Who wrote the first Punjabi dictionary Mahan Kosh and when was it published ........

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Who wrote the first Punjabi dictionary 'Mahan Kosh' and when was it published ?

Bhai Rajwant Singh Chalana in 1861

Kartar Singh Duggal in 1901

Preet Singh Lahiri in 1875

Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha in 1854

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Guru Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh, known by its more popular name of Mahan Kosh, is a Punjabi language encyclopedia which was compiled by Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha over fourteen years in 1854. It was the first Punjabi encyclopedia, it contains more than 70,000 words, some of them has sufficient reference from Guru Granth Sahib, Dasam Granth, Gur Pratap Suraj Granth and from other Sikhism books. It is considered a groundbreaking work in terms of its impact and its level of scholarship.