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Khushwant Singh (Punjabi: , born February 2 1915 in Punjab). His father was Sir Sobha Singh a prominent civil contractor in Lutyen's Delhi. Khushwant is a popular Indian writer, writing exclusively in English language. He did his graduation in BA from a Government College in Lahore and was later qualified as a barrister from King's College, London. Among the most prominent writers of our age, Khushwant Singh probably is also the most famous of all journalists in India. He has been the editor of Yojana, a government journal for two years; The Illustrated Weekly of India, a society journal; The National Herald, a newspaper; and Hindustan Times, one of the most popular English newspapers in India. He was also nominated to a seat in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, and continued to hold his seat until the end of his term in 1986. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan by President of India for his services to country and society in 1974. He returned the honour in 1984 in protest to the siege on Golden Temple by The Indian Army. He is known for his boldness, honesty, humour and love for poetry. His weekly column, "With malice towards one and all" published in several newspapers in India is one of the most widely read columns,published now in The Hindustan Times.

In July 2000, Sulabh International Social Service Organization awarded him "Honest Man of the Year Award" for his courage and honesty in his "brilliant incisive writing." At the award ceremony, Chandrababu Naidu, the then Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh described him as a "humourous writer and incorrigible believer in human goodness with a devil-may-care attitude and a courageous mind." The then Indian external affairs minister said that the secret of Khushwant Singh's success lay in his learning and discipline behind the "veneer of superficiality." • On February 20, 2006 Canadian High Commission in Delhi gave a rare felicitation to Khushwant Singh on his long and eventful writing career which had its inception in the years he spent in Canada as a young diplomat at the Indian High Commission.

Bibliography

The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, 1950
The Sikhs, 1953
Train to Pakistan (Mano Majra), 1956
The Voice of God and Other Stories, 1957
I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, 1959
The Sikhs Today, 1959
The Fall of the Kingdom of the Punjab, 1962
The History of the Sikhs, 1963
[[Ranjit Singh: The Maharajah of the Punjab]], 1963
A Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories, 1967
Black Jasmine, 1971
Tragedy of Punjab, 1984
[[Delhi: A Novel]], 1990
[[Sex, Scotch and Scholarship: Selected Writings]], 1992
[[Not a Nice Man to Know: The Best of Khushwant Singh]], 1993
Women and Men in My Life, 1995
Uncertain Liaisons; Sex, Strife and Togetherness in Urban India, 1995
The Company of Women, 1999
Truth, Love and a Little Malice, 2002
With Malice towards One and All
The End of India, 2003
Burial at the Sea, 2004
Paradise and Other Stories, 2004
Death at My Doorstep, 2005

On January 12, 2006 Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh released a book titled "The Illustrated History of the Sikhs" written by Khushwant Singh

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