Haryanvi Literature


Pt. Lakhmi Chand


Lakhmi Chand was born in ‘Janti’ जांटी village which now falls in Sonepat district of Haryana. River Yamuna is a few kilometers from this village but in the first decade of 1900 A.D., the village used to be on Yamuna’s banks. The river has now changed its streams a few kilometers away, towards Uttar Pradesh. Lakhmi Chand was a Brahmin and had the exceptional qualities of a poet. In the decades of 1940s and 1950s, he became famous because of his folk dramas called “Saang”.

The biography of Lakhmi Chand can be read in the book “Kavi Surya Lakhmi Chand” written by Shri K.C. Sharma. The earlier work of the author was ‘‘Haryana Ke Kavi Surya Lakhmi Chand’’ which was written in 1982 and the author was honoured with Haryana Hindi Sahitya Akademi Award for this creative work.

Popularly known as “Dada Lakhmi Chand”, he was a man of all ages and he ranked among the rarest of the rare. People of north India in general and Haryana in particular, would always be indebted to him for his contribution to the tradition of ‘‘saang’’ सांग, narration of spiritual themes and communication of social virtues.