![]() He later acted in many plays in theatres in India from 1949–1965. He was jailed because he was a communist in Karachi for two years from 1947–1949 and after his release came to India and settled in Mumbai. He was involved with the theatre group IPTA along with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi, both of whom had Marxist leanings. He moved to Bombay after the Partition of India in 1949 after 3 years in prison in Pakistan. Following his father's retirement, the family moved from Peshawar to Karachi. He joined Shree Sangeet Priya Mandal, a theatre group in Peshawar in 1936 and continued to act in many plays in undivided India till 1946. He was an active participant in the Indian freedom struggle from 1929–1947. However, his primary occupation for the early part of his life was that of a tailor. His father's name was Pandit Hari Kishan Hangal. His family home was inside Reti Gate as mentioned in his memoirs. ![]() ![]() Born into a Kashmiri Pandit family, he spent his childhood and youth in Peshawar, where he had performed in theatre for some major roles. ![]()
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