The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.

13th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

* Mirza Muhammad Rafi, ''Sauda'' (1713–1780) *

Siraj Aurangabadi Sayyid Sirajuddin, commonly known as Siraj Aurangabadi ( ur, ; 1715 - 1763), was an Indian mystic poet who initially wrote in Persian and later started writing in Urdu. Work and Life The anthology of his poems, ''Kulliyat-e-Siraj'', contain ...

, ''Siraj'' (1715–1763) *

Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi (1720–1799) was an Urdu poet in the court of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula. Soz was a master in Persian and Arabic language and an expert in calligraphy. Life and work Mohammad Meer Soz son Ziauddin was born in 1720 in Delhi. ...

, ''Soz'' (1720-1799) * Khwaja Mir Dard, ''Dard'' (1721–1785) *

Qayem Chandpuri Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali, known as Qaim Chandpuri or Kayem Chandpuri (1722-1793), was an Indian poet. Life He was born in Chandpur, Bijnor and died in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He was a contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir, Khwaja Mir Dard, Mirza Muhamma ...

, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali ''Qayem'' (1722–1793) *

Mir Taqi Mir Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal era in the Subcontinent and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language i ...

, ''Mir'' (1723–1810) *

Nazeer Akbarabadi Nazeer Akbarabadi (born Wali Muhammad; 1735 – 1830) was an 18th-century Indian poet known as "Father of Nazm", who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under the pen name (takhallus) "Nazeer", most remembered for his poems like '' Banjaranama'' ...

, ''Nazeer'' (1740–1830) *

Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat (born Yahya Khan), was an Indian poet of the Lucknow school. He was born 1748 in Delhi but spent his childhood in Faizabad and later migrated to Lucknow. He was the disciple of Mirza Jafar Ali Hasrat and a close friend of In ...

, ''Jurat'' (1748–1810) * Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, ''Mas'hafi'' (1750–1824) *

Insha Allah Khan 'Insha' Insha Allah Khan ( ur, ; c. 1752 Murshidabad –1817), known as Insha, was an Urdu poet in the courts of Lucknow and Delhi in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. A multi-talented polyglot, he was the author of the first grammar of ...

, ''Insha'' (1756–1817) *

Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin Nawab Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin ( ur, ) (1757, Sirhind – 1835, Lucknow) was an Urdu poet and prose writer. He is credited with the creating a feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to defin ...

, ''Rangin'' (1757–1835) * Bahadur Shah, ''Zafar'' (1775–1862) * Imam Baksh Nasikh, ''Nasikh'' (1776–1838) *

Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish (1764 –1846) of Lucknow was an Urdu poet. Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnawi is one of the giants of Urdu literature. Aatish and Imam Baksh Nasikh were contemporary poets whose rivalry is well known. Both had hundreds of ...

, ''Atish'' (1778–1846) * Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, ''Zauq'' (1789–1854) *

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy , death_date = , death_place = Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India , occupation = Poet , language ...

, ''Ghalib'' (1797–1869)

19th century

Momin Khan Momin Momin Khan Momin (; 1800–14 May 1852) was a late Mughal era poet known for his Urdu ghazals. A lesser-known contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq, he used "Momin" as his pen name. His grave is located in the Mehdiyan cemetery in Maulana Azad Me ...

, ''Momin'' (1801–1852) *

Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer ( ur, ), (29 August 1803 – 6 March 1875) was an Urdu poet who excelled and perfected the art of Marsiya writing. He is considered the leading exponent of Marsiya Nigari or marsiya writing along with Mir Anees. Mi ...

(Mirza Salaamat Ali), ''Dabeer'' (1803–1875) * Mir Babar Ali Anis, ''Anis'' (1803–1874) *

Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim Daya Shankar Kaul "Nasim" (1811 1845) was an Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Amir Meenai Ameer Minai or Amir Meenai ( ur, ; 1829 — 13 October 1900) was a 19th-century Indian poet. He was respected by several contemporary poets including Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi and by Muhammad Iqbal.Dagh Dehlvi Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi ( ur, , 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a poet known for his Urdu ''ghazals''. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.

(Nawab Mirza Khan), ''Daagh'' (1831–1905) *

Altaf Hussain Hali Altaf Hussain Hali ( – ; 1837 – 31 December 1914), also known as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet and writer. Early life He was born in Panipat to Aizad Baksh and was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He was in the care of his ...

