Poets/Writers From Jalandhar

A distinguished translator who promoted detective and popular literature in Urdu through Western novels

Historian, Researcher, and Obituarist

Master Madan was a talented ghazal and classical singer of the pre-independence India. Only 8 recorded songs of his are available. He sang in Urdu and Punjabi languages.

Renowned novelist, Urdu poet, translator, and writer of detective novels; achieved extraordinary fame through the popular detective character “Major Balwant”