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[[File:Weer rajendra rishi.jpg|thumb|Dr. Weer Rajendra Rishi in a formal event]]
'''Weer Rajendra Rishi''' (September 23, 1917 – December 1, 2002<ref name="obit">[http://www.rishiroma.info/obituary.html Obituary], Rishi Roma</ref>) was an Indian [[linguist]], diplomatic translator, and Romani studies scholar.

Rishi was born Waliati Ram Rishi at [[Makarampur]] ([[punjab]]) on September 23, 1917.<ref name="obit"/> He married in 1938 and entered the civil service soon thereafter. He changed his given names to Weer Rajendra in 1948. He completed an MA in Russian language and literature, and in 1950, another MA in English at [[Nagpur University]].<ref name ="obit"/>

Rishi worked in the Indian Embassy at Moscow (1950–52) and later, at the Indian High Commissions at Singapore (1962–65) and London (1969–71). His Russian language skills allowed him to worked as interpreter for various Soviet dignitaries including [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]], [[Nikolai Bulganin|Marshal Bulganin]], [[Kliment Voroshilov|Marshal Voroshilov]], [[Matvei Zakharov|Marshal Zakharov]] and Prime Minister [[Alexei Kosygin]]. He also served as an interpreter for the ex-[[President of India]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]], on an official visit to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1960. Rishi retired from the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1973.<ref name="about">[http://rishi.anantdutta.in/about.html Indian Institute of Romani Studies]</ref>

Rishi then served as the Director of the [[Indian Institute of Romani Studies]] at [[Chandigarh]] and the editor of ''Roma - Half-Yearly Journal on the Life, Language and Culture of Roma.'' He was later named Honorary President of the [[International Romani Union]].<ref name="about"/>

He died in Chandigarh on December 1, 2002, aged 85.<ref name ="obit"/>

==Honours==
Rishi received India's [[Padma Shri]] award in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=1980|title=Padma Shri Awardees|accessdate=17 November 2010}}</ref> He also received a National Millennium Award at the Millennium World Hindi Conference in 2000.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000908/cth1.htm Rajendra Rishi to get millennium award], ChandigarhTribune News Service, September 8, 2000</ref>

==Bibliography==
* Hindi translation of [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s poem ''[[The Gypsies (poem)|The Gypsies]]'' (1955)
* ''Russian-Hindi Dictionary'', with foreword by the late [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] (Naʼī Dihlī : Sāhitya Akādemī, 1957)
* ''Russian Grammar'' [in Hindi]
* ''Russian Folklore'' [in Hindi]
* ''Marriages of the Orient'' (Singapore: Chopmen Enterprises, 1970)
* ''History of Russian literature'' [in Hindi] (1972)
* ''Roma - The Panjabi Emigrants in Europe, Central and Middle Asia, the USSR, and the Americas'' (Patiala: Punjabi University, 1976 & 1996)
* ''Multilingual Romani Dictionary'' [Romani/English/Hindi/Russian/French] (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1974)
* ''Romani-Punjabi-English Conversation Book''(Patial, India: Language Dept., Punjab, 1980)
* ''Romani-Punjabi-English Dictionary'' (Patial, India: Language Dept., Punjab, 1981)
* ''India & Russia - Linguistic & Cultural Affinity'' (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1982)
* ''Gandamula To Sumeru'' [his autobiography] (Chandigarh, India: Roma Publications, 1992)
* ''Learn Romani - set of 20 lessons''

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.rishiroma.info Website of Indian Institute of Romani Studies,founded by Dr. W.R. Rishi]

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