Majaz Lakhnawi | |
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Born | 19 October 1911 Rudauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
Died | 5 December 1955 (aged 44) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Pen name | Majaz |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Urdu poetry, Ghazal, nazm, geet |
Subject | Lust, philosophy, revolution |
Literary movement | Progressive Writers' Movement |
Relatives | Hamida Salim (sister) Ansar Harvani (brother) Javed Akhtar (nephew) Salman Akhtar (nephew) Farhan Akhtar (grand son) |
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Asrar-ul-Haq (19 October 1911 to 5 December 1955), better known as Majaz Lakhnawi, was an Indian Urdu poet. He is known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry. He composed ghazals and nazms in Urdu. He was the maternal uncle of poet and screenplay writer Javed Akhtar and Indian-American psychoanalyst Salman Akhtar.[1]