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Agam Singh Giri
Agam Singh Giri was a Nepali poet and a writer. He was born in a small town of Darjeeling in situated in the lower Himalayan Range. He was born to Mr. Chabilal Giri and Mrs. Bimala Devi Giri. He was the eldest of his eight siblings. Agam Singh Giri was born on 27th December 1928 and died on the young age of 42 on 31st January 1971. To write a poem he did not need an atmosphere or event to inspire him. He used to play harmonium, madal and flute. His work include: Near Epic Poem 1. याद (Yaad) - Remembrance 2. आशु (Aashu) - Tears 3. युद्ध र् योउधा (Youdha r Yoodhaa) - War and Warrior. Collection of Poem 1. आत्मा व्यथा (Atama Vyathaa) - Anguish 2. जीवन गीत (Jivan Geet) - Life's songs 3. जलेको प्रतिविम्ब र् रोएको प्रतिध्वनी (Jaleko Pratiwimba r Roeko Pratidhawni) A burning image and a weeping echoare. His unpublished works include 1. Kavita 2. Children's poem 3. Geet 4. Bhajan 5. Translation The first collection was published in 1955 and the last one was published posthumously in 1978 and it was awarded the first Bhanu Puraskar in 1979 by the Nepali Academy of West Bengal. Agam Singh Giri was a revolutionary in himself. He was patriotic and was always saddened by the condition of the Gorkhas of India and his work also reflects the same. http://kavitakosh.org/kk/images/e/e9/Agamsingh-Giri-Kavitakosh.jpg He wrote a poem "Nau Lakh Tara" (a song about the sufferings of the Nepali diaspora in India) and a music was given to it by Amber Gurung in the 1960s which became an instant hit among the gorhkas of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Gurung Agam Singh established the Bhanu Bhakta Primary School, which is now situated at Sonam wangdi road, Darjeeling and was the first headmaster of that school in the 1950s.