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Amrita Pritam is a politician, autobiographer, poet born in Gujranwala (British Raj).
Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑː pɾiːt̪əm] ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Pritam is best remembered for her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, and an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of British India.
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| Born | 1 September 1919, Gujranwala |
| Profession | politician, autobiographer, poet |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Awards | Officer of Arts and Letters, Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi, Padma Shri in literature and education, Padma Vibhushan in literature & education, Punjab Rattan Award, Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Libra |
| Nakshatra | Vishakha (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Gemini |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 15 of them (5%) have the Moon in Libra, like Amrita Pritam, and 8 (3%) share the Vishakha Nakshatra — the #23 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Amrita Pritam was born on 1 September 1919 in Gujranwala. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Astrology of Professions (Pathak)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Amrita Pritam's Moon sign (Rashi) is Libra and the Nakshatra is Vishakha, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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