Munshi Premchand was born in Lamhi, a village near Varanasi (Benares), on 31 July 1880 and was appointed Dhanpat Rai (‘master of wealth’). His ancestors came from a large Kayastha family, which owned land of eight to nine bighas. His grandfather, Guru Sahai Rai, was a patwari, and his father, Ajaib Lal, was a clerk in the post office. His mother was Anandi Devi of Karauni village, who, in his Bade Ghar Ki Beti, was possibly also his inspiration for …
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz Summary: Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born on 13 February 1911 in Sialkot, India, which is now part of Pakistan, He was a teacher, an army officer, a journalist, a trade unionist, and a broadcaster. He ‘d had a privileged childhood as the son of wealthy landowners Sultan Fatima and Sultan Muhammad Khan. His father was a renowned lawyer and a member of an influential literary circle that included Allama Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet. Faiz Ahmad Faiz was …
Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir was born in February 1723 and also known as Mir, was an 18th-century Mughal Indian Urdu poet and one of the founders of the Urdu language. He was one of the principal poets of the Urdu Ghazal Delhi School and is still regarded as one of the Urdu language ‘s finest poets. His Mir Takhallus (pen name). He has spent the last part of his life at Asaf ‘s court. Mir lived at a time when …
