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'''Kripa Sagar''' (1875-1939) was a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] poet. He was a major figure of Punjabi literature in the late nineteenth century.<br />
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Born Kripa Das on May 4 [[1875 in literature|1875]] in the village of Pipnakha in the outskirts of [[Gujranwala]] (now a major city in [[Pakistan]]). Kripa Sagar was successively a teacher, an editor, a banker, an officer of the [[University of the Punjab]], and a publisher. He ran his own publishing press from Ram Gali, [[Lahore]].{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}} He wrote poetry concurrently with these other careers.{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}<br />
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Sagar wrote on Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] and the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. His major works include ''Lakshmi Devi'',<ref>{{cite book | title=Lakshmi Devi | work=worldcat.org |oclc = 6921067}}</ref> "Maharaja Ranjit Singh",<ref>''History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956'' by Sisir Kumar Das, p. 152</ref> "Dido Jamwal", "Rai Raiyan", and ''Man Tarang''. He succumbed to illness on May 19 [[1939 in literature|1939]] at Ramgali Lahore.{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}<br />
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A "Smriti Granth", or memorial book, was prepared by Punjabi University to commemorate him, and was presented to his wife Krishna Devi on December 9, 1962 at [[Patiala]], India.{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}<br />
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''Lakshmi Devi''<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/b/OL165744M/Lakshmi_Devi ''Lakshmi Devi'' at openlibrary.org]</ref> is inspired by "[[Lady of the Lake]]" by [[Walter Scott]]. It is interwoven with Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s conquest of the hill provinces of Bandral. He wrote it while posted in [[Jammu]]. Finished in 1915, it was first printed in 1920. He is also known for the poem "Jelum da Pani", with its subject the [[Jhelum River]]. It was written in [[Urdu]], and was published in his collection ''Man Tarang''.{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}<br />
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The Amrita Kripa Sagar Cancer Hospice is named after him, as is at least one school in India.<ref>[http://www.amritapuri.org/3279/cancer-hospice/ Amrita Kripa Cancer Hospice information, at Amritapuri.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.bhopaldiocese.net/info.php?show=institutes&type=Educational%20Center&id=76 Kripa Sagar High School listing]</ref><br />
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