What is Nilamber Dev Sharma?
{{Infobox person | name = Nilamber Dev Sharma | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|6}} | birth_place = Jammu and Kashmir, India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|6|23|1931|10|6}} | death_place = New Delhi | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = Scholar, writer | yearsactive = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = Madan Mohan Shastri | influences = | influenced = | website = {{URL||Official web site}} | awards = [[Padma Shri]] }} '''Nilamber Dev Sharma''' (October 6, 1931 - June 23 2020) was an Indian scholar and writer. His works were of [[Dogri language|Dogri]] and English literature. He was best known for his work, ''An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature''.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Modern-Dogri-Literature/dp/B000KITBKW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417095641&sr=1-1 | title=An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature | publisher=Kranti Press | author=Nilamber Dev Sharma | year=1965 | asin=B000KITBKW}}</ref> The first publication in English about Dogri literature.<ref name=GK>{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/jan/26/prof-punjabi-nilamber-conferred-padma-shri-22.asp | title=Greater Kashmir | publisher=Greater Kashmir | date=25 January 2011 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PD