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'''Darchhawna''' is an Indian writer of Hindi literature and historian from the Northeast Indian state of [[Mizoram]].<ref name="Prof. Darchhawna">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-213317.html | title=Prof. Darchhawna | publisher=Indian Autographs | date=2015 | access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> Born on the New year Day of 1936,<ref name="Prof. Darchhawna" /> Darchhawna is a former Officer on Special Duty at the [[Mizoram University]], when it was the Mizoram campus of the [[North Eastern Hill University]] (NEHU) and the founder President of the Mizo History Association.<ref name="Brief History of MHA">{{cite web | url=http://mizohistory.org/brief-history-of-mha | title=Brief History of MHA | publisher=Mizo History Association | date=2015 | access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> He held the post of the president of the organization for several terms and is holding post, after getting elected in 2013.<ref name="Office Bearers of MHA">{{cite web | url=http://mizohistory.org/constitution | title=Office Bearers of MHA | publisher=Mizo History Association | date=2015 | access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.<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><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Hindi literature]]<br />
* [[List of Hindi-language authors]]<br />
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