Hasrat Mohani

Hasrat Mohani
Mohani on a 2014 stamp of India
Born
Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan

(1875-01-01)1 January 1875
Mohan, North-Western Provinces, British India (Present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died13 May 1951(1951-05-13) (aged 76)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesHasrat Mohani (Pen Name)
Alma materMuhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (BA) in 1903,
Occupation(s)Poet, Freedom fighter, Politician, Philosopher
Known forFamous Slogan Inquilab Zindabad
Political party Communist Party of India
MovementIndian independence movement
SpouseNishatunnisa Mohani

Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951), known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian activist, freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement and a noted poet of the Urdu language.[1] He coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad (lit. "Long live the revolution!") in 1921.[2][3] Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded as the first person to demand complete independence for India in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of Congress.[4][3][5] Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi supported the complete independence motion demanded by Hasrat Mohani.[6] He wrote the famous ghazal 'Chupke chupke raat din' which was depicted in the 1982 Bollywood movie 'Nikaah' and sung by Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali.

  1. ^ "Chupke chupke raat din… (lyrics of Hasrat Mohani's famous ghazal, article also includes his profile)". The Hindu (newspaper). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. October 1974. Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via GoogleBooks.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference zee_news_2017_mohani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Profile: Maulana Hasrat Mohani". The Milli Gazette (newspaper). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "71 years of Independence: How Communists kept pestering the British throughout the freedom struggle". The Indian Express. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture, Government of India. "Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi". amritmahotsav.nic.in.