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'''Fikr Taunsvi''' real name Ram Lal Bhatia (7 October 1918 – 12 September 1987) was an [[Urdu]] poet, born in a village of [[Taunsa Sharif]], then part of [[India]]. He was famous for his satires and was a [[Hindu]] by religion.<ref name="Tribune-Remembering the doyen of Urdu satire">{{cite web|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99nov28/sunday/head3.htm| title =Remembering the doyen of Urdu satire| newspaper = The Tribune| first=K.K. | last=Khullar | date=28 November 1999 | accessdate =15 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Milli - Fikr Taunsvi">{{cite web|url = http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15112002/1511200226.htm| title = Urdu newspapers are beacons of light|newspaper = The Milli Gazette|accessdate = 2007-10-26}}</ref><ref name="The Sun - A People's History of Partition">{{cite web|url = http://www.nysun.com/article/64254| title = A People's History of Partition| newspaper = The Sun|accessdate = 2007-10-26}}</ref> He wrote twenty books in [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] and eight in [[Hindi literature|Hindi]].<ref>http://www.taunsacity.com/fikr_taunsvi.html{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His father, Dhanpat Rai, was a shopkeeper in the [[List of Baloch tribes|Baloch]] tribal area of Taunsa Sharif. village name was Mangrotha which is about 04&nbsp;km from Taunsa Sharif. Taunsvi married Shrimati Kailashwati, in 1944. He has three children Rani, Phool Kumar and Suman.<br />
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He studied up to higher [[secondary school]] at Taunsa Sharif and higher education from [[Lahore]]. He migrated to [[Delhi]] after partition of the sub-continent. His favorite city was Lahore which according to him was attached to his soul. The decision of partition dejected him a lot.<br />
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He died on 12 September 1987.<br />
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==His works==<br />
He wrote many books, and the daily column Pyaz ke Chhilke in [[Urdu]] Milap for about 27 years. His journal written during the partition of India, ''Chhata Darya'' (published in Lahore in 1948), has been translated into English by Dr Maaz Bin Bilal as ''The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India'' (published by Speaking Tiger Press in 2019).<br />
<ref>https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/shop/non-fiction/the-sixth-river/</ref><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
He was awarded with Soviet Land Nehru award.<br />
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