{{Short description|Indian writer, folk singer and educationist}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Ram Panjwani | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|11|20}} | birth_place = Larkana, Sindh, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1987|03|31|1911|11|20}} | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = Writer, educationist, singer | years_active = | known_for = Sindhi literature | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | website = {{URL|https://rampanjwani.com/|Rampunjwani.com}} | awards = Padma Shri<br>Sahitya Akademi Award }} '''Ram Prataprai Panjwani''' (1911–1987) was an Indian writer, folk singer and educationist, known for his contributions to Sindhi literature.<ref name="Biography : Prof. Ram PanjwaniProf. Ram Panjwani">{{cite web | url=http://www.thesindhuworld.com/rampanjwani.html | title=Biography : Prof. Ram PanjwaniProf. Ram Panjwani | publisher=The Sindhu World | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-date=18 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318002936/http://www.thesindhuworld.com/rampanjwani.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Early life == Panjwani was born at Larkana in the Sindh province of erstwhile British India (presently in Pakistan). on 20 November 1911<ref name="Prof. Ram Panjwani">{{cite web | url=https://sindhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Prof._Ram_Panjwani | title=Prof. Ram Panjwani | publisher=Encycolopedai of Sindhi | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He graduated from Mumbai University in 1934 and started his career as a teacher at the D. J. Sindh Government Science College, Karachi.<ref name="Prof. Ram Panjwani" /> After Indian independence in 1947, he relocated to Mumbai and started working as a member of faculty of Jai Hind College, Mumbai in their Sindhi department. Later, he moved to Mumbai University as the reader in Sindhi department and headed the department from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="Prof. Ram Panjwani" />
== Works == Panjwani published several literary works in Sindhi language, starting with his debut novel, ''Padma'' (1939) which preceded works like ''Qaidy'', ''Sharmila'', ''Asanjo Ghar'', ''Ahe Na ahe'' and ''Shall Dhiaru Na Jaman''. He also acted in four films, ''Jhulelal'', ''Ladlee'', ''Hojmalo'' and ''Shall Dhiaru Na Jaman'', the last one based on his own novel.<ref name="Biography : Prof. Ram PanjwaniProf. Ram Panjwani" /> He received Sahitya Akademi award in 1964 for his work, ''Anokha Azmda''.<ref name="Sahitya Akademi Award winners">{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#SINDHI | title=Sahitya Akademi Award winners | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of the cultural forum, ''Sita Sindhu Bhavan'' and was the editor of the Sindhi publication, ''Hindustan Sindhi Weekly''.<ref name="Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBlUD0rIRF8C&q=Ram+Prataprai+Punjwani&pg=PA362 | title=Hinduism: Path of the Ancient Wisdom | publisher=iUniverse | date=2008 | access-date=1 July 2015 | author=Hiro G. Badlani | pages=404 | isbn=9780595436361}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1981.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=18 June 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> He wrote the first Sindhi-language film ''Ekta'' (1942).
'''Death'''
Ram Panjwani died in Chandigarh on 31 March 1987 at the age of 75.<ref name="Biography : Prof. Ram PanjwaniProf. Ram Panjwani" />
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