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'''Gitchandra Tongbra''', popularly known as '''G. C. Tongbra''', was an Indian satirist,<ref name="Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra">{{cite web|url=http://tse.manipur.us/2011/06/04/fullstory.php%3Fnewsid=6260.html |title=Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra |publisher=Sangai Digest |date=4 June 2011 |access-date=16 June 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> poet, playwright and art academic from [[Imphal]].<ref name="Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed">{{cite web | url=http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/headlines/item/7541-birth-centenary-of-gc-tongbra-observed | title=Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed | publisher=Hueiyen Lanpao | date=2015 | access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> Born on 6 February 1913 in the Indian state of [[Manipur]], Tongbra was known for his socio-realistic plays such as ''Mani Manou'' (1962), ''Matric Pass'' (1964) and ''Upu Baksi'' (1972).<ref name="Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=G.C.+Tongbra&pg=PA259 | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=K. M. George | year=1992 | pages=1148 | isbn=9788172013240}}</ref><ref name="Manipur - E-Pao! 2013">{{cite web | title=GC Tongbra birth centenary celebration begins| website=Manipur - E-Pao! | date=2013-02-06 | url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3..070213.feb13 | access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> | '''Gitchandra Tongbra''' (6 February 1916 – 3 June 1996), popularly known as '''G. C. Tongbra''', was an Indian satirist,<ref name="Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra">{{cite web|url=http://tse.manipur.us/2011/06/04/fullstory.php%3Fnewsid=6260.html |title=Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra |publisher=Sangai Digest |date=4 June 2011 |access-date=16 June 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> poet, playwright and art academic from [[Imphal]].<ref name="Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed">{{cite web | url=http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/headlines/item/7541-birth-centenary-of-gc-tongbra-observed | title=Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed | publisher=Hueiyen Lanpao | date=2015 | access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> Born on 6 February 1913 in the Indian state of [[Manipur]], Tongbra was known for his socio-realistic plays such as ''Mani Manou'' (1962), ''Matric Pass'' (1964) and ''Upu Baksi'' (1972).<ref name="Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=G.C.+Tongbra&pg=PA259 | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=K. M. George | year=1992 | pages=1148 | isbn=9788172013240}}</ref><ref name="Manipur - E-Pao! 2013">{{cite web | title=GC Tongbra birth centenary celebration begins| website=Manipur - E-Pao! | date=2013-02-06 | url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3..070213.feb13 | access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref> | ||
The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1975.<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 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Four years later, he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his play, ''Ngabongkhao'', in 1978.<ref name="SNA Award">{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MANIPURI | title=SNA Award | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=16 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MANIPURI | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]], Government of India, honoured his memories by staging a ''Tongbra Drama Festival'' under the aegis of Ougri Theatre Repertory Manipur on 24 April 2015 which consisted of four selected plays of the dramatist.<ref name="GC Tongbra festival kick-starts">{{cite web | title=GC Tongbra festival kick-starts | publisher=Sangai Express | date=25 April 2015 }}</ref> | The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1975.<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 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Four years later, he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his play, ''Ngabongkhao'', in 1978.<ref name="SNA Award">{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MANIPURI | title=SNA Award | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=16 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MANIPURI | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]], Government of India, honoured his memories by staging a ''Tongbra Drama Festival'' under the aegis of Ougri Theatre Repertory Manipur on 24 April 2015 which consisted of four selected plays of the dramatist.<ref name="GC Tongbra festival kick-starts">{{cite web | title=GC Tongbra festival kick-starts | publisher=Sangai Express | date=25 April 2015 }}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Poets from Manipur]] | [[Category:Poets from Manipur]] | ||
[[Category:Indian satirists]] | [[Category:Indian satirists]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | ||
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]] | [[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award | [[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Meitei]] | ||
[[Category:People from Imphal]] | [[Category:People from Imphal]] | ||
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