
Writing
Community Rating
5.9
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Born
February 18, 1914
Died
August 19, 1976 (age 62)
Born in
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood