Darchhawna
Sign in to saveDarchhawna (26 January 1936 – 27 December 2023) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature and historian from the Northeast Indian state of Mizoram. ==Early life and education== Darchhawna was born on 26 January 1936. Darchhawna received a diploma in music and adult education training. He later earned a Master of Arts and an honorary Doctorate of Literature. He attended St. Antony's College, the Theological College Sydney and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He further studied in California. He started his career as the headmaster of Thingsai High School in 1960 before becoming a lecturer at
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Darchhawna (26 January 1936 – 27 December 2023) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature and historian from the Northeast Indian state of Mizoram. ==Early life and education== Darchhawna was born on 26 January 1936. Darchhawna received a diploma in music and adult education training. He later earned a Master of Arts and an honorary Doctorate of Literature. He attended St. Antony's College, the Theological College Sydney and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He further studied in California. He started his career as the headmaster of Thingsai High School in 1960 before becoming a lecturer at PMG college. He later served as a principal of Lunglei COllege, Pachhunga University College and Johnson College.
==Career== Darchhawna was president of the Mizoram Hindi Prachar Sabha from 1980 to 2001 and worked to propagate Hindi in Mizoram. Darchhawna established 50 Prachar centres, eight schools and one Rastrabhasha Mahavidyalaya. Darchhawna also contributed and participated in All India Radio and Doordarshan since 1963.
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