Amritlal Nagar born 17 August 1916 in Agra

Agra

Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

 Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, has been one of the prominent Hindi

Hindi literature

Hindi literature , is broadly divided into four prominent forms or styles, being Bhakti ; Shringar ; Veer-Gatha ; and Adhunik...

 writers of modern times.

He started off as an author and journalist, but moved on to be an active writer in Indian Film Industry for next 7 years. He worked as a drama producer in All India Radio

All India Radio

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 at Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

 (U.P.) between December 1953 and May 1956. At this point he realized that regular job will always be a hindrance to his literary life, so he devoted himself to freelance writing.

Novels

• Saat Ghunghat Waalaa Mukhadaa (Historical background)
• Maanas Kaa Hans (On Tulasidaas Ji)
• Naachayo Bahut Gopaal (Social cause)
• Khanjan Nayan (On Surdaas Ji)
• Orachhaa Ki Nartaki (Historical background)
• Chakallas
• karwat
• peedhiyan
• Gadar Ke Phool
• amrit aur vish
• Shatranj ke Mohre (On 1857 revolt)

Awards & Official positions

• Padma Bhushan
  Padma Bhushan
  The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
  
   conferred by Government of India
  Government of India
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• Sahitya Akademi Award
  Sahitya Akademi Award
  Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
  
   in 1967 for his novel, Amrit aur Vish.
• Soviet Land Nehru Award (1970).
• Chairman, Bhartendu Natya Academy
  Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts
  Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts is a theatre training institute in Lucknow, India...
  
   (BNA) in 1975
• Bharat-Bharti Puraskar
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad Shikhar Samman
• Board member, Sahitya Academi