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'''Sarwanand Koul Premi''', also spelled '''Sarvanand Kaul Premi''' (2 November 1924 – 1 May 1990), was a famous [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] poet, journalist, research scholar, Gandhian, social reformer and independence activist living in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]], India. He along with his young married son, Verinder (27) was kidnapped and executed by [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic terrorists]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/a-poet-of-hope/|title=A Poet of hope|website=www.dailyexcelsior.com|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kashmirherald.com/featuredarticle/realtragedyofkashmir.html|title=Real Tragedy of Kashmir|website=www.kashmirherald.com|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlytimesnews.com/newsdet.aspx?q=201624|title=The Unsung Hero of Kashmiriyat - Sarwanand Kaul Premi - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir|website=www.earlytimesnews.com|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jknewspoint.com/jkca-pays-tributes-to-the-sarwanand-koul-premi-on-his-27th-death-anniversary/|title=JKCA pays tributes to the Sarwanand Koul Premi on his 27th death anniversary|last=Editorjknews|website=jknewspoint.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/banished-from-home-i-1502436679.html|title=Banished from Home ~ I - The Statesman|date=2017-08-13|work=The Statesman|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/exodus-of-kashmiri-pandits-january-19-jammu-and-kashmir-304487-2016-01-19|title=Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: What happened on January 19, 26 years ago?|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref>

Sarwanand was the son of Gopi Nath Koul and Omravati Koul, who were members of the [[Kashmiri Pandit]] family of Soaf-Shali (ancient [[Sanskrit]] name: Supt-Shaleshwar) village in [[Kashmir]]'s [[Anantnag district|Anantnag]] district. They were a farming family and used to live in the village of Sof-Shali, near the [[Kokernag|Kokarnag]] tourist area in the Anantnag District of Kashmir. Premi's father was the first matriculate to receive further education.

After his initial schooling, Premi was admitted to mission High School in Anantnag where from he passed his Matriculation in 1939 and enrolled in [[Punjab University, Lahore]]. Later, he obtained his [[B.A. and Hon's in Hindi(Prabhakar)]] from [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]], [[M.A.]] and [[B.Ed.]] degrees from [[Jammu and Kashmir University]]. From 1942 to 1946, he worked underground for the [[Quit India Movement]] and was arrested six times during this period.

For a few years he worked for the Village and the Khadi Industries Board (a state enterprise) as well as the Industries Department of Punjab. He returned to Kashmir and joined the education department of Jammu and Kashmir as a teacher from 1954 to 1977.<ref>[http://www.shehjar.com/list/16/87/1.html Pandita, R. (2007). ''Pt. Sarwanand Kaul Premi''. Retrieved from http://www.shehjar.com/list/16/87/1.html]</ref>

==Personal life ==

 

 

 

 

 

# Kalami Premi  

# Payami Premi  

# Rood Jeri  

# Osh ta Vush  

# Gitanjanli (Translations)  

# Russi Padshah Katha  

# Panctchadar (poetic collections)  

# Bakhti Koosum  

# Akhri Mulaqat  

# Mathur Devi  

# MIrza Kak (life and works)  

# Mirza Kak Ji Wakhs  

# Kashmiri ki beeti  

# Bagwat Gita (Translations 1)  

# Taj  

# Rupa Bhawani<ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA585|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=585–}}</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

On the evening of 29–30 April 1990, three masked assailants entered his home and kidnapped him and his younger son, Virendra Koul. Their dead bodies were found on 1 May 1990. Their murders were part of a series of killings of prominent personalities from the minority Kashmiri Hindu community during the rise of the anti-India, pro-Pakistan Islamic militant movement in Kashmir.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}