Uday Bhanu Hans

When Haryana became a separate state in 1966, Uday Bhanu was declared as its state poet of Haryana.^[5] He was awarded Sur Puruskar in 2006^[6] and Haryana Sahitya Rattan Samman in 2009^[7] by Haryana Sahitya Akademi. Uday Bhanu Hans Awards are given every year in his honour.^[6]

Uday Bhanu was born on 2 August 1926 at Daira Din Panah in Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan.^[8] His family shifted to Hisar after partition of India in 1947 when he was 22 years old.^[8] He completed his Master of Arts in Hindi language and joined as a teacher.^[8] Yashpal Sharma was one of his students.^[9] He retired as principal of Government College, Hisar^[8] and lived in Hisar.^[2] He was also the secretary of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi^[10] and a member of advisory committee of Haryana Sahitya Akademi.^{[citation needed]}