Answer is D Explanation:- Santokh Singh Dheer (1920–2010), was a Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Punjabi writer and poet of Indian Punjab. He was known for his stories Koee Ik Sawaar, Sanjhi Kandh and Saver Hon Tak. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his story collection, Pakhi (1991) in 1996. Language Department of Punjab honoured him with Shromani Sahitkar Award in 1991 and Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana awarded him the Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Sharv Sharest Award in 2002. Punjabi University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Delhi awarded him the life fellowships. Some of his prominent works are: Guddian Patole (1944) Kaali Barchhi Jadon Aseen Aavange Pahu Phutala (1948) Dharti Mangdi Meenh Ve (1952) Patt Jharhe Purane (1955) To the Punjab of Farid and other poems (English Translation of Dhir’s Poetry) Story Koee Ik Sawaar Chhittian Dee Chhaven (1950) Saver Hon Tak (1955) Sanjhi Kandh (1958) Sharaab Da Glass (1970) Sheran Dee Awaz (1988) Pakhi (1991) Novels Sharaabi (1963) Yaadgar (1979) Hindustan Hamara Navaan Zamaana

Answer is D. Explanation:- Puran Singh was a Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic. Born in Pothohaar, now in Pakistan, in an Ahluwalia family, he is acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry. Though a born Sikh he became a Buddhist Bhikshu and a sanyasi under influence of Ukakura a Japanese Buddhist monk and Swami Ramtirath respectively before he finally got settled as a Sikh mystic when he came under influence of Bhai Vir Singh during a Sikh Educational Conference meeting at Sialkot in 1912. He composed three volumes of Punjabi poetry: Khule Maidan (‘Free Meadows’) in 1923, Khule Ghund (‘Free Veils’) 1923 and Khule Asmani Rang (‘Boundless Blue Colours of the Sky’) in 1926. His poetry was composed in free verse and explored the experience of villagers, peasants and the poor.Among his famous works in English are The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921), Unstrung Beads (1923), The Spirit of Oriental Poetry (1926); in Punjabi, Khulhe Maidan, Khulhe Ghund (1923), Khulhe Lekh (1929), and Khulhe Asmani Rang ( 1927) . Seven Baskets of Prose Poems.