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Kafi Bhopali was a popular Urdu Poet & lyricist. His ancestors had moved from Kashmir to Lucknow and then to Bhopal. He also wrote songs for films. Chalo Dildar Chalo sung by Mohd. Rafi, in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah was written by him. He also wrote some popular ghazals that were sung by Jagjit Singh. Kaif Bhopali's daughter Parveen Kaif is a noted poet who participates in mushairas.

Kaif Bhopali Real name Khwaja Mohammed Idrees
Born: 20 February 1917 | Lucknow Pradesh, India Died: 24 July 1991 | Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India

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Firaq Gorakhpuri a prominent Urdu poet who reached unprecedented heights of fame & acclaim, he is considered one of the most influential and electrifying poets of his time. According to Dr. Khawaja Ahmad Farooqi, “If it were not for Firaq, the land of our ghazals would be dull, its ascension would not be more than it would be a carbon copy of Persian master’s ghazals or imitating dead and lifeless Iranian traditions. Firaq stirred a whole generation and still does. He played an important role in nurturing poetry and despite being a poet of beauty and love, he looked at these subjects from a new angle. He not only expressed his feelings and emotions but also presented various results of consciousness and perception. He introduced the readers to the standards and values not only of Urdu but also of world literature and at the same time developed a healthy ideology by emphasizing the powerful aspects of modernity, geography and civilization. Having paved the way, he showed Urdu ghazal new horizons of meaning, thought, word and expression.”

Firaq Gorakhpuri Real name Raghupati Sahai
Born: 28 Aug 1896 | Gorakhpur, Uttar pradesh
Died: 03 Mar 1982 | Delhi, India

Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1960) | Jnanpith Award (1969)

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Firaq Gorakhpuri a prominent Urdu poet who reached unprecedented heights of fame & acclaim, he is considered one of the most influential and electrifying poets of his time. According to Dr. Khawaja Ahmad Farooqi, “If it were not for Firaq, the land of our ghazals would be dull, its ascension would not be more than it would be a carbon copy of Persian master’s ghazals or imitating dead and lifeless Iranian traditions. Firaq stirred a whole generation and still does. He played an important role in nurturing poetry and despite being a poet of beauty and love, he looked at these subjects from a new angle. He not only expressed his feelings and emotions but also presented various results of consciousness and perception. He introduced the readers to the standards and values not only of Urdu but also of world literature and at the same time developed a healthy ideology by emphasizing the powerful aspects of modernity, geography and civilization. Having paved the way, he showed Urdu ghazal new horizons of meaning, thought, word and expression.”

Firaq Gorakhpuri Real name Raghupati Sahai
Born: 28 Aug 1896 | Gorakhpur, Uttar pradesh
Died: 03 Mar 1982 | Delhi, India

Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1960) | Jnanpith Award (1969)

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Dushyant Kumar was a very popular poet who started a new trend of hindi-ghazal. His poetry resonated with the conscience of readers and it has an undertone of fighting against injustice.

Dushyant Kumar Tyagi
Born: 01 Sept 1933 | Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 30 Dec 1975 | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Dushyant Kumar was a very popular poet who started a new trend of hindi-ghazal. His poetry resonated with the conscience of readers and it has an undertone of fighting against injustice.

Dushyant Kumar Tyagi
Born: 01 Sept 1933 | Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 30 Dec 1975 | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Azm Behzaad is a prominent Urdu poet. He was the grandson of one of the great poets of Urdu Bahzad Lakhnawi. He was highly appreciated for his diction and metaphors. He was adored for his ‘tarannum’.

He worked as an Urdu copywriter in an advertising. He also wrote scripts for radio and T.V programmes.His first book of poetry ‘Taabeer Se Pehley’ was published in 1997.

Real Name:
Mukhtar Ahmad
Born: 31 Dec 1958 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died: 04 Mar 2011 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Relatives:
Behzad Lakhnavi (Grand Father)

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Azm Behzaad is a prominent Urdu poet. He was the grandson of one of the great poets of Urdu Bahzad Lakhnawi. He was highly appreciated for his diction and metaphors. He was adored for his ‘tarannum’.

He worked as an Urdu copywriter in an advertising. He also wrote scripts for radio and T.V programmes.His first book of poetry ‘Taabeer Se Pehley’ was published in 1997.

Real Name:
Mukhtar Ahmad
Born: 31 Dec 1958 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died: 04 Mar 2011 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Relatives:
Behzad Lakhnavi (Grand Father)

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Moin Ahsan Jazbi was one of the important Urdu poets of the Progressive Writers Movement. He was born on 21st Aug 1912 in Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh and died on 13th Feb 2005 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jazbi stayed true to the classical literary tradition and embellished it with contemporary style. He completed M.A. in Urdu and joined the Urdu department of Aligarh Muslim University as Urdu faculty member. His thesis entitled “Hali ka Siyaasi Shuoor” earned him his degree of Ph. D.

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Moin Ahsan Jazbi was one of the important Urdu poets of the Progressive Writers Movement. He was born on 21st Aug 1912 in Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh and died on 13th Feb 2005 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jazbi stayed true to the classical literary tradition and embellished it with contemporary style. He completed M.A. in Urdu and joined the Urdu department of Aligarh Muslim University as Urdu faculty member. His thesis entitled “Hali ka Siyaasi Shuoor” earned him his degree of Ph. D.

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Shaz Tamkanat was a prominent Urdu poet from Hyderabad, India. He was born on January 31, 1933 in Hyderabad. Shaz Tamkanat was one of the real representatives of the literary traditions of Hyderabad. After completing his school education, he did his graduation and masters in Urdu language and literature from Osmania University and later in 1983, he was awarded doctorate for his thesis on the life and works of a prominent progressive poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin. He worked as a teacher and after serving in quite a few colleges joined the Department of Urdu, Osmania University as a Reader. His major works include Tarasheeda ( Poetry), Bayaz-e-Shaam (Poetry), Neem Khwab (Poetry), Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Hayat Aur Kaarnaamey (Ph. D. thesis published posthumously). He had won several awards including Imtiyaz-e-Mir and Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy Award. He passed away on August 18, 1985 in Hyderabad.

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