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{{Infobox person
| name = P.K. Joseph Dhar
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| native_name = پردومن کمار جوزف دھر
| birth_name = Predhuman Kumar Joseph Dhar
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| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], Jammu and Kashmir
| death_date = {{Death date|df=y|2014|06|12}}
| death_place = [[Jammu]], Jammu and Kashmir
| nationality = Indian
| native_name_lang = Urdu
| other_names = Joseph Dhar
| occupation = Social worker, writer
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'''Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=41611|title=NO" to Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs – Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir|website=earlytimes.in|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shehjar.com/list/112/1200/1.html|title=SHEHJAR – Web Magazine for Kashmir :: A New Lexicon of the Kashmiris|website=shehjar.com|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> popularly known as PK Joseph Dhar, was an author, social worker and a writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jkldkhr.org/blog_single.php?artid=Articled_504#|title=The Condition of Minorities in Pakistan – By Predhuman K Joseph Dhar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/hari-parbat-cannot-be-koh-i-maran/|title=Hari Parbat cannot be Koh-i-Maran|date=13 March 2013|work=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/religious-fundamentalism/|title=Religious fundamentalism|date=18 May 2014|work=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Dhar was born in [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]] but forced to leave [[Kashmir]] and migrate to [[Jammu]] in year 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecsf.org/predhuman-k-joseph-dhar-figures-in-great-people-of-jammu-kashmir/|title=The CSF man – Predhuman Dhar figures in Great People of Jammu & Kashmir|work=The CSF|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

== Notability ==
He translated the Bible into the [[Kashmiri language]], which was released by the [[Apostolic Nuncio to India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://br.radiovaticana.va/articolo.asp?c=526640|title=Vatican Radio Vatican Radio|website=br.radiovaticana.va|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Kashmiri-translation-of-Bible-completed,-the-work-of-a-convert-20892.html|title=INDIA Kashmiri translation of Bible completed, the work of a convert|last=AsiaNews.it|website=asianews.it|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.christiantoday.co.in/article/bible.in.kashmiri.language.released/6720.htm|title=Bible in Kashmiri language released|last=Today|first=Christian|work=Christian Today|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> The [[Kashmir]]i version includes the Books of the [[Biblical Apocrypha|Apocrypha]] as well;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vigilonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1627:bible-in-kashmiri-language-released&catid=60:religion&Itemid=81|title=Bible in Kashmiri language released|last=Administrator|website=vigilonline.com|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> this work is published by the [[Bible Society of India]].

Dhar belonged to a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] family but embraced Christianity in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kashmirlife.net/faith-accompli-1917/|title=Faith Accompli|date=28 November 2011|work=Kashmir Life|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> He served as a Chief spokesperson for All Jammu and Kashmir Catholic Sabha and took initiatives for the welfare of minorities in the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/news/letters/pensioners-verification/147987.html|title=Pensioners' Verification|date=13 March 2015|work=Greater Kashmir|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/constituting-jk-minority-commission/|title=Constituting JK Minority Commission|date=12 June 2013|work=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

Dhar was also the convener of the [[Catholic]] Christian Forum of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and also principal of Coventry Scholars school in Chinore, [[Jammu]] for few years. The [[DD Kashir]] has telecast a 28-minute documentary titled ''Shehil Kul'' (Shady Tree) about Dhar.

==Death==
Dhar died on 12 June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/p-k-joseph-dhar/|title=P K Joseph Dhar is no more|website=dailyexcelsior.com|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Writers from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Indian social workers]]
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism from Hinduism]]
[[Category:Social workers from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]

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