Kunwar Singh Negi

Kunwar Singh Negi (1927 - 20 Werurwe 2014) yari umwanditsi w'ikinyamakuru cyo mu Buhinde akaba n'umukozi ushinzwe imibereho myiza. Yahinduye ibitabo 300 muri braille. Ibikorwa bye bikomeye birimo Bhagwan Buddh Ka Updesh na Hazrat Mohammed Ki Vani, byombi bijyanye n'inyigisho za Gautam Buddha na Muhammad. Yahawe ibihembo by'abasivili b'Abahinde Padma Shri mu 1981 nyuma aza guhabwa Padma Bhushan mu 1990.

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Negi yavukiye i Pauri, umujyi ubu uri mu majyaruguru y’Ubuhinde bwa Uttarakhand mu 1927. Yarwanye muri Birmaniya mu rwego rw'ingabo z'Ubuhinde mu Ntambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose. Yashimiye abapolisi b'Abongereza kuba baramushizemo impuhwe na disipulini. Mu 1954, nyuma y’Ubuhinde bwigenga ku butegetsi bw’Abongereza, yinjiye mu kigo cy’igihugu cy’abafite ubumuga bwo kutabona i Dehradun aho yatangiye gushishikarira braille. Negi yatangiye kwandukura ibitabo mu ndimi zitandukanye z'Ubuhinde nka Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi ndetse no mu Burusiya. Yakoze ku bitabo 300 birimo ibyanditswe bya Sikh nka Sukhmani Sahib hamwe n’ibitabo byanditswe na Gautam Buddha na Muhammad.

Negi kandi yagize uruhare mu mibereho myiza y’abatabona kandi yifatanyaga na Bharat Netrahin Samaj muri Punjab ndetse n’ishyirahamwe ry’abatabona i Delhi. Ibikorwa bye bitandukanye by’amadini byatanzwe ku buntu binyuze mu butumwa mpuzamahanga bwa Maharaja Ranjit Singh ku buvanganzo bwa Gurbani Braille. Yahinduye kandi igitabo cy’umunyapolitiki Surjit Singh Barnala cyitwa My Other Abakobwa Babiri.

Negi yahawe igihembo na Padma Shri, igihembo cya kane cy’abasivili mu Buhinde mu 1981 kubera ibikorwa bye. Mu 1990, yashyikirijwe Padma Bhushan, igihembo cya gatatu mu bihembo byinshi kubera uruhare yagize mu bijyanye n'ubuvanganzo n'uburezi. Yashyikirijwe kandi igihembo cya Sikh Gaurav na komite ya Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak.

Mu 2003, Negi yabazwe glande ya prostate n'amafaranga yakiriwe na guverinoma y'icyo gihe ya Uttarakhand iyobowe na N. D. Tiwari nka Minisitiri w’intebe. Mu mwaka wa 2009, Negi yagaragaje ibibazo afite mu bijyanye n'amafaranga mu bitangazamakuru igihe adashobora kwigurira umutima utera indwara z'umutima kandi akaba nta leta yahawe. Yari yaravuwe bituzuye kubera kubura amafaranga mu bitaro bya GB Pant i New Delhi. Yapfuye ku ya 20 Werurwe 2014 i Dehradun.