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Krishan Chander

Died in 1977

Krishan Chander was born on 23 November 1914, in Bharatpur according to most sources, into a family from Wazirabad; his father, a doctor in government service, was posted to Poonch, in Kashmir, where he grew up. As a student in Lahore, he mixed with Bhagat Singh's companions and was held for two months in Lahore Fort, then obtained a master's degree in English and a law degree. He worked in radio from 1939 to 1942, in Lahore, Delhi and Lucknow, before becoming a screenwriter in Poona and then in Bombay. He died in Bombay on 8 March 1977.

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