Daya Singh Arif
{{short description|Punjabi poet and theologist}}
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| notableworks = Zindagi Bilas, Fanah da Makan, Suputtar Bilas
| movement = Punjabi Dalit Literature
| genre = Punjabi literature
| birth_date = 1894
| period = British Raj Era
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| language = Punjabi
| occupation = Poet, Writer, Composer and Singer.
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| death_place = Moga, Punjab, India
| death_date = 1945
| birth_place = Jalalabad East, Kot Ise Khan, Faridkot, Punjab, British India
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Sadhu Daya Singh Arif (1894–1945) was a Punjabi poet, theologian and balladeer.
Personal life
Daya Singh was born into Mazhabi Sikh community to Santa Singh at Punjab, British India.{{Cite web|last=Gujral|first=Maninder S.|title=DAYA SINGH, ARIF|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/famous-sikh-personalities/daya-singh-arif|access-date=2020-11-19|website=The Sikh Encyclopedia -ਸਿੱਖ ਧਰਮ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼|date=19 December 2000 |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|date=2010-04-01|title=Waiting for spring|url=https://www.himalmag.com/dalit-sikhism-waiting-spring/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Himal Southasian|language=en-GB}}
Career
He read wide range of secular literature and as also reached the stage of ‘brahmgiani’ through meditation and contemplation like Sadhu Wazir Singh which is apparent from his assuming the title of ‘Arif’.
His book, Atam Hamrahi, is one of prominence among Punjabi Dalit literature.{{Cite book|last1=Abraham|first1=Joshil K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph4-CgAAQBAJ&q=sadhu+daya+singh+arif&pg=PA192|title=Dalit Literatures in India|last2=Misrahi-Barak|first2=Judith|date=2015-07-24|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-40880-2|language=en}}
References
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Category:Punjabi-language poets