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'''Dev Kumar''' (born 4 February 1972){{citation needed|date=January 2016}} is a [[Dalit]] writer and dramatist from India.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM11/Connecting-Dalit-intellectuals-through-village-conferences/Article1-104939.aspx |title=Connecting Dalit intellectuals through village conferences |work=Hindustan Times |date=2 June 2006 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820233620/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM11/Connecting-Dalit-intellectuals-through-village-conferences/Article1-104939.aspx |archivedate=2014-08-20}}</ref> A member of the [[Chuhra|Bhangi]] community,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ff1.dalitresourcecentre.com/report-on-fourth-basti-village-conference-chhavani-naurangabad-aligarh-up-november-17th-18th-2007/ |title=Report on Fourth Basti/ Village Conference, Chhavani Naurangabad, Aligarh, UP November 17th – 18th , 2007 |publisher=Ff1.dalitresourcecentre.com |date= |accessdate=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203122/http://ff1.dalitresourcecentre.com/report-on-fourth-basti-village-conference-chhavani-naurangabad-aligarh-up-november-17th-18th-2007/ |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he established the Apna Theatre in April 1992. This has performed in [[Kanpur]] and surrounding areas with the aim of arousing Dalit consciousness.<ref name="narayan">{{cite book|author=Badri Narayan|title=Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAQrpDW4-_YC&pg=PA83|date=14 November 2006|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3537-7|page=83}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
Kumar's plays include:<ref name="narayan" /><br />
*Daastan<br />
*Bhadra Angulimaal<br />
*Chakradhari<br />
*Sudarshan<br />
*Kapat<br />
*Agayat Etihaas<br />
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[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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