Khushwant Singh, an Indian novelist, lawyer, diplomat, writer, and politician, died in 2014.
Khushwant Singh (February 2, 1915 – March 20, 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, diplomat, journalist, and politician. His experiences during India's 1947 partition prompted him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (which was adapted into a film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel. Khushwant Singh received the Padma Bhushan in 1974, but returned it in 1984 in protest at Operation Blue Star, in which the Indian Army stormed Amritsar. In 2007, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.
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