Balraj Komal, born in 1928, was a freelance writer after his retirement from the Delhi Administration as an Education Officer. He was a former member of Delhi Urdu Akademi and the advisory board of
Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Balraj Komal also won
Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award twice(1971 and 1982) and has also received a Senior Fellowship from the
Government of India. In 2011, the
Government of India honored Komal again by including him in the
Republic Day honours list for Padma Award. Balraj Komal died in 2013 at the age of 85. ==References==