Khushwant Singh Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Khushal Singh
NICK NAMES
Shalee
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday
BIRTHPLACE
Hadali, Punjab, British India
DIED AT AGE
99 Years 1 Months 18 Days
DEATHDATE
March 20, 2014
DEATHPLACE
New Delhi, India.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Natural Causes
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Journalist, Lawyer, Critic, Politician.
FEATURES
He had Black Eyes And Wears Turban.
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'7''(feet & inches)
1.7018 meters
170.18 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Khushwant Singh Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Sobha Singh
Khushwant Singh Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Kawal Malik (1939-2001)
Child(ren) of Khushwant Singh and Kawal Malik
Rahul (Son)
Mala (Daughter)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories (1950)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
ADDRESS
New Delhi, India.
Education, Net Worth & More
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Khushwant Singh
- Did Khushwant Singh takes alcohol? Yes. His favorite drink is Premium Scotch. He drinks to enjoy.
- Was Khushwant Singh in the habit of Smoking? No.
- The Santa Singh and Banta Singh jokes are originally made by him and by these joke on columns he got so much popularity.
- In his lifetime he has written more than 80 books, anthologies of short stories and novels including 'Big Book of Malice', 'Delhi: A Novel', 'I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale', 'Train to Pakistan' and so on.
- In October 2013 he has released his last book named 'The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous'.
- He is the uncle of actress Amrita Singh and also the grand uncle of actress Tisca Chopra.
- His first story named 'The title Of Vishu' was published on 1948.
- He left the foreign services just to complete his love for writing.
- In 1974 he was awarded Padam Bhushan Award but he returned when he was with the protest against the use of army force in the golden temple.
- He confesses that he has done some evil works like in early days killing sparrows and pigeons in his one book named 'Khushwantnama: The Lessons of My Life'.
- In 2002 Penguin Books published his book which was his autobiography named 'Truth, Love and a Little Malice'.
- He spends some year from 1980 to 1986 as the member of Rajya Sabha.
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