Mangal Sen (1915–1972) was a Punjabi writer, poet and essayist in East Punjab, India.
[4] Mangal Sen was born in August 1915[1] to a middle-class family, in the ancient[5] village of Neshta in the Indian Punjab.
[2] Neshta (Punjabi: ਨੇਸ਼ਟਾ)[6] is near Wagah border and now falls under the Amritsar district[5] He received his primary education from his father, Thakur Dina Nath, and learned Hindi, Urdu[2] and Sanskrit.
Greatly influenced by Mohammad Iqbal, he started writing Urdu poetry[3] and later switched over to his mother tongue, Punjabi.
[1][2] His poetic collections include Amar Geet, Maha Nach,[3] Jwalamukhi, Sugand-Sameer and Bandergah.