(Hali Panipati), ''Hali'' (1837–1914) *

Akbar Allahabadi Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 9 September 1921) was an Indian Urdu poet in the genre of satire. Life and career Akbar Allahabadi was born in the town of Bara, eleven miles from Allahabad, to a fam ...

(Syed Akbar Hussain), ''Akbar'' (1846–1921) *

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was an Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, philosopher, ...

(Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Raza'' (1856–1921) *

Hassan Raza Khan Hassan Raza Khan Bareilwi was an Islamic scholar, Sufi and poet and the younger brother of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, the main leader of the Ahle Sunnat movement. He was a disciple of Sha Ale Rasool Marehrvi in to Sufism, revered Sufi master from ...

Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Hassan'' (1859-1908) *

Bekhud Badayuni Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui (1857–1912), writing under the pen-name Bekhud Badayuni, was one of the leading Urdu poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in India. It is customary for Urdu poets to assume a pen-name (''takh ...

(Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), ''Bekhud'' (1857–1912) *

Shibli Nomani Shibli Nomani ( ur, – ; 3 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Islamic scholar from the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj. He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh.Muztar Khairabadi Iftikhar Hussain (1865 – 1927), known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet. Biography Khairabadi was born in 1865 in Khairabad.Mohammad Shamsul Haq, ''Paimana-e-Ghazal'', vol. 1, pg 241 He was the grandson of Fazl-e-Ha ...

(1862–1927) *

Alam Alam is a masculine name derived from several ancient languages including : # Arabic: (''ʿĀlam'') meaning "world" or "universe" # Hebrew: cognate word is transcribed as '' Olam'', also meaning "World" # Tagalog: ''Alam'' means "Knowledge" ...

(1868–1937) * Zaigham (d. 1869) * Tashna (1872–1931) *

Zafar Ali Khan Zafar Ali Khan (1874– 27 November 1956) ( pnb, – ), also known as Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator and a journalist who played an important role in the Pakistan Movement against the British Raj. He is genera ...

(1873–1956) * Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952) *

Hasrat Mohani Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951), known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian activist, freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement and a noted poet of the Urdu language. He coined the notable slogan ''Inqui ...

(Syed Fazlul Hussain), ''Hasrat'' (1875–1951) *

Dil Shahjahanpuri Dil Shahjahanpuri (1875-1959),The Encyclopaedic dictionary of Urdu literature (2007) by Abida Samiuddin p.374 was the takhallus of Zameer Hasan Khan, the renowned Urdu ghazal writer, who was born in Shahjahanpur, North Western Provinces, British ...

(Zameer Hasan Khan), ''Dil'' (1875–1959) *

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philos ...

(Allama Iqbal), ''Iqbal'' (1877–1938) *

Mohammad Ali Jauhar Muhammad Ali Jauhar (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931), was an Indian Muslim activist, prominent member of the All-India Muslim League, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia I ...

(Maulana Jauhar), ''Jauhar'' (1878-1931) * Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan), ''Fani'' (1879–1941) *

Seemab Akbarabadi Seemab Akbarabadi ( ur, ) born Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui ( ur, , 5 June 1882 – 31 January 1951) was an Urdu poet from British India and Pakistan.Brij Narayan Chakbast Brij Narayan Chakbast (19 January 1882 12 February 1926), also spelled as Brij Narain Chakbast, was a British Indian Urdu poet. Life Chakbast (1882–1926) was an Urdu poet. He was born on 19 January 1882 in a Kashmiri Pandit family settled ...

(1882–1926) *

Bekhud Dehlvi Bekhud Dehlvi (21 March 1863 – 2 October 1955), born Syed Wahid-ud-Din Ahmed, was the son of ''Syed Shams-ud-Din "Salim"'', also an Urdu language poet. Bekhud was born at Bharatpur, which is now in Rajasthan. He was brought to Delhi by Altaf ...

(Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955) *

Niaz Fatehpuri Niaz Fatehpuri (1884–1966) was the pen name of Niyaz Muhammed Khan, a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, and polemicist. He was also the founder and editor of ''Nigar''. In 1962, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India for "Litera ...

(Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966) * Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) ''Yaas'' (1883–1956) *

Josh Malsiyani Labhu Ram (1883-1976), better known by his pen name Josh Malsiyani, was an Indian Urdu poet who much acclaimed during his time. He was born in a poor family in the Aquilpur locality of Malsian, a small town near Jalandhar which town was the do ...

(Labhu Ram) ''Josh'' (1883–1976) *

Asghar Gondvi Asghar Husain Asghar (1884–1936) popularly known by his pen name Asghar Gondvi, born in 1884 in Gorakhpur. Gondvi's father lived in the district of Gorakhpur but was permanently shifted to Gonda for livelihood, his father Munshi Tafazzal H ...

(Asghar Hussain Asghar), ''Asghar'' (1884-1936) *

Tilok Chand Mehroom Tilok Chand Mehroom (1 July 1887 – 6 January 1966), was an Indian Urdu poet who was admired not only for his writings but also for his simple lifestyle and evident deep dislike of religious discrimination. Early life Mehroom was born in the ...

(1887–1966) *

Qamar Jalalvi Qamar Jalalvi ( ur, ), (born Muhammad Husain and also known as Ustad Qamar Jalalvi) was a Pakistani poet. He was born in Jalali near Aligarh, India in 1887, and died on 4 October 1968. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he moved to Karachi. ...

(1887–1968) *

Amjad Hyderabadi Amjad Hussain ( ur, سيد امجد حسين‎; 1888–1961), better known by the pen-name Amjad Hyderabadi (), was an Urdu and Persian Ruba'i poet from Hyderabad, India. In Urdu poetic circles he is also known as ''Hakim-al-Shuara''. During ...

(Amjad Hussain), ''Amjad'' (1888-1961) *

Jigar Moradabadi Ali Sikandar (6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960), known by his pen name as Jigar Moradabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet and ''ghazal'' writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his poetry collection "Atish-e-Gul", and was the secon ...

(Ali Sikandar), ''Jigar'' (1890–1960) *

Raaz Chandpuri Raaz Chandpuri (born Mohammad Sadiq; 189a2-1969) was an Indian poet and literary critic, known for writing Urdu ghazal and nazm. He was amongst the earliest disciples of Seemab Akbarabadi and attained the status of an Ustaad for himself. He was ...

(Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969) *

Hakim Ahmad Shuja Hakim Ahmad Shuja MBE (; sometimes written as 'Hakeem Ahmed Shujah' and 'Hakim Ahmad Shuja Pasha') (4 November 1893 – 4 January 1969), was a famous Urdu and Persian poet, playwright, writer, film writer and lyricist, scholar and mysti ...

(1893–1969) *

Josh Malihabadi Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 – 22 February 1982) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a Pakistani poet and is regarded as one of the finest Urdu poets of the era of British India. Kno ...

(Shabbir Hassan Khan), ''Josh'' (1894–1982) *

Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar ( ur, ) (10 May 1895 – 24 October 1985) was a Pakistani scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher. Biography Jauhar was born in Bihar, India. He was the eldest son of Hakeem Muhammad Muslim, w ...

, ''Jauhar'' (1895– 1985) *

Firaq Gorakhpuri Raghupati Sahay (28 August 1896 – 3 March 1982), also known by his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri, was an Indian writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. He established himself ...

(Raghupati Sahay), ''Firaq'' (1896–1982) *

Ram Prasad Bismil Ram Prasad Bismil ( Hindi: राम प्रसाद "बिस्मिल") (11 June 1897 — 19 December 1927) was an Indian poet, writer, revolutionary and an Indian freedom fighter who participated in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, a ...

(1897–1927) *

Abr Ahasani Gunnauri Abr Ahsani Gunnauri was an Indian poet who wrote ghazal and nazm in Urdu. According to one writer, he was a disciple of Ahasan Maarharvi who was a disciple of Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi, and he had a direct influence on more than a hundred of po ...

(Ahmed Baksh) ''Abr'' (1897–1973) * Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad ''Munavvar'' (1897–1970) *

Abdur Rauf Urooj Abdur Rauf Urooj ( 17 May 1990) was a Pakistani poet, critic, journalist, and research scholar. Besides writing poetry, he also composed songs, including his first song titled "Phir aaj Divali aai" (Diwali came today again) which was recorded b ...

(c. 19321990)

1900

Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (3 March 1900 – 26 September 1966) was a political activist from Bihar, prominent in the Indian independence movement. Early life Ajazi was born on 3 March 1900 in village Dihuli, Block Sakra of District Muzaf ...

