Introduction

Topic :- khushwant Singh life

story (1915-2014)
Presented By :- Kumari Tanisha
Class :- XI C
Roll
number :- 20
 Khushwant
Singh’s biography

Khushwant singh was

born in year 1915 in
hadali in Pakistan. He
died on 20th March 2014.
He is most famous for his
historical Novel
“Train to Pakistan”
published in 1956.
Khushwant Singh was an Indian novelist, journalist,
and a lawyer. He was a man of many talents and
served the Indian legal system, Indian journalism
and literature all with equal passion and hard work.
He was a well learned man and studied from
various institutes like Modern School, New Delhi,
Government College of Lahore, St. Stephen’s
College, Delhi and King’s College London. He set
 his foot in his professional life by starting out
as a lawyer but soon he turned to Indian Foreign
Service. Served that for a few years and later he
found his place in mass communication and journalism. He
was the editor of many reputed newspapers and magazines
like, The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald
and the Hindustan Times. Singh was more known for his
writing and Indian literature is lucky to have received
works like ‘Train to Pakistan’ (1956), ‘Delhi: A Novel’
(1990), ‘The Company of Women’ (1999), ‘Truth, Love and a
Little Malice’ (2002), ‘The Good, the Bad and the
Ridiculous’ (2013), etc. from his side. For his brilliant service
to the Indian society and culture, he was awarded with a
Padma Bhushan, but due to his deep concept for operation
blue star, he returned it back to the government.

HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
khushwant Singh was awarded with a lot of
accolades in his lifetime. These include:-
Padma bhushan in 1974 (he returned it in
1984 in protest against the operation Blue Star),
Punjab Ratan Award (2006), Padma Vibhushan
(2007), Sahitya academy fellowship award (2010),
Tata literature live! Award (2013), Fellowship of
King's college London (2014).
 Career
Singh first started his career as that of a
professional lawyer in 1938. His heart was set on
working with the legal system in India and
contributing towards it. He dedicatedly worked
and gave his best at the Lahore Court for good 8
years.
After India became independent in
1947, he joined the Indian
Foreign Services (IFS). He began
his stint in IFS by first serving
as the Information Officer of the
Government of India in Toronto,
Canada. After that, Singh went.
on to become the Press Attache and
Public Officer for the Indian High
Commission in London and
Ottawa.
In 1951, he left the IFS and joined the
All India Radio as a journalist.
During the time period 1954-1956, he worked in
the Department of Mass Communications of
UNESCO in Paris. In 1956, he got into editorial
services and started editing a newspaper called
Yojana, which was an Indian government journal.
During his nine-year tenure (1969–1978) as editor
of the weekly magazine, ‘The Illustrated Weekly',
the circulation of the weekly rose from 65,000 to
400000.
From 1980 to 1983, he was the editor of the
newspaper 'Hindustan Times'. After his stint as
editor was over, he continued to write a widely
syndicated column, called “With Malice Towards
One and All” for the newspaper. The column was
quite famous for its dry wit and humor.

conclusion of his
writing
Khushwant Singh, like other Indian novelists,
explores social, political realities of
contemporary Indian life. His main concern is
the man and the reality. He has established.
himself as a distinguished writer of social
realism with the publication of his first novel,
Train to Pakistan. The term social realism means
the depiction in literature of social reality in its
true colours. The emergence of social – realistic
novel in Indian fiction in English is due.
to the rise of Nationalistic Movement.
The novelists who have been influenced by
this movement roused the feelings of
nationalism in common man through their
works. They also tried their hands to make the
people socially and economically conscious.
 Thank you
To
My class teacher:-
Upasna Miss
For this project