Shabbir Hasan Khan 5 December 1898 (1898-12-05) Malihabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died
22 February 1982(1982-02-22) (aged 83) Islamabad, Pakistan
Occupation
Poet
Nationality
Pakistani
Education
Visva-Bharati University
Literary movement
Progressive Writers' Movement
Notable awards
Padma Bhushan (1954) by the Government of India
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2013) by the President of Pakistan
Other names
Shayar-e-Inquilab
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Members
Urdu writers
Sajjad Zaheer
Ahmed Ali
M. D. Taseer
Hajrah Begum
Rashid Jahan
Razia Sajjad Zaheer
Abdul Aleem
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Majaz
Ahmad Faraz
Ismat Chughtai
Saadat Hasan Manto
Kaifi Azmi
Jan Nisar Akhtar
Shamim Karhani
Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi
Josh Malihabadi
Sahir Ludhianvi
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
Ali Sardar Jafri
Akhtar ul Iman
Majnun Gorakhpuri
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Sibte Hassan
Habib Jalib
Ale Ahmad Suroor
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Akhtar Husain
Fikr Taunsvi
Habib Tanvir
Salma Siddiqui
Krishan Chander
Khatir Ghaznavi
Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Sulaiman Areeb
Hameed Akhtar
Shaukat Siddiqui
Salaam Machhalishahari
Aziz Qaisi
Khawar Rizvi
Hajra Masroor
K. A. Abbas
Mohiuddin Qadri Zore
English writers
Mulk Raj Anand
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Bengali writers
Somen Chanda
Pramod Ranjan Sengupta
Bishnu Dey
Punjabi writers
Amrita Pritam
Ahmad Rahi
Hindi writers
Premchand
Kashmiri writers
Rehman Rahi
Dinanath Nadim
Marathi writers
Mama Varerkar
Notable works
Angarey
Atish Paray
Twilight in Delhi
Manto Ke Afsanay
Dhuan
Related Organisations
Communist Party of India
Indian People's Theatre Association
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Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 – 22 February 1982) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was one of the finest Urdu poets of the era of British India. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyat in his lifetime. His wrote Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography which is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru held him in high esteem and frequently attended the mushaira at Lala Kishan Lal Kalra's United Coffee House where Josh performed.[1][2][3][4]
Some of his works were translated to English like The Unity of Mankind elegies by Josh Malihabadi by Syed Akbar Pasha Tirmizi.
^Hari Desai (13 February 2017). "Josh Malihabadi's defection to Pakistan". Asian Voice (weekly newspaper). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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^Iftikhar Alam (22 February 2017). "Remembering the revolutionary poet Josh Malihabadi". The Nation (newspaper). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^"Josh in Old Delhi..." The Hindu (newspaper). Chennai, India. 27 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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