Dr. Bashir Badr: An Era of Urdu Ghazal It is a heavy day for literature. Dr. Bashir Badr, a towering figure who redefined the Urdu ghazal, p...
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Nasir Kazmi stands among the most influential voices of the modern Urdu ghazal. With a style marked by apparent simplicity, short musical ...
Family Muztar Khairabadi (full name Syed Iftikhar Hussain Rizvi ) was born in 1865 in Khairabad, District Sitapur, U.P . He was born in a...
Reyaz Ahmad ‘Reyaz’ was born in Khairabad, district Sitapur in 1853. Khairabad is a small town but known for its culture and well known per...
Iftikhar Husain Arif was born on 23 March 1943 in Lucknow. He recieved his early education from Madarsa-e-Nizamia Firangi Mahal, Shia Schoo...
Biography Imam Baksh ‘Nasikh’ was son of Khuda Baksh who belonged to Lahore but had moved to Faizabad. Imam Bakhsh was born in Faizabad...
Biography Sheikh Baqar Ali ‘Chirkeen’ the urdu poet who became symbol of scatology in urdu shayari, is one of the lesser known greats of ur...
Biography Muhammad Shaukat Ali Khan commonly known as ‘Fani Badayuni’ was born in Islamnagar, Badayun, (UP), India, in 1879. Badayun w...
Biography Leading Urdu poet of his time, Mirza Muhammad Rafi ‘Sauda’ was born in 1713 in Delhi. His ancestors originally belonged to Kabul...
Biography Asghar Husain ‘Asghar Gondvi’ was born in 1884 at Gonda (U.P.). His father, Taffazul Hussain, was a clerk, a man of modest m...
Biography Khwaja Altaf Hussain ‘Hali’, an Urdu poet, writer and social reformer was born in Panipat, Punjab in 1837. He was not only a gre...
Biography Meer Babar Ali Anees a renowned Urdu poet and famous Marsia writer was born in 1801 in Faizabad (the then capital of Awadh),...
