All-India mushaira on February 25

Tribune News Service

Patiala, February 18

New Mehak Cultural Forum will organise an all-India mushaira in memory of the late Prof Hans Raj, an Urdu scholar and freedom fighter, here on February 25. 

Prof Hans Raj was born in Sunam in 1923. Sunam was then the district of princely state of Patiala. He passed his matriculation examination from Lahore University in 1939 with distinction. Though his parents could not afford to send him to any college outside Sunam due to financial issues, he appeared as a private candidate, having opted for Honours in Persian, from Panjab University in 1941. After that, he did not look back.

He was close to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.