He had felt the pain of being a Dalit from his early childhood. Valmiki wanted two or three more years in his life so that he could complete the uncompleted works. His death is a great loss to the literary world which can’t be compensated. Omprakash Valmiki died of Cancer on 17 November 2017. Valmiki remained a fellow of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) and President House Shimla until his death. Hundred of students and scholars have worked on the writings of Valmiki. When someone asked, Chandra used to say that all the students who are reading Omprakash Valmiki and researching on him are their own children. He named his house ‘Chandrayan’ after his wife which shows his deep love. He was very happy to have a wife like Chanda. He willingly married the younger sister of his sister in law. His wife's name was Chanda who was very dearest to him. The name of his father was Chhotan Lal and his mother name was Mukundi Devi. The Pride of Dalit community a famous writer of Dalit literature, poet, story writer, actor, director, social activist, a multi talented personality Omprakash Valmiki was born on 30 June 1950 in Barla Village, District MuzzafarNagar (U.P).
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