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Momin Khan Momin
Momin Khan Momin (1800–1851) was a Mughal era poet known for his Urdu ghazals and used "Momin" as his taxalluṣ (the Urdu word for nom de plume ). He was a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib and Zauq, today his grave lies near the parking area near Maulana Azad...
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Daagh Dehlvi
Nawab Mirza Khan (1831–1905) , commonly known as Daagh Dehlvi was an outstanding Mughal poet famous for his Urdu ghazals and belonged to the Delhi school of Urdu poetry. He wrote poems and ghazals under the takhallus (Urdu word for nom de plume) Daagh...
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Altaf Hussain Hali
Altaf Hussain Hali (1837–1914) known with his honorifics as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet [1] and writer. Hali occupies a special position in the history of Urdu literature. He was a poet, prose-writer, critic, teacher and reformer. He was a...
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Akbar Allahabadi
Akbar Hussain Rizvi, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (October, 1846 ; 15 February 1921), was an Indian Urdu poet. Akbar Allahabadi was born as Akbar Hussain Rizvi at Allahabad, India. Though initially educated only in madrasas (religious schools),...
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Niaz Fatehpuri
Niaz Fatehpuri (1884-1966) was the nom de plume of Niyaz Muhammed Khan, [1] an Urdu poet and writer and a polemicist. He was also the founder and editor of Nigar which he turned into one of the most prestigious Urdu literary journals in the Indian subcontinent....
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Tilok Chand Mehroom
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887-1966) was an eminent Urdu poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination. Early life Mehroom was born in the village of Mousa Noor Zaman Shah...
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Jigar Moradabadi
Jigar Moradabadi was the nom de plume of Ali Sikandar (1890–1960), one of the most famous Urdu poets of the 20th century and a celebrated Urdu ghazal writer. [1] [2] He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his highly acclaimed poetry collection...
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Zamir Jafri
Zamir Jafri (January 1, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was a Pakistani poet born in Dina Jhelum. He became famous for his Urdu humorous poetry and also wrote humorous columns in the newspapers and periodicals. After graduating from Punjab University, he joined...
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Shakeel Badayuni
Shakeel Badayuni (August 3, 1916 – April 20, 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi films Early life Shakeel Badayuni was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. [4] His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadiri, wanted him to have...
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Kaifi Azmi
Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, known as Kaifi Azmi January 14, 1919 – May 10, 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is considered to be one of the greatest Urdu poets of 20th century.[ citation needed ] Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jon Elia and others he participated...
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Sahir Ludhianvi
Sahir Ludhianvi (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980) was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist, who worked extensively in Hindi films. Sahir Ludhianvi is his pseudonym. He won the Filmfare Award twice, in 1964 and 1977, and in 1971 was awarded the Padma...
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سازشیں بھی شمار کرنا........نوشی گیلانی
محبتیں جب شمار کرنا تو سازشیں بھی شمار کرنا جو میرے حصّے میں آئی ہیں وہ اذیتیں بھی شمار کرنا...جلائے رکھوں گی صبح تک میں تمھارے رستوں میں اپنی آنکھیں مگر کہیں ضبط ٹوٹ جائے تو بارشیں بھی شمار کرنا جو حرف لوحِ وفا پہ لکھے ہوئے ہیں ان کو بھی دیکھ لینا جو...
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Munir Niazi
Munir Ahmad, better known as Munir Niazi, SI (1928–2006) was an Urdu and Punjabi poet from Pakistan. Niazi was born in Khanpur on 19 April 1928, a village near Hoshiarpur, India. He was from the Niazi tribe. He was initially educated at Khanpur and after...
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Habib Jalib
Habib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist and politician who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Early life Habib Jalib was born as Habib Ahmad on 24 March 1928 [1] in a village near Hoshiarpur, British...
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Wasif Ali Wasif
Wasif Ali Wasif (15 January 1929 – 18 January 1993) was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi intellectual from Pakistan. He is famous for his unique literary style. Many of his APHORISMS have become proverbs in recent years. His first book "Kiran Kiran Suraj"...
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کوئی زنجیر ہو اس کو محبت توڑ سکتی ہے.........Amjad Islam Amjad
کوئی زنجیر ہو اس کو محبت توڑ سکتی ہے جدھر چاہیں یہ باگیں زندگی کی موڑ سکتی ہے محبت روک سکتی ہے کسی گِرتے ستارے کو کسی جلتے شرارے کو، فنا کے استعارے کو یہ چکنا چور آئینے کی کرچیں جوڑ سکتی ہے کوئی زنجیر ہو اس کو محبت توڑ سکتی ہے محبت پر کسی بھی رسم کا پہرا...
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Anwar Masood
Anwar Masood (born November 8, 1935) is a Pakistani poet known for his comic poetry, however, his works include other genres as well. He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian language Personal life Masood was born in Gujrat, but his family moved to Lahore...
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Mahmood Shaam
Mahmood Shaam on February 5, 1940, is a Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst. [1] He is one of the best known and most travelled journalist of Pakistan. After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years...
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Amjad Islam Amjad
Amjad Islam Amjad, (born 4 August 1944) is an Urdu poet, drama writer and lyricist from Pakistan. [1] [1] [2] [3] He has received many awards for his literary work and screenplay for TV, including Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz Biography Amjad...
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Bashir Badr
Bashir Badr born Syed Muhammad Bashir on February 15, 1935, is an Indian poet of Urdu. Biography Badr was born in Ayodhya, India. [2] He is an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University. He is married and has two sons Nusrat Badr and Masum Badr and a daughter....
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Zia Mohyeddin
Zia Mohyeddin born June 20, 1933) is a Pakistani actor, narrator, producer, director and television broadcaster who has appeared in both Pakistan and British cinema throughout his career. He was born in Faisalabad, British India in a Urdu speaking family....
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Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar born 17 January 1945) is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed between 1971...
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Anwer Zahidi
Anwer Zahidi (born July 9, 1946) is a Pakistani Urdu author [1] of more than twelve books of poetry, short stories, travelogue and translations. After completing his graduation in science from Punjab University, Anwer Zahidi received a degree of MBBS...
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Tanwir Phool
Tanwir Phool or Tanwiruddin Ahmad Phool (born 1948 in Muzaffarpur, India) is the pen name of Tanwiruddin Ahmad Siddiqui, a Pakistani author and poet, writing in Urdu and English. Education and career He received his education in Karachi, Pakistan. He...
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Mir Taqi Mir
Mir Taqi Mir whose real name was Muhammad Taqi (Urdu: مُحَمَّد تقی — Mọḥammad Taqī ) and whose takhallus (pen name) was Mir (Urdu: مِیرؔ — Mīr ) (sometimes also spelt Meer Taqi Meer), was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and one of the pioneers...