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 Khushwant Singh born on 15 August 1915 in Hadali, British India (now in Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India ,inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (depicted in the film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel.

He got Padma Bhushan,in (1974) but he returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the Union government's siege of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000)
Punjab Rattan Award, The Government of Punjab (2006)
Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007)
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by Sahitya academy of India (2010)