Nand Lal Noorpuri
Punjabi poet
Nand Lal Noorpuri (June 1906 – 13 May 1966) was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist who wrote in Punjabi.
He wrote lyrics for many films, including the 1942 romantic drama film Mangti. He died by suicide on 13 May 1966.
Early life
Nand Lal Noorpuri was born in June 1906, to father Bishan Singh and mother Hukman Devi, in the Noor Pur 122 JB Faisalabad village of Lyallpur district in British Punjab. He studied at Khalsa High School and at the old Khalsa College in Lyallpur (renamed as Faisalabad in Pakistan after partition in 1947). He quit college and joined first as a teacher and then as an assistant sub-inspector in Bikaner in Rajasthan where he received a bravery award.
He married Sumittra Devi and the couple had four daughters and two sons. After partition in 1947, he settled in Jalandhar, India.
Career
In 1940, he left police force and came back to Punjab and wrote lyrics for Punjabi film Mangti 1942 . that made him known to everyone in Punjab.
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