Ishwar Chander Nanda


Ishwar Chand Nanda was an Indian academic and dramatist, known as the father of Punjabi drama.

Life

He did B.A. Honors from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, where he was a student of Norah Richards, and then M.A. English from Punjab University, Lahore. He later became professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on 15 August 1947.
After the partition of India in 1947, he settled in New Delhi, where he lived for the rest of life.

Plays

Suhag or Dulhan, one-act playBebe Ram Bhajni Subhaddra Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah Shamu Shah Social Circle, three one-act plays