DW BUREAU / Patiala

The Antim Ardas and Bhog of the prominent Sikh scholar of Punjabi and Hindi literature Padma Shri Dr. Rattan Singh Jaggi, who passed away recently, will be held on 1st June between 12 noon and 1 pm at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha (near Fountain Chowk) on

Mall Road, Patiala.

Dr. Rattan Singh Jaggi was a prolific author who authored more than 150 books. It was due to his immensely valuable contribution to the literature and academic spheres that he was honoured with the Padma Shri & Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India apart from Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Puraskar by the Government of Punjab. His long list of felicitations also comprises the bestowal of honours by the Governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh & Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC). The Punjabi University, Patiala and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conferred D. Litt degrees on Dr. Jaggi who was also awarded Gyan Rattan Puraskar by Panjab University Chandigarh. He also got the Language Department's first award 8 times besides numerous honours bestowed by various academies, educational, literary, religious institutions and Government & Non-Government organizations.

Dr. Rattan Singh Jaggi devoted his entire life to studying, writing and critical analysis from different perspectives regarding medieval literature besides researching from varied standpoints about the sacred Bani of Sikh Guru Sahiban & Bhakti Movement (In both Punjabi and Hindi).

Born on July 27, 1927, he devoted more than 6 decades of his life with a wholehearted commitment to serving the cause of medieval literature. He obtained a PhD in 1962 from Panjab University, Chandigarh with the subject "Dasam Granth Da Pauranik Addhyan" (Critical study of Pauranik compositions in Dasam Granth). Dr Jaggi was awarded a D.Litt. degree from Magadh University, Bodhgaya in 1973 where the subject in Hindi was 'Sri Guru Nanak: Vyaktitatva, Krititva Aur Chintan' (Guru Nanak: His personality, works & teachings). He retired as Professor and Head of the Punjabi Literary Studies Department of Punjabi

University, Patiala in 1987.

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