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politician and poet from Haryana

Parmanand Adhir

1939–2013, born Jind district, writer, poet

Parmanand “Adhir” was an Indian politician, poet, and writer from Jind district in the northern Indian state of Haryana. He served as a minister in the Haryana state government and was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Jind constituency in 1987. He unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election from Hisar twice, in 1980 and 1991, and the Jind assembly seat again in 1996. After a road accident left him disabled, he devoted himself to Hindi literature, publishing more than a dozen books of poetry and short fiction under the pen name Adhir.

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