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{{Short description|Indian writer (1928–2007)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dinesh Nandini Dalmia
| image= Dinesh Nandini Dalmia 2009 stamp of India.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|02|16}}
| birth_place = [[Udaipur]], [[Udaipur State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|10|25|1928|02|16}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| othername = Dineshnandini Dalmia
| occupation = Poet Short story writer Novelist
| known for = Hindi literature
| spouse = [[Ramkrishna Dalmia]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] Sakseria Award Mahila Sasakthikaran Puraskar Prem Chand Award
}}
'''Dinesh Nandini Dalmia''' (16 February 1928 – 25 October 2007), also written as '''Dineshnandini Dalmia''', was an Indian poet, short story writer and novelist of Hindi literature.<ref name="Jinnah's Air India Shares and his Lavish Mansions">{{cite web | url=http://organiser.org/Encyc/2013/8/25/Jinnah%E2%80%99s-Air-India-shares-and-his-lavish-mansions.aspx | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310093827/http://organiser.org/Encyc/2013/8/25/Jinnah%E2%80%99s-Air-India-shares-and-his-lavish-mansions.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 March 2014 | title=Jinnah's Air India Shares and his Lavish Mansions | publisher=Organiser | date=2016 | access-date=7 June 2016 }}</ref> She was the fifth wife of [[Ramkrishna Dalmia]], founder of the [[Dalmia Group]], and three of his four previous wives were still alive and married to him when she became his fifth wife. Nevertheless, she positioned herself in opposition to gender discrimination and [[Purdah|purdah system]], and published poems, prose poems, short stories and novels on the theme of women's emancipation.<ref name="Dineshnandini Dalmia popularised Hindi literature till her last breath">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/dineshnandini-dalmia-popularised-hindi-literature-till-her-last-breath/article160032.ece | title=Dineshnandini Dalmia popularised Hindi literature till her last breath | work=The Hindu | date=12 October 2009 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> ''Shabnam '', ''Niraash Aasha'', ''Mujhe Maaf Kama'' and ''Yeh Bhi Jhooth Hai'' are some of her notable works.<ref name="Yeh Bhi Jhooth Hai">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0072I2YR0 | title=Yeh Bhi Jhooth Hai | author=Dinesh Nandini Dalmiya | year=1996 | isbn=978-8171191659}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2006, for her contributions to 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=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |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> In 2009, [[India Posts]] released a commemorative stamp on her.<ref name="Stamps India- Dineshnandini Dalmia">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianstampghar.com/2009/10/indian-stamps-dineshnandini-dalmia-by-india-post/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106181649/http://www.indianstampghar.com/2009/10/indian-stamps-dineshnandini-dalmia-by-india-post/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=6 January 2011 | title=Stamps India- Dineshnandini Dalmia | publisher=Indian Stamp Ghar | date=2016 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Dinesh Nandini Dalmia, née Dinesh Nandini Chordia, was born on 16 February 1928 in [[Udaipur]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Dineshnandini Dalmia on Stamp Sathi">{{cite web | url=http://www.stampsathi.in/stamppages/2511-dineshnandini%20dalmia.php | title=Dineshnandini Dalmia on Stamp Sathi | publisher=Stamp Sathi | date=2016 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> She started her literary activities at the age of 13, and though she married [[Ramkrishna Dalmia]], the founder of the [[Dalmia Group]] in 1946 at the age of 18,<ref name="Dalmia never lived at 10-Aurangzeb Road, writes daughter">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/dalmia-never-lived-at-10aurangzeb-road-writes-daughter/509705/ | title=Dalmia never lived at 10-Aurangzeb Road, writes daughter | publisher=Indian Express | date=1 September 2009 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> continued her studies to secure a post graduate degree, thus becoming the first woman master's degree holder in the state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Tribute to a 'firebrand author'">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/tribute-to-a-firebrand-author/article1403865.ece | title=Tribute to a 'firebrand author' | work=The Hindu | date=29 December 2008 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> Her initial works were prose poems, but later wrote poems, starting with ''Niraash Aasha'' and her first published book was ''Shabnam'' which earned her the ''Sakseria Award''.<ref name="Dineshnandini Dalmia popularised Hindi literature till her last breath" /> Subsequently, she also wrote short stories and novels and published 35 of them, besides a number of poetry anthologies.<ref name="Tilak Marg W-point named after Padma awardee">{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081229/delhi.htm#12 | title=Tilak Marg W-point named after Padma awardee | work=The Tribune | date=29 December 2009 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref> ''Phool ka Dard'', documentary film, is made on her work of the same name.<ref name="DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING Phool Ka Dard">{{cite web | url=https://www.delhievents.com/2007/10/documentary-film-screening-ka-dard-on.html | title=DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING "Phool Ka Dard" | publisher=Delhi Events | date=2016 | access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref>

Dalmia was known to have been a feminist in her views and protested against [[Purdah|Purdah system]] and discrimination against women. She was a member of Indo-China Friendship Society, Lekhika Sangh and the Institute of Comparative Religion and Literature (ICRL) and served as the president of ICRL.<ref name="Dineshnandini Dalmia on Stamp Sathi" /> She was one of the founders of the literary magazine, ''Richa'' and was its chief editor. She received ''Mahila Sasakthikaran Puraskar'' of the Hindi Sahitya Akademi in 2001 and [[Rani Durgavati University]] conferred a doctorate ([[honoris causa]]) on her in 2005. The next year, the Government of India awarded her the civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> She was also a recipient of ''Prem Chand Award''.<ref name="Dineshnandini Dalmia on Stamp Sathi" />

Dinesh Nandini Dalmia died on 25 October 2007, at the age of 79 in Delhi.<ref name="Dalmia never lived at 10-Aurangzeb Road, writes daughter" /> Neelima Dalmia Adhar, noted writer, is her daughter.<ref name="Neelima Dalmia Adhar">{{cite web | url=http://neelimadalmiaadhar.com/profile.htm | title=Neelima Dalmia Adhar | publisher=neelimadalmiaadhar.com | date=2016 | access-date=7 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218180144/http://neelimadalmiaadhar.com/profile.htm | archive-date=18 February 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Delhi administration named a market at W-point, Tilak Marg as '' Dineshnandini Dalmia Chowk'' in her honor.<ref name="Tribute to a 'firebrand author'" /> An interview with her was published by Kamal Kishore Goenka in 2002 under the title, ''Dinesh Nandini Dalmiya Se Baatchit''.<ref name="Dinesh Nandini Dalmiya Se Baatchit">{{cite book | title=Dinesh Nandini Dalmiya Se Baatchit | publisher=Hindi Book Centre | author=Kamal Kishore Goenka | year=2002 | pages=175 | isbn=978-8185244655}}</ref> [[India Posts]] issued a commemorative stamp on her in 2009.<ref name="Stamps India- Dineshnandini Dalmia" />

== See also ==
* [[Ramkrishna Dalmia]]
* [[List of postage stamps of India (2005–09)]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA231|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=231–}}
* {{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20091011/1359488.html | title=Meira Kumar releases Dinesh Nandini Dalmia commemorative stamp | publisher=Web India News | work=Web article | date=11 October 2009 | access-date=7 June 2016 | archive-date=5 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805094416/http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20091011/1359488.html | url-status=dead }}

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