# Dhani Ram Chatrik

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{{Short description|Indian poet and typographer (1876–1954)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Dhani Ram Chatrik
| image = Dhani Ram Chatrik.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1876|10|4}}
| birth_place = [Sheikhupura](/source/Sheikhupura), [Punjab Province](/source/Punjab_Province_(British_India)), [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1954|12|18|1876|10|4}}
| language = Punjabi
| nationality = Indian
| education = [Lopoke](/source/Lopoke), Badonialli and Islamia school, [Amritsar](/source/Amritsar)<ref name="AD"/>
| caption = Portrait of Dhani Ram Chatrik
}}

'''Dhani Ram Chatrik''' (4 October 1876 – 18 December 1954) was an Indian poet and typographer.<ref name="AD">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian literature. vol. 2, Devraj to Jyoti|author=Amaresh Datta|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|oclc=34346334|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&q=dhaniram+chatrik&pg=PA994|isbn=9788126011940}}</ref><ref name="SKD">{{cite book|title=A History of Indian Literature|author=Sisir Kumar Das, various|year=2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-7201-798-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&q=Sisir%20Kumar%20Das%2C%20various%20(2006).%20A%20History%20of%20Indian%20Literature&pg=PA722}}</ref>

He is considered one of the pioneers of modern [Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language) poetry.<ref name="SKD"/> He promoted Punjabi culture, language and publications through his life. In 1926, he became the President of Punjabi Sahit Sabha, a Punjabi Literary Society.<ref name="AD"/>

==Early life==

He was born in village Pasian-wala, district [Sheikhupura](/source/Sheikhupura) (now in Pakistan).<ref name="SSN"/> His father Pohu Lal,<ref name="SSN"/> was an ordinary shopkeeper.<ref name="AD"/> His father moved to village Lopoke in search for work. His father taught him [Gurmukhi](/source/Gurmukhi) and [Urdu](/source/Urdu) scripts.<ref name="AD"/> Dhaniram grew fond of calligraphy and went to Bombay to learn Gurmukhi typography.<ref name="AD"/><ref name="SSN">{{cite book|title=Dhani Ram Chatrik |author=Surinder Singh Narula|year=1985|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|oclc=15550036|url=http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=36791&page=16&CategoryID=1&Searched=W3GX&sbtsro=1}}</ref> Though a Hindu by birth, he became an admirer of the Sikh faith after he came in contact with the major Punjabi poet of that era [Bhai Vir Singh](/source/Bhai_Vir_Singh).<ref name="AD"/><ref name="SSN"/> After this meeting he felt inspired to write verses in the Punjabi Language.<ref name="AD"/>

==Partial bibliography==
* ''Chatrik authored Fullan Di Tokri'' (1904) 
* ''Bharthri Hari Bikramajit'' (1905) 
* ''Nal Dmaayanti'' (1906) 
* ''Dharmvir'' (1912) 
* ''Chandanwari'' (1931) 
* ''Kesar Kiari'' (1940) 
* ''Nawan Jahan'' (1942) 
* ''Noor Jahan Badshahbeghum'' (1944)
* ''Sufikhana'' (1950)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.apnaorg.com/translations/chatrik/ The poem 'Mele Wich Jatt' at ApnaOrg.Com]
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Category:People from Sheikhupura
Category:Punjabi-language poets
Category:Punjabi Hindus
Category:Indian male poets
Category:20th-century Indian poets
Category:20th-century Indian male writers
Category:Poets from British India
Category:People from Punjab Province (British India)
Category:Indian typographers and type designers

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