Ludhiana, April 03: A noted Punjabi poet and former Chief Secretary of Punjab Amrik Singh Pooni passed away at a hospital here this evening, family sources said.
Pooni is survived by his wife Parkash Kaur, two sons and two daughters. He was 73.
As per family sources, he will be cremated at Chandigarh on April 5.
Pooni, an IAS officer of the 1965 batch, was also President of Punjabi Sahitya Akademi (PSA), Ludhiana from 1996 to 2002.
He was born on October 9, 1935 at village Jindowal in Jalandhar district.
He published anthologies of ghazals namely, Kandiali Raah (1974), Nange Paer (1977), Paani Vich Lakeeraan (1986), Moye Mausam Da Marseea (1991), Rut Aaye Rut Jaaye (1999), Asur ton Sur Tak (2000), Akkhin Vekh Na Rajjeeaan ( 2006), Aakhan Vala Kya Vechara (2007), and Aapay Naal Turdean (2010).
–Agencies