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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934 |11|16}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
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| occupation = Writer, poet, and novelist
| nationality = Indian
| education = M.A. Economics
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| genre = Novel, short story, memoir
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| notablework = Khanabadosh
| spouse = Rajinder Singh (m. 1952)
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| children = [[Arpana Caur]], Kendi Caur
| awards = [[Sahitya Academy Award]] 1985 <br/> [[Padma Shri]] <br/> [[Shiromani Sahityakar Award]] <br/> [[Baba Bali Award]]
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'''Ajeet Cour''' (born 1934) is an Indian writer who writes in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. She is a recipient of the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] and [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian award by the [[Government of India]].

==Biography==
Ajeet Cour was born into the family of Sardar Makhan Singh in 1934 in [[Lahore]], where she studied. After the [[Partition of India|partition]], her family came to [[Delhi]], where she earned an [[M.A.]] (Economics). She has written novels and short stories in the [[Punjabi language]] on themes such as the experience of women in relationships and their position in society.<ref name="loc.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/ajeetcour.html |title=Ajeet Cour, 1934- |publisher=The South Asian Literary Recording Project, [[Library of Congress]], New Delhi Office}}</ref> She received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1985<ref name="loc.gov" /> and the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2006.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Khanabadosh'' (means "nomad" or "vagabond")
*''Gulbano''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/lancashire/items/1194396?outdated=true |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204054624/http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/lancashire/items/1194396?outdated=true |archive-date=4 February 2014 }}</ref>
*''Mehak di maut''
*''Dhup wala shahr''

== See also ==

*[[Surjit Patar]]
*[[Vir Singh (writer)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://hook2book.com/index.php?rt=product/search&keyword=Ajit%20Kaur&category_id=0 All Punjabi Books Of Ajit Kaur]

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