About a hundred kilometers from the capital city of Islamabad in Pakistan, by the G.T.Road, in district Jhelum, sits the historic town of Dina.
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The same Dina, on whom Gulzar penned his immortal lines:
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Dina is the birthplace of renowned South Asian poet Sampooran Singh Kalra. Popularly known as Gulzar, he was born in Kurla, a village some 3 kilometers away from Dina, on the 18th of August in the year 1936. Gulzar’s father Makkhan Singh, set up his business and home in the main market of Dina and settled here with his family.
The house where Gulzar spent most of his childhood and the shop…
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The same Dina, on whom Gulzar penned his immortal lines:
Dina is the birthplace of renowned South Asian poet Sampooran Singh Kalra. Popularly known as Gulzar, he was born in Kurla, a village some 3 kilometers away from Dina, on the 18th of August in the year 1936. Gulzar’s father Makkhan Singh, set up his business and home in the main market of Dina and settled here with his family.
The house where Gulzar spent most of his childhood and the shop… Read more...