Manveen Sandhu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian writer, educationist
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Place of Birth: Jalandhar, Punjab, India
About Manveen Sandhu
- Manveen Sandhu (1962–2010) was an Indian artist, educationist, culture promoter and a peace activist.
- She was married to Shivinder Singh Sandhu and had two children.
- She was the creator and director of Punarjyot, an NGO focused on the preservation and promotion of Punjabi heritage.
- She also founded the Saanjh: Amritsar-Lahorioe festival to promote cultural interaction and better understanding between the cities of Amritsar & Lahore.Sandhu was posthumously awarded the Kalpana Chawla award for promotion of art, culture and education.
- She produced several plays in an effort to revive the composite culture of Punjab, which had suffered a setback after the partition of India.
- She had also encouraged Pakistan-based artists and was instrumental in organising several joint cultural shows under the aegis of Saanjh and Punarjyot.
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