Background
Nilamber Development Sharma was born to a Sanskrit scholar by name, Madan Mohan Shastri, on 6 October 1931 at Jammu, in the North Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Nilamber Development Sharma
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Education
He graduated in English Literature from the Government Gandhi Memorial College, Jammu (GGMC), continued his studies at the Hindu College, New Delhi from where he obtained a masters degree and started his career as an English lecturer in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh.
Career
He also secured an honours degree from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. After a short stay at Kairana, Sharma moved to his alma mater, the Government Gandhi Memorial College, in 1953. Two years later, he joined Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1961 as its deputy secretary and rose to the position of the secretary. Nilamber Development Sharma was the first convenor of the Dogri Advisory Board when Sahitya Academy officially recognized Dogri in 1969.
In 1972, Sharma resigned from the Academy and entered politics, a stay which was short lived.
Sharma is a former director of Amar Mahal Museum and Library and a former president of Dogri Sanstha. He is credited with several publications including An Introduction to Modern Dogri Literature, A Brief Survey of Dogri (Modern) Literature An Introduction to Dogri Folk, Literature, Drama and Art, Chete Kish Khatte, Kish Mitthe, Rishtey and Kahani di Tapaash He has edited a number of books for Dogri Sanstha, Jammu and has translated Iyaruingam, an Assamese work by novelist Birendera Kumar Bhattacharyya.
