Kripa Sagar

Kripa Sagar was an eminent Punjabi poet. He was a towering personality of the Punjabi Literary World in late nineteenth century.

Born Kripa Das on May 4 1875 in village Pipnakha in the outskirts of Gujranwala, now a major town in Pakistan, Kripa Sagar was successively a teacher, an editor, a banker, an officer of the University of the Punjab, and a publisher. He ran his own publishing press from Ram Gali, Lahore. All this was in addition to his main passion – poetry.

Kripa Sagar wrote extensively on Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Punjab.

His major works include Lakshmi Devi, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Dido Jamwal, Rai Raiyan, Man Tarang. He received many awards.

Kripa Sagar succumbed to illness on May 19 1939 at Ramgali Lahore.

A “Smriti Granth” (Memorial Book) was prepared by Punjabi University to commemorate this stalwart of Punjabi Literature, and presented to his wife Krishna Devi on December 9, 1962 at Patiala(India).

Lakshmi Devi, his epic work is inspired by the “Lady of the Lake” of Sir Walter Scott. It is interwoven with Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s conquest of the hill provinces of Bandral. It was created by the poet, while he was posted in Jammu. Finished in 1915, it was first printed in 1920.

“Jelum da Pani” a fast paced poem on the flow of Jhelum River, another famous poem of his in Urdu script , in his collection “Man Tarang”.

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