noted author and padma shri awardee padma sachdev the first modern woman poet of dogri language passed away at a mumbai hospital on august 4 an official of the jammu and kashmir academy of art culture and languages saidsachdev 81 who was born in purmandal area of jammu in 1940 in the house of sanskrit scholar prof jai dev badu was hospitalised after she developed some complications on tuesday evening the official told ptishe authored many books in dogri and hindi and her poetry collections including meri kavita mere geet won her the sahitya akademi award in 1971 she received the padma shri the countrys fourthhighest civilian award in 2001 and was awarded the kabir samman for poetry for 200708 by the madhya pradesh governmentsachdev also wrote the lyrics for the song mera chhota sa ghar baar from the 1973 hindi film prem parbat she also penned the lyrics for two songs for the 1978 hindi film aankhin dekhi including the famous duet sona re tujhe kaise milun sung by mohd rafi and sulakshana panditshe worked with all india radio jammu and mumbai and shifted base to new delhi and mumbai after marrying singer surinder singhadditional secretary of jk academy of art culture and languages arvinder singh aman chaired a condolence meeting here for sachdev at which rich tributes were paid to the doyen of dogri literaturesachdevs contribution to dogri language is exemplary she was a living example of dogri culture aman said adding that she would be remembered for giving her mother tongue global recognition as her lyrics sung by famous bollywood singers made dogri popular not only in india but around the worldhe said sachdevs passing away is an irreparable loss for jammuaman said sachdev will also be remembered for her key role in the struggle for getting dogri added to the eighth schedule of the constitutionjammu and kashmir pradesh congress committee chief spokesperson ravinder sharma also expressed grief over sachdevs death