{{Infobox writer | name = Deep Chand Bahman | birth_place = Khanda, Sonipat, Haryana | occupation = Poet and Saang artist | language = Haryanvi language | nationality = Indian | awards = Rai Sahib }}
'''Deep Chand Bahman''' was a celebrated Saang artist of Haryana. He was born in Khanda, Sonipat Haryana. He was popularly known as Shakespeare or Kalidas of Haryana.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre {{!}} Art & Cultural Affairs Department {{!}} India |url=https://artandculturalaffairshry.gov.in/theatre/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Haryana (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SYLAQAAIAAJ&q=dip+chand+bahman+khanda |title=Haryana District Gazetteers: Sonipat |date=1990 |publisher=Haryana Gazetteers Organization |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Haryana's folk theatre 'Saang' |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/haryana%E2%80%99s-folk-theatre-%E2%80%98saang%E2%80%99-628038 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref> He played great role in enriching Haryanvi dialect of Hindi and preserving the ragni sang culture of Rohtak belt. Mahashaya Deep Chand with his sangs gathered the donations and founded the Bhatgaon Gaushala.
==Early life== Pt. Deep Chand was great Saang theatre artist born in Brahmin family of Khanda village of Sonipat district Haryana. During the First World War the British Government gave him a title of Rai Sahib and granted him other favours.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barari |first=H. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1ZuAAAAMAAJ&q=dip+chand+bahman+khanda |title=A Governor's Tryst with Haryana |date=2007 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-212-0919-9 |language=en}}</ref>
==Famous writings== * Raja Harishchandra * Jyani Chor * Raja Bhoj * Gopichand Maharaj * Utanpad * Bhakti Bhav * Yug Chetna<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Sharafat |date=2021-05-14 |title=जीवन परिचय दीपचन्द - THEDKZ.COM |url=https://thedkz.com/jivan-prichya-deepchand/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=thedkz.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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