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The [[Government of India]] awarded her the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> She was the third Mizo personality and the first Mizo woman to receive the [[Padma Shri]] award.<ref name="21 Mizos honoured Padma Shree Awards till date">{{cite web | url=http://sevendiary.com/21-mizos-honoured-padma-shree-awards-date/ | title=21 Mizos honoured Padma Shree Awards till date | publisher=Seven Diary | date=2015 | access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
The [[Government of India]] awarded her the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> She was the third Mizo personality and the first Mizo woman to receive the [[Padma Shri]] award.<ref name="21 Mizos honoured Padma Shree Awards till date">{{cite web | url=http://sevendiary.com/21-mizos-honoured-padma-shree-awards-date/ | title=21 Mizos honoured Padma Shree Awards till date | publisher=Seven Diary | date=2015 | access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>


Renthlei died on her 89th birthday on 1 January 2002.<ref name="Shrimati Nuchhungi Renthlei" />
Renthlei died on her 88th birthday on 1 January 2002.<ref name="Shrimati Nuchhungi Renthlei" />


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Indian women singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Indian singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Indian singer-songwriters]]
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[[Category:Indian women activists]]

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Nuchhungi Renthlei
Born(1914-01-01)1 January 1914
British India
Died1 January 2002(2002-01-01) (aged 88)
OccupationWriter
Known forMizo poems
Spouse(s)R. Rualkhuma
Children6
AwardsPadma Shri

Nuchhungi Renthlei (1 January 1914 – 1 January 2002) was an Indian poet, singer and school teacher, known for her poems written in Mizo language.[1] She was the founder of Girls' Auxiliary, an organization for women's rights, which she founded in 1939.[2] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1986.[3]

Biography[edit]

Nuchhungi Renthlei was born on the New Year day of 1914 to Hmingliana at Aizawl, in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram,[4] She did her schooling at the Baptist Missionary Society, at Langlui, Mizoram and started writing at a young age.[1] She continued her writing during her career as a teacher and was also a noted singer during her early years. She is credited with several poems, children's songs and stories and ran a dance school to teach traditional dances to children.[1] She was married to R. Rualkhuma and the couple had five daughters and a son.[2]

The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1986.[3] She was the third Mizo personality and the first Mizo woman to receive the Padma Shri award.[5]

Renthlei died on her 88th birthday on 1 January 2002.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nuchhungi Renthlei (1914-2002)". India Online. 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ramaṇika Gupta (2006). Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India. Concept Publishing Company. p. 227. ISBN 9788180693007.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Shrimati Nuchhungi Renthlei". Aizawl Online. 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. "21 Mizos honoured Padma Shree Awards till date". Seven Diary. 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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