(1900–1966) * Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), ''Hafeez'' (1900–1982) * Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988) *

Pandit Harichand Akhtar Pandit Harichand Akhtar (15 April 1901 – 1 January 1958) ( Urdu:ہری چند اختر ) was a well-known journalist who was also a renowned Urdu Ghazal poet. He was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab in a Brahmin family (Kaushal), on 15 April 1901. He ...

('Akhtar') (1901–1958) * Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969) * Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977) * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988) *

Anand Narain Mulla Anand Narain Mulla (October 1901 – 13 June 1997) was an Indian Urdu poet. He served as a Member of Parliament in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Life Anand Narain Mulla was born at Lucknow in the North-Western Provinces of Briti ...

(1901–1997) * Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978) *

Syed Sajjad Zaheer Syed Sajjad Zaheer ( ur, ) (5 November 1899 – 13 September 1973) was an Indian Urdu writer, Marxist ideologue and radical revolutionary who worked in both India and Pakistan. In the pre-independence era, he was a member of the Communist ...

(1904–1973) * Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975) * Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948) * Saghar Nizami (1905–1984) *

Abid Ali Abid Abid Ali Abid (Urdu/Persian language, Persian: سید عابد علی عابد) was a Pakistani Urdu and Persian language, Persian poet and educator who was born on 17 September 1906 in Dera Ismail Khan, British India and died in Peshawar, Lahore ...

(1906–1971) * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), ''Ratan'' (1907–1998) * Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969) *

Arsh Malsiani Bal Labhu Ram Mukand (1908–1979), better known by his penname Arsh Malsiani, was an Indian Urdu poet and writer. He was the son of Josh Malsiyani, an Urdu and Persian scholar and poet. From 1948 up to his retirement in 1968, Malsiani worked ...

(Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) *

Majaz Asrar-ul-Haq (19 October 1911 – 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 po ...

(Asrar-ul-Haq), ''Majaz'' (1909–1955) * Abdul Hamid ''Adam'' (1909–1981) * Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, ''Lisan ul Mulk''(1909–1985) *

Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi pen name Sahar was an Indian Urdu poet. ''The Times of India'' called him a "noted Urdu poet". Personal life Sahar was born in Montgomery, Punjab, British India on 9 March 1909 now in Pakistan and after Partition of ...

, ''Sahar'' (1909-1998)

1910

* Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975) *

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi: فیض احمد فیض) was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his time. Out ...

, ''Faiz'' (1911–1984) *

Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, known by some as Khatib ul Islam, was a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar, orator, poet, and writer. Political and social contribution He was president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan for ten years, and struggled to establi ...

(1911–1984) * Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978) *

Ravish Siddiqi Ravish Siddiqi ( ur, , 1911–1971) born Shahid Aziz at Jwalapur in District Saharanpur of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh on 11 July 1911 was a renowned Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer whose forte was Romantic Poetry and Patriotic Poetry. A self-e ...

(''Ravish'') (1911–1971) *

Nushoor Wahidi Hafeez-ul-Rehman – , known by his pen name Nushoor Wahidi ( ur, ; sometimes spelled Nushoor Wahedi or Nushoor Vahidi), was an Indian Urdu poet. Early life Born in 1912 in the village of Sheikhpur, Ballia District, United Province (renamed as ...

(1911–1981) * Meeraji (1912–1949) * Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968) * Shamim Karhani (1913–1975) * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986) *

Dr. Rafiq Hussain Rafiq Husain ( ur, ) born Syed Rafiq Husain (14 May 1913 – 31 December 1990) was an Urdu writer, poet and critic from India. Career He served as Registrar of Co-Operative Society. On completion of his postgraduate studies, he joined Allaha ...

(1913–1990) *

Sahir Hoshiarpuri Sahir Hoshiarpuri ( ur, ) ( hi, साहिर होशियारपुर), born Ram Parkash Sharma ( ur, ) ( hi, राम प्रकाश) was an Urdu poet from India. He wrote several poetry books; his main form was ghazal. More ...

(1913–1994) * Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000) *

Raza Naqvi Wahi Raza Naqvi Wahi (born Syed Mohammad Raza Naqvi; 19 January 1914 – 5 January 2002) was an Indian Urdu-language poet during his time. He used the ''takhallus'' (pen name) of Wahi. Creative Journey And Evolution * The creation of first Shair ...

