Balraj Sahni
| Balraj Sahni | |
|---|---|
 Balraj Sahni in Garm Hava (1973) | |
| Born | Yudhishthir Sahni May 1, 1913 Rawalpindi, British India |
| Died | April 13, 1973 (aged 59) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer |
| Years active | 1946–1973 (his death) |
| Spouse | Damayanti Sahni |
Early life
Sahni went from his native Rawalpindi to study at Lahore. He completed his Masters degree in English Literature from Lahore and then went back to Rawalpindi and joined his family business. He also held a Bachelor's degree in Hindi, followed by a Masters in English from Punjab University. Soon after, he married Damayanti Sahni.
In the late 1930s, Sahni and his wife left Rawalpindi to join Tagore's Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan in Bengal as an English and Hindi teacher. It is here that their son, Parikshit Sahni was born, when his wife Damayanti was doing her Bachelors degree. He also went to work with Mahatma Gandhi for a year in 1938. The next year, Sahni, with Gandhi's blessings, went to England to join the BBC-London's Hindi service as a radio announcer. He returned to India in 1943.
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