Jan Nisar Akhtar

Known for Writing

Jan Nisar Akhtar's portrait

Details

Birthday: February 18, 1914

Deathday: August 19, 1976

Place of birth: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Biography

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

Writer

1961