
Jan Nisar Akhtar
personal-info
known-for
Writing
gender
Male
birthday
1914-02-18
place-of-birth
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
also-known-as
جاں نِثار اختر
जाँनिसार अख्तर
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