazals [http://paigaam.tripod.com/html/M1001.HTM]<br />
* News Article about diversities in Urdu [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020901/spectrum/book8.htm]<br />
* News Article about Indo-Pak poets celebrate togetherness [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041004/cth2.htm]<br />
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[[Category:Poets from Punjab, India]]<br />
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