Gurdas Ram Alam, poet
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Gurdas Ram Alam

1 January 1912

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About Gurdas Ram Alam

Gurdas Ram Alam, was a Punjabi language poet born in Bundala village of Jalandhar, Punjab. He was a progressive poet and an activist poet from a marginalized part of the society known as Dalits, and he is known as the first Punjabi Dalit poet. He was from a working-class family and lived in small mud house in village.

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ਕਿਓਂ ਬਈ ਨਿਹਾਲਿਆ ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੇਖੀ,ਨਾ ਬਈ ਭਰਾਵਾ ਨਾ ਖਾਧੀ ਨਾ ਦੇਖੀ।
— Gurdas Ram Alam
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ਕਿਓਂ ਮੁਘੜ ਮਾਰੀ ਬੈਠਾ ਏਂ, ਉਠ ਦਲਿਤ ਭਰਾਵਾ ਚੱਜ ਕਰ ਲੈ।ਕੰਮ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈਣਾ ਏ, ਚਾਹੇ ਕੱਲ ਕਰ ਲਈ, ਚਾਹੇ ਅੱਜ ਕਰ ਲੈ।
— Gurdas Ram Alam
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