Padma Shri awardee and eminent Dogri poet Padma Sachdev passes away

Last Updated on August 4, 2021 at 11:11 am

Eminent Dogri Poet Padma Sachdev breathed her last on Wednesday in Mumbai.

She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. She has published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.

She has also received the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award in 2001.