Vishwa Nath Tiwari (1936 – 3 April 1984) was an Indian author and parliamentarian. He wrote books in Punjabi, English and Hindi. He was nominated as member of the

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

in 1982, and served till his death.

Books

* ''Indian politics at the crossroads'' * ''Punjab, a cultural'' * ''Nehru and Indian literature'' * ''The language of Chandigarh'' *''Bhāī Wīra Siṅgha, sandarabha-kosha'' * ''Pañjābī te Pañjāba'' * ''Nānaka simarana'' * ''Cuppa dī paiṛa'' * ''Ikalla toṃ ikalla dā safara'' * ''Kukkha dī corī''

Family

Tiwari was married to Amrit Tewari. His son

Manish Tewari Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Chandigarh in the current 18th Lok Sabha. He represented Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was Minist ...

is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and Member of Parliament from Anandpur Sahib constituency in Punjab. His son had also served, as the

Minister of Information and Broadcasting The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is a ministerial level agency of the Government of India responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws in the areas of information, broadcasting, the press, and th ...

in the government of India in UPA 2 government.

Awards

Tiwari won the

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 1981 for his poetry book ''Garaj Ton Footpath Teek''.

Death

Tiwari was assassinated by

Khalistani The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno-religious sovereign state called Khalistan () in the Punjab region. The proposed boundaries of Khalistan vary between different gro ...

militants The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin ...

at Sector 24, Chandigarh, while on a morning walk in 1984.

Surinder Singh Sodhi Surinder Singh Sodhi (c. 1962 – 14 April 1984) was a Sikh militant known for being the chief bodyguard, chief hitman, transport minister, and right-hand man of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Early life Sodhi was born in 1962 in village Kotli ...

, deemed by

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (; born Jarnail Singh Brar; 2 June 1947– 6 June 1984) was a Sikh militant. After Operation Bluestar, he posthumously became the leading figure for the Khalistan movement, although he did not personally advocate for ...

as his right arm, was responsible for the killing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, V. N. Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha 1936 births 1984 deaths People from Punjab, India Victims of the insurgency in Punjab People murdered in Chandigarh Victims of Sikh terrorism Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi Punjabi-language writers