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{{Infobox person
| name = Kunwar Singh Negi
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1927
| birth_place = [[Pauri]], Uttarakhand, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|03|20|1927 || }}
| death_place = [[Dehradun]], Uttarakhand, India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Braille editor, social worker
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1981)<br> [[Padma Bhushan]] (1990)
}}

'''Kunwar Singh Negi''' (1927 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian [[braille]] editor and [[social worker]]. He has transliterated 300 books into braille. His major works include ''Bhagwan Buddh Ka Updesh'' and ''Hazrat Mohammed Ki Vani'', both being about teachings of [[Gautam Buddha]] and [[Muhammad]]. He was presented with Indian civilian awards [[Padma Shri]] in 1981 and later with [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1990.

== Life ==

Negi was born in [[Pauri]], a town now in the north Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]] in 1927.<ref name="Death" /> He fought in Burma as part of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. He credits the British officers to have infused compassion and discipline in him. In 1954, after India's independence from British rule, he joined the [[National Institute of Visually Handicapped]] at [[Dehradun]] where he started taking interest in braille. Negi started transcribing books in various Indian languages like Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi and also in Russian. He has worked on 300 books which include [[Sikh scriptures]] like ''[[Sukhmani Sahib]]'' and transcribed works of Gautam Buddha and Muhammad.<ref name="Plight">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090205/dplus1.htm#2 |title= Govt blind to braille editor's plight |work = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]|author= Neena Sharma |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

Negi was also active in social work for blind and was associated with Bharat Netrahin Samaj in Punjab and the [[National Federation of Blind]] in Delhi.<ref name="Death" /> His various religious works were distributed free of cost through the Maharaja Ranjit Singh International Mission for Gurbani Braille Literature.<ref name="Plight" /> He also transliterated politician [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]'s book ''My Other Two Daughters''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-11172580.html | title=पद्म भूषण कुंवर सिंह नेगी नहीं रहे | publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]] | date=20 March 2014 | access-date=20 July 2016 |language=hi}}</ref>

Negi was honoured with Padma Shri, Indian's fourth-highest civilian award in 1981 for his social work.<ref name="Padma" /> In 1990, he was presented with [[Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest award for his contributions in the field of literature and education.<ref name="Padma">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014) |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |date=21 May 2014 |access-date=20 July 2016 |pages=74, 96 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also presented with Sikh Gaurav award by the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]].<ref name="Death" />

In 2003, Negi underwent an operation on his [[prostate gland]] with funds received from [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002|the then Uttarakhand government]] headed by [[N. D. Tiwari]] as Chief Minister. In 2009, Negi highlighted his financial plight in media when he could not afford an [[artificial cardiac pacemaker]] and was not being provided any help by the government. He had received incomplete treatment due to lack of funds at the [[GB Pant Hospital]] in New Delhi.<ref name="Plight" /> He died on 20 March 2014 at [[Dehradun]].<ref name="Death">{{cite web|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140321/dun.htm#4 |title= Padma Bhushan Kunwar Singh Negi passes away |place=Dehradun |work = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]|date=20 March 2014 |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}

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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Scholars from Dehradun]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education]]
[[Category:Braille]]
[[Category:Social workers]]
[[Category:Social workers from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian translators]]
[[Category:Writers from Dehradun]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
[[Category:Educators from Uttarakhand]]

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