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Krishna Kumar Toor is an Urdu poet whose collection Ghurfa-i-Ghalib won the 2012 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Shivaprakash, Thayil bag Sahitya Akademi awards". Deccan Herald. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. "Krishna Kumar Toor - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. Service, Tribune News. "Octogenarian writers whose ink has not dried". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 May 2020.