Mirzo Tursunzade (1911-1977) - People's Poet, Chairman of the Writers' Union of Tajikistan, Hero of Socialist Labor, Chairman of the Asian-African Solidarity Committee. For the stories “History of India” (1948), “Hasan Arbakesh”, “Eternal Light”, “Voice of Asia” (1960) and “Choni Shirin” (1963) he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, Tajikistan and Russia. Nehru (1967) was awarded. In 2001 he was awarded the title of Hero of Tajikistan.