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{{Short description|Indian poet and author (1928–2013)}}
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| birth_date = 25 September 1928
| birth_place = India
| death_date = 2013
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| occupation = Poet, writer
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| spouse = Gargi Komal
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br>Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award
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'''Balraj Komal''' (1928–2013) was an Indian poet and writer of [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] literature. The [[Government of India]] honored Komal in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{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://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Balraj Komal, born in 1928, was a freelance writer after his retirement from the Delhi Administration as an Education Officer.<ref name="Muse India">{{cite web | url=http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=485 | title=Muse India | publisher=Muse India | date=2014 | access-date=26 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123115/http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=485 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a former member of Delhi Urdu Akademi and the advisory board of [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi.<ref name="Muse India" /> He is credited with several publications composed of poems, short stories, and critical studies and ''Meri Nazmen'', ''Parindon Bhara Aasman'', ''Rishta-e-Dil'', ''Agala Waraq'', ''Ankhen Aur Paon'', and ''Adab ki Talas'' are some hid known works.<ref name="Muse India" /><ref name="Daily Post" />

A recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1985,<ref name="Daily Post">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.in/comments/columnists/8976-death-of-an-urdu-poet |title=Daily Post |publisher=Daily Post |date=2013 |access-date=26 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074256/http://www.dailypost.in/comments/columnists/8976-death-of-an-urdu-poet |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}</ref> Balraj Komal also won ''[[Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy]]'' Award twice(1971 and 1982) and has also received a Senior Fellowship from the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Muse India" /> In 2011, the [[Government of India]] honored Komal again by including him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for Padma Award.<ref name="Padma Shri" />

Balraj Komal died in 2013 at the age of 85.<ref name="Daily Post" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mU4uAAAAMAAJ | title=Selected Poems of Balraj Komal | publisher=Educational Publishing House | author=Balraj Komal | year=1989 | pages=113}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Gangadhar National Award]]
[[Category:Poets from Delhi]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian poets]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education]]

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DeangeloSchwing at 17:10, 16 October 2025