Puran Singh
Professor Puran Singh (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ; 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic. Born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in a Sikh family, he is acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry. He passed his matriculation examination at the Mission High School Rawalpindi in 1897 and, after obtaining a scholarship for the years 1900 to 1903, obtained a degree in Industrial Chemistry from Tokyo University in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Though a born Sikh he became a Buddhist Bhikshu and a sanyasi under influence of Ukakura a Japanese Buddhist monk and Swami Ramtirath respectively before he finally got settled as a Sikh mystic when he came under influence of Bhai Vir Singh during a Sikh Educational Conference meeting at Sialkot in 1912.
Prof Puran Singh ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ | |
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| Born | 17 February 1881 Salhad, Abbottabad, Punjab, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 31 March 1931 (aged 50) Dehradun, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Occupation | Scientist, mystic, poet |
| Language | English, Punjabi, Persian, Hindi, German |
| Education | B.S. Chemical engineering PhD Theology (particular emphasis on Dharmic hermeneutics) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University, Japan |
| Period | 1900–1931 |
| Notable works | English: Sisters of The Spinning Wheel (1921) Unstrung Beads (1923) The Spirit of Oriental Poetry (1926) The Book of Ten Masters The Spirit Born People Swami Rama Punjabi: Khulle Maidan Khulle Ghund (1923) Khulle Lekh (1929) Khulle Asmani Rang (1927) |
| Spouse | Maya Devi (5 March 1904) |
| Relatives | Kartar Singh (father) |