What is Jaswant Singh Kanwal?
[[File:Jaswant Singh Kanwal at his residence in Dhudike (cropped).jpg|thumb|Jaswant Singh Kanwal in 2018]] '''Jaswant Singh Kanwal''' (27 June 1919 – 1 February 2020) was an Indian writer and essayist. His works were of the [[Punjabi language]]. He was born in the village of [[Dhudike]], [[Moga District]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India.<ref>[http://www.tagarm.com/dhudike.html]{{dead link|date=July 2019}}</ref> He was awarded the Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unp.me/f46/jaswant-kanwal-chosen-as-sahit-shiromani-31993/|title=Jaswant Kanwal chosen as Sahit Shiromani|date=July 24, 2008|website=UNP|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> in the year 2007. His best known novel was ''Lahoo Di Lo'' (Dawn of the Blood).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL13739833M/Lahoo_di_lo.|title=Lahoo di lo.: Lahoo Di Lo (Dawn of the Blood).|last=Kanwal|first=Jaswant Singh|date=1978|publisher=Aarsi Pub.|location=Delhi|ol=13739833M }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005090007/http://www.ihues.com/punjabilit/biographies/viewbiography.php?id=7 Biography (Punjabi)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanwal, Jaswant Singh}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Indian centenarians]] [[Category:Indian novelists]] [[Category:Indian essayists]] [[Category:Short story writers]] {{bio-stub}}