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{{Short description|Indian Nagpuri-language writer (b. 1930, d. 2021)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Sahani Upendra Pal Singh
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| pseudonym = Nahan
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| birth_date = 15 October 1930
| birth_place = Taragutu, [[Gumla district]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|07|29|1930|10|15}}
| death_place = Gokul Nagar, [[Gumla]]
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| occupation = {{plainlist|
*Farmer
*Writer}}
| language = [[Nagpuri language|Nagpuri]]
| education = Higher Secondary
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| notableworks = {{plainlist|
* Mewar Keshri
* Amba Manjar
}}
| spouse = Smt. Chandrabali Devi
| awards = {{plainlist|*Jharkhand Ratna
*Praful Samman
*Seva Ratna
*BCCL Koyal Bharti Rajbhasha award }}
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| relatives = {{ubl|Birendra Pal Singh (father)|Janak Nandini (mother)}}
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'''Sahani Upendra Pal Singh''' (15 October 1930 - 29 July 2021) was an Indian writer. He was one of the prominent writers in the [[Nagpuri language|Nagpuri]]-language in the modern period. He translated "[[Ram Charit Manas]]" in Nagpuri.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/gumla-8957699.html|title=नागपुरी रामायण का लोकार्पण|publisher=jagran|language=Hindi|date=28 February 2012|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> He wrote around 20 books in nagpuri. He was awarded "Jharkhand Ratna", "Praful Samman", "Seva Ratna" and "BCCL Koyal Bharti Rajbhasha award".<ref name="prabhatkhabar">{{Cite news|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/amp/story/state/jharkhand/gumla/jharkhand-ratna-awardee-nahan-passes-away-the-1st-author-to-convert-ramayana-into-nagpuri-language-smj|title=रामचरित मानस का नागपुरी में अनुवाद करने वाले झारखंड रत्न 'नहन' नहीं रहे|website=prabhatkhabar|date=29 July 2021|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="livehindustan">{{Cite news|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/ranchi/story-tribute-paid-to-nagpuri-litterateur-nahan-4278881.amp.html|title=नागपुरी साहित्यकार नहन को दी गई श्रद्धांजलि|website=livehindustan|date=31 July 2021|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/video-to-propagate-nagpuri-lang/articleshow/16522602.cms|title=Video to propagate Nagpuri lang|website=timesofindia|date=24 September 2012|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>

==Life==
===Early life===
He was born in Taragutu village in [[Gumla District]] to Birendra Pal Singh and Janak Nandini on 15 October 1930. He was from a Jamindar family. He completed his high school at Gumla High school in 1952. He was not able to pursue higher Studies due to family issues.

===Personal life===
He married Chandrabali Devi in 1950. He had two daughters and four sons.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCC4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT88|title=Jharkhand ke Sahityakar Aur Naye Sakshatkar |isbn=9789384343989 |access-date=13 February 2022|last1=Tete |first1=Vandana |date=January 2020 }}</ref>
===Works===
Singh wrote more than 20 books in nagpuri. He translated "[[Ram Charit Manas]]" and poems by [[Kalidasa|Kali Das]] in Nagpuri.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/gumla-9611718.html|title=नागपुरी भाषा के संरक्षण की हो रही कोशिश|website=jagran|date=29 August 2012|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> His written book "Mewar Keshri" is taught in the Nagpuri B.A honours course. He wrote a book named "Amba Manjar" in 2006 which was about the culture of Jharkhand and India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/gumla-8949823.html|title=नागपुरी में रामचरित मानस पर टीका की रचना|website=jagran|date=27 February 2012|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/gumla/1252473|title=युवाओं को टक्कर दे रहे हैं गुमला के बुजुर्ग|website=prabhatkhabar|date=19 February 2019|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

===Death===
He died on 29 July 2021 in his residence, Gokul Nagar, [[Gumla]].<ref name="livehindustan"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/jharkhand/ranchi/gumla/news/shock-on-the-death-of-litterateur-sahni-upendra-pal-128760221.html|title=साहित्यकार सहनी उपेन्द्र पाल के निधन पर शाेक|website=bhaskar|date=29 July 2021|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
He was awarded the Jharkhand Ratna, Hirak Samman, Praful Samman, Seva Ratna and BCCL Koyal Bharti Rajbhasha award.<ref name="prabhatkhabar"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1930 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:People from Gumla district]]
[[Category:Nagpuri-language writers]]
[[Category:Nagpuria people]]

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