Sardar Panchhi (original name: Karnail Singh, born 14 October 1932) [1] is a Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi poet. Sardar Panchhi is his pen name. He has written several songs for Bollywood movies. Notable of them are "Ek Chadar Maili Si" and "Waris." [2]
Sardar Panchhi (original name: Karnail Singh, born 14 October 1932) [1] is a Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi poet. Sardar Panchhi is his pen name. He has written several songs for Bollywood movies. Notable of them are "Ek Chadar Maili Si" and "Waris." [2]
He was born (14 October 1932) and brought up at a village near Gujranwala, British Punjab (now in Pakistan). He was 17 when India got partitioned and he and his family had to migrate to India. [3]
Sardar Panchhi has written seven books in Punjabi, nine in Urdu and two in Hindi.
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