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{{Infobox person
| name = Mulk Raj Saraf
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1894|04|08}}
| birth_place = [[Samba district|Samba]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|02|21|1894|04|08}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = Journalist, writer
| yearsactive =
| known for = Father of Journalism in Jammu & Kashmir
| spouse = Gian Devi
| domesticpartner =
| children = Om Saraf,Suraj Saraf, Prem Saraf, Ved Rahi, Sat Saraf and Bimla Devi
| parents = Dayanand Saraf<br>Jamuna Devi
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Lala Mulk Raj Saraf''' was an Indian journalist and writer,<ref name="Open Library Profile">{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL10122A/Mulk_Raj_Saraf | title=Open Library Profile | publisher=Open Library | date=2015 | accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> known for his pioneering efforts in [[Urdu]] journalism.<ref name="Lion of Duggar land">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/lion-of-duggar-land/ | title=Lion of Duggar land | publisher=Daily Excelsior | date=8 April 2014 | accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> He was born on 8 April 1894 in [[Samba district]] of the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] to Dayanand Saraf and Jamuna Devi and graduated from the Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, [[Jammu]].<ref name="Lion of Duggar land" /> He started his career as a sub editor at the nationalist daily, ''Bande Matharam'' based in Punjab, worked there for a while and returned to Jammu in 1924 to start his own daily in Urdu language, ''Ranvir'' and ''Rattan'', an Urdu Journal.<ref name="Lion of Duggar land" />

Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as ''Meri Pakistan Yatra'', ''Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai'' and ''Nagooh-e-Ranvir''.<ref name="Lion of Duggar land" /> ''Meri Pakistan Yatra'',<ref name="Meri Pakistan yatra">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meri-Pakistan-yatra-Mulk-Saraf/dp/B0000CRND7 | title=Meri Pakistan yatra | publisher=Raj Mahal | author=Mulk Raj Saraf | year=1980 | asin=B0000CRND7}}</ref> which detailed his reminiscences of his trip to Pakistan was selected as the ''Book of the Year'' by the [[Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages]] in 1980.<ref name="Lion of Duggar land" /> His autobiographical work was published in 1967 under the title, ''Fifty years as a journalist''.<ref name="Fifty years as a journalist">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=7FJeAAAAIAAJ | title=Fifty years as a journalist | publisher=Rajmahal | author=Mulk Raj Saraf | year=1967 | pages=183}}</ref> Saraf was the author of the first biography published in [[Dogri language]], ''<nowiki/>'Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan Jeevan Katha''', who was born in hamirpur sidhar j&k, which was released in 1968.<ref name="Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=Mulk+Raj+Saraf#v=onepage&q=Mulk%20Raj%20Saraf&f=false | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=K. M. George | year=1992 | pages=1148 | isbn=9788172013240}}</ref> He was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1976.<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}}</ref>

Mulk Raj Saraf died on 21 February 1989, at the age of 94, in Mumbai at the residence of his son, [[Ved Rahi]],<ref name="Lion of Duggar land" /> a known Bollywood film personality and the director of the film, [[Veer Savarkar (film)|Veer Savarkar]].<ref name="Ved Rahi">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339788/ | title=Ved Rahi | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>

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