Bisimil Faridkoti was an important revolutionary poet of Punjabi literature, who through his compositions awakened the people's consciousness and raised the call for social justice. Their birth took place on 1 November 1926 AD in the house of Pandit Pali Ram in Dholan Satai Chak (now in Pakistan). The real name of Bisimil Faridkoti was Girdhari Lal. Their childhood was spent in poverty and hardships-torments. At the age of ten only, their father's shadow lifted, and two elder brothers also departed one by one. With mother's labor, they completed education up to middle. During the time of Partition, uprooted from Western Punjab, they came and settled in Indian Punjab.
Bisimil Faridkoti was a diligent and determined person. For livelihood, they did various jobs—service in the army, work as canal patwari and toll clerk, and even drove a rickshaw during tough times. In youth, they joined the communist wave and devoted more than two decades to it. In 1951, in Faridkot, Punjab's first Municipal Employees Union, in 1953 AD the Rickshaw Union, and in 1956 AD the Tonga Rickshaw Union were established.
In 1950, they got the itch to write poetry. The company of poets like Nand Lal Noorpuri, Hari Singh Faridkoti, and Sampuran Singh Jhalla made them into a high-caliber poet. They composed in genres like poetry, songs, ghazals, and rubais. In the year 1975 AD, the Bisimil Memorial Committee was formed. Through the efforts of Navrahi Ghugianvi and some other writers, Bisimil Faridkoti's poetry was compiled in Khaulde Sagar. This book encompasses their complete poetry and is a milestone in Punjab literature.
In the final days, Bisimil Faridkoti used to live in the panchayat house of village Nawan Killa. Due to TB disease, they were admitted to the Civil Hospital in Faridkot and then to the TB Sanatorium in Amritsar. On 14 December 1974, their demise occurred.
Bisimil Faridkoti was a diligent and determined person. For livelihood, they did various jobs—service in the army, work as canal patwari and toll clerk, and even drove a rickshaw during tough times. In youth, they joined the communist wave and devoted more than two decades to it. In 1951, in Faridkot, Punjab's first Municipal Employees Union, in 1953 AD the Rickshaw Union, and in 1956 AD the Tonga Rickshaw Union were established.
In 1950, they got the itch to write poetry. The company of poets like Nand Lal Noorpuri, Hari Singh Faridkoti, and Sampuran Singh Jhalla made them into a high-caliber poet. They composed in genres like poetry, songs, ghazals, and rubais. In the year 1975 AD, the Bisimil Memorial Committee was formed. Through the efforts of Navrahi Ghugianvi and some other writers, Bisimil Faridkoti's poetry was compiled in Khaulde Sagar. This book encompasses their complete poetry and is a milestone in Punjab literature.
In the final days, Bisimil Faridkoti used to live in the panchayat house of village Nawan Killa. Due to TB disease, they were admitted to the Civil Hospital in Faridkot and then to the TB Sanatorium in Amritsar. On 14 December 1974, their demise occurred.