Nanak Singh, the 'Father of Punjabi Novel', survived the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and wrote a searing poem titled 'Khooni Vaisakhi' which paints a vivid picture of the horrors of 13 April 1919.
Honoured with the Padma Shri, he was instrumental in completing the construction of the Srinagar – Leh road in the 1950s and also served as India's first ambassador to Mongolia! #ForgottenHeroes