Ishwar Chander Nanda

Ishwar Chand Nanda (30 September 1892 - 3 September 1965) was an Indian dramatist. He is known as the father of Punjabi drama.

He did B.A. Honors from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, where he was a student of Norah Richards, and then M.A. English from Punjab University, Lahore. He later became a Professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on August 15, 1947. After partition settled in New Delhi, where he lived for the rest of life.

Plays

• Suhag or Dulhan (1913) one-act play
• Bebe Ram Bhajni (1914)
• Subhaddra (1920)
• Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah (1929)
• Shamu Shah (1928)
• Social Circle (1949) three one-act plays

• ਡਾ. ਰਘਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ (2007). ਮੰਚ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ (in Punjabi). ਪਬਲੀਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਪਟਿਆਲਾ. pp. 147–148, 167. ISBN 81-7380-153-3.