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Jogindar Singh Kanwal (1 December 1927 - 17 July 2017) was a Fijian educator and writer. He was the first principal of Khalsa College in Fiji. He wrote several novels about Girmityas.

Biography
Jogindar Singh Kanwal was born on 1 December 1927 in Ladhana Jhikka, a village in the erstwhile Punjab Province (British India). When Kanwal was in primary school, his father Sardar Chanan Singh travelled to Fiji for work.

Kanwal emigrated to Fiji in 1958.

Kanwal died on 17 July 2017 after a period of illness.

English

 * A Hundred Years of Hindi in Fiji, 1879-1979 (1980)
 * The Morning (1992) - translation of his novel Savera (1976)
 * The New Migrant: Story of a Girl from Punjab (2007)

Hindi

 * Mera Desh, Mere Log (1974)
 * Savera (1976)
 * Karavata (1977)
 * Dharti Meri Mata (1978)

Other

 * Baba Hazara Singh Ji Nikke Ghummana (1989, Punjabi) - co-author
 * Fiji ka Hindi Kavya Sahitya (2004) - editor