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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|18|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Pitho village (now in Mansa district of Punjab, India)<ref name=sahitya/><br />
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| occupation = Author<br />
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| period = 1956-present<br />
| genre = story<br />
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| movement = socialism<br />
| notableworks = Agni-Kalas <br />
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'''Gurbachan Singh Bhullar''' (born 18 March 1937) is a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] author of short stories. In 2005, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his short story collection ''Agni-Kalas''.<ref name=sahitya>{{cite news|title=Subtle and sensitive storyteller|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060108/spectrum/book5.htm|accessdate= 18 March 2015|newspaper=The Tribune|date= 8 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=7 | title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005 | publisher=Know India, Government of India | accessdate=3 May 2018 }}</ref><br />
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On 11 October 2015 Bhullar joined other Punjabi writers in returning his Sahitya Akademi award to protest the assassination of [[M. M. Kalburgi]] and other liberal activists and writers.<ref name=sahitya-return>{{cite news|title=Three eminent writers from Punjab return Sahitya Akademi awards|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/three-eminent-writers-from-punjab-return-sahitya-akademi-awards/|accessdate= 23 October 2015|newspaper=The Indian Express|date= 11 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Bhullar was born in 1937 in Pitho village in district [[Bhatinda]], India (now in [[Mansa district, Punjab|Mansa district]]). His father, Hazura Singh, was an ex-serviceman, who had a keen interest in literature and had a personal library containing works of [[Punjabi literature]]. Bhullar consequently developed a taste for literature during his early childhood.<ref name=sahitya/><br />
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==Works==<br />
===Short story collections===<br />
*''Agni-Kalas''<br />
*''Opra Mard''<br />
*''Vakhtan Maare''<br />
*''Janenee Janai Ta''<br />
*''Main Gaznavi Nahin''<br />
*''Dharti Dian Dheeian''<br />
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