Nand Lal Noorpuri

• Name — Nand Lal Noorpuri • Birth Name — Nand Lal • Born — June 1906 • Birthplace — Noorpur, Punjab Province, British India • Died — 13 May 1966 1906 • Place of death — Jalandhar, Punjab, India • Occupation — Poet, lyricist

Nand Lal Noorpuri was born in June 1906, to father Bishan Singh and mother Hukman Devi, in the Noor Pur 122 JB Faisalabad village of Lyallpur district in British Punjab. He studied at Khalsa High School and at the old Khalsa College in Lyallpur (renamed as Faisalabad in Pakistan after partition in 1947). He quit college and joined first as a teacher and then as an assistant sub-inspector in Bikaner in Rajasthan where he received a bravery award. He married Sumittra Devi and the couple had four daughters and two sons. After partition in 1947, he settled in Jalandhar, India.

In 1940, he left police force and came back to Punjab and wrote lyrics for Punjabi film Mangti 1942. that made him known to everyone in Punjab. But the partition in 1947 changed everything for him. The source of income dried up. He lost his home and livelihood and came to Jalandhar. Later, he found work in radio and started participating in kavi darbars (English: poetic concerts). But this was in dribs and drabs and did not earn him enough for his family's living expenses. His songs were sung by many notable singers of Punjab including Mohammad Rafi, Surinder Kaur, Narinder Biba, Asa Singh Mastana, Parkash Kaur.

• Song title ||Lyrics by • Chann Wey Ke Shaunkan Melay Di — Nand Lal Noorpuri • Gori Diyan Jhanjharan Bulaandian Gayyan, Gallian De Wich Dandh Paundian Gayyan — Nand Lal Noorpuri • Meinun Deorr De Wiah Vich Nachh Lein De — Nand Lal Noorpuri • Balle Ni Punjab Diye Sher Bachiey — Nand Lal Noorpuri • Aithon Udjaa Bhole Panchhia, Tu Apni Jaan Bacha — Nand Lal Noorpuri

Disillusioned with his own poverty and lack of support and recognition from the government, he committed suicide on 13 May 1966, by jumping into the well near his house in Model House Block-A colony, Jalandhar, India. This well was filled up later and a sapling planted over it, as a memorial to him.