Gitchandra Tongbra

{{Short description|Indian satirist, poet, playwright and art academic}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|2|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manipur, India

| death_date = {{death date and age |1996|6|3|1916|2|6|df=y}}

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| occupation = Writer, teacher

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| awards = Padma Shri

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Gitchandra Tongbra (6 February 1916 – 3 June 1996), popularly known as G. C. Tongbra, was an Indian satirist,{{cite web|url=http://tse.manipur.us/2011/06/04/fullstory.php%3Fnewsid=6260.html |title=Sangai Digest - Full Story GC Tongbra |publisher=Sangai Digest |date=4 June 2011 |access-date=16 June 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} poet, playwright and art academic from Imphal.{{cite web | url=http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/headlines/item/7541-birth-centenary-of-gc-tongbra-observed | title=Birth centenary of GC Tongbra observed | publisher=Hueiyen Lanpao | date=2015 | access-date=16 June 2015}} Born on 6 February 1913 in the Indian state of Manipur, Tongbra was known for his socio-realistic plays such as Mani Manou (1962), Matric Pass (1964) and Upu Baksi (1972).{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=G.C.+Tongbra&pg=PA259 | title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=K. M. George | year=1992 | pages=1148 | isbn=9788172013240}}{{cite web | title=GC Tongbra birth centenary celebration begins| website=Manipur - E-Pao! | date=2013-02-06 | url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3..070213.feb13 | access-date=2018-03-03}}