Gitchandra Tongbra

Gitchandra Tongbra
Gitchandra Tongbra
Born	6 February 1916; Manipur, India
Died	3 June 1996 (aged 80)
Occupation(s)	Writer, teacher
Awards	Padma Shri

Gitchandra Tongbra (6 February 1916 – 3 June 1996), popularly known as G. C. Tongbra, was an Indian satirist,^[1] poet, playwright and art academic from Imphal.^[2] Born on 6 February 1913 in the Indian state of Manipur, Tongbra was known for his socio-realistic plays such as Mani Manou (1962), Matric Pass (1964) and Upu Baksi (1972).^[3]^[4]

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1975.^[5] Four years later, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his play, Ngabongkhao, in 1978.^[6] The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, honoured his memories by staging a Tongbra Drama Festival under the aegis of Ougri Theatre Repertory Manipur on 24 April 2015 which consisted of four selected plays of the dramatist.^[7]

References

^ "Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra". Sangai Digest. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed". Hueiyen Lanpao. 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1148. ISBN 9788172013240.
^ "GC Tongbra birth centenary celebration begins". Manipur - E-Pao!. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "SNA Award". Sahitya Akademi. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ "GC Tongbra festival kick-starts". Sangai Express. 25 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)