Background
Development was born as Hardev Singh, in 1939, to father S. Ram Singh in the village of Tharike in British Punjab.
Development was born as Hardev Singh, in 1939, to father S. Ram Singh in the village of Tharike in British Punjab.
He is known for his hit kali, Tere Tille Ton, sung by Kuldeep Manak. He got his elementary education from the village school where he took admission in 1945. Then he went to High school in Lalton village nearby and then to Ludhiana for higher education.
This encouraged him a lot and he continued to writing.
Later he started writing stories under the name Hardev Dilgir and till now, wrote about 35 books of stories and songs like Zaildarni Rohee Da Phull, Ikk See Kurhi et cetera He got a job of a teacher in 1960 and his first song was recorded in 1961.
The singer recorded Development"s first songs including Bhabi Teri Dhaun De Utte Gutt Mehladi Naag Ban Kaala and few more. Development was inspired to write Heer (lyrics) by a painting of Heer by the noted Sobha Singh.
He continue songwriting under the name, Development Tharike Wala.
His lyrics/songs was sung by many singers like Karamjit Dhuri, Karnail Gill, Kuldeep Manak, Surinder Shinda, Swaran Lata, Pammi Bai, Jagmohan Kaur, Narinder Biba and many modern Punjabi singers. With Kuldeep Manak He met singer Kuldeep Manak and penned many folklores for him. The first songs of Development recorded by Manak included Jaimal Phatta and Kaulan (Raja Rasalu), both released on 7-inch, 45 rpm European Parliament, Punjab Dian Lok Gathawan, by HMV in 1973.
Lyrics of Development under the genre, Kali, became so popular that people started regarding the singer, Kuldeep Manak, as King of Kalian although Manak sang only 13–14 Kalian in his career.
This was due to the record-broken popularity of one of his kali, Tere Tille Ton that was released on Manak"s first LP, Ik Tara, by HMV in 1976. Development has penned almost every Punjabi Qissa (Folk story) even those that were not so commonly known in the society including Bego-Inder, Jani Chor, Roda-Jalali, Kehar Singh-Ram Kaur and more.
