Krishan chander quotes

Bio Sketch of Krishan Chander courtesy of Kashmir Monitor

Krishan Chander was born in 1914 in a family originally hailing from Wazirabad, British India (now in Pakistani Punjab), and later settled in Lahore.

Dareeechah addendum (based on a video interview with Krishan Chander's wife uploaded to the Facebook group "Teri Meri Kahani" ):

According to Krishan Chander's mother (MaaN Jee) and Krishan's wife Salma Siddiqui's video interview, Krishan Chander was born in Poonchh(Kashmir State, British India): Krishan's mother travelled from Wazirabad to Poonchh for the last few months of her pregnancy and gave birth in Poonchh to Krishan Chander who was her eldest son (she always called him "Kaakaa" ....

Punjabi word for  baby boy).

Back to Kashmir Monitor Bio Sketch:

Later, when he moved to Lahore, the young Krishan Chander was able to partake of the cosmopolitan culture prevalent in the city, to which he would return repeated