(1914–2002) *

Mir Gul Khan Nasir Gul Khan Naseer ( ur, ), also known as Malek o-Sho'arā Balochistan ( ur, ; 14 May 1914 – 6 December 1983) was a politician, poet, historian, and journalist from Balochistan, Pakistan. Born on 14 May 1914 in Noshki, Gul Khan Naseer was at the ...

(1914–1983) * Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988) *

Ehsan Danish Ehsan Danish (, 2 February 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq ), was an Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan. Ehsan Danish had penned down over 100 scholastic books on poetry, prose, linguistics, le ...

(1914–1982) * Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976) * Majeed Amjad (1914–1974) * Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983) * Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996) *

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi ( ur, ) born Ahmad Shah Awan ( ur, ) (20 November 1916 - 10 July 2006) was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction ...

, ''Nadeem'' (1916–2006) *

Zamir Jafri Syed Zamir Jafri (Urdu: سيد ضمير شاه جعفري) (January 1, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was a Pakistani poet, writer, social critic, comedian, columnist, broadcaster and telecaster. He is best known for his work revolved around his Urdu poe ...

, ''Zamir'' (1916–1999) *

Shakeel Badayuni Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films. Early life Shakeel Badayuni was born in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadiri ...

(1916–1970) *

Agha Shorish Kashmiri Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975; ) was a Pakistani scholar, writer, debater, and a leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam party. He was a figure of the freedom movement in the British Raj, as well as the chief editor of the weekly ''Chattan'' m ...

(Agha Abdul Kareem) ''Shorish'' (1917–1975) *

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee ( ur, ), ''Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam,'' was an Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer of Pakistan. Early life Born in Delhi, Haqqee acquired his B ...

(1917–2005) *

Rishi Patialvi Rishi Patialvi ( ur, ), (1917–1999), born Bam Dev Sharma, hailing from Hoshiarpur District (Punjab), was a popular Urdu poet belonging to Daagh Dehlvi’s lineage. He was a disciple of Naseem Noormahali who was a disciple of Labhu Ram Josh Mal ...

(Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999) *

Jagan Nath Azad Jagan Nath Azad (5 December 1918 – 24 July 2004), List.No.380 was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues. He was an authority on the life, ...

(1918–2004) *

Kaifi Azmi Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participat ...

(1918–2002) * Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987) *

Naeem Hashmi Naeem Hashmi (died 27 April 1976) was a Pakistani film, television and stage actor, writer, poet, producer, and director. He was known for his roles as a villain in the late 1940s and 1950s, but he later took character roles in over 100 films. ...

(1919–1976) *

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was ...

(1919–2000) *

Khumar Barabankvi Khumār Barabankvi (15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999) was the pen name of a Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. His real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan.Qateel Shifai Muhammad Aurangzeb or Qateel Shifai ( ur, ), (24 December 1919 – 11 July 2001) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist. Early life and career Qateel Shifai was born in Haripur District as Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in British India (now Pak ...

, ''Qateel'' (1919–2001) * Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

1920

* Salaam Machhalishahari, ''Salaam'' (1921–1972) * Sahir Ludhianvi, ''Sahir'' (1921–1980) * Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal ''Krishan Mohan'' (1922–2004) *

Wazir Agha Wazir Agha ( ur, ) was a Pakistani Urdu language writer, poet, critic and essayist. He has written many poetry and prose books. He was also editor and publisher of the literary magazine "Auraq" for many decades. He introduced many theories in U ...

(1922–2010) *

Sulaiman Areeb Sulaiman Areeb ( 05 April 1922 - 07 September 1972) was an Indian poet from Aurangabad. Life Areeb was of Hadhrami Arab Muslim ancestry. His forebears migrated from the Hadramaut to the city of Hyderabad to work under the Nizam of Hyderabad ...

(1922–1970) * Nazish Pratapgarhi, ''Nazish'' (1924–1981) *

Ada Jafri Ada Jafarey ( ur, : ) , often spelled Ada Jafri (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015), was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major female Urdu poet to be published and has been called "The First Lady of Urdu Poetry". She was also an ...

(1924–) *

Nasir Kazmi Nasir Raza Kazmi ( ur, was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India). Kazmi used simple words in his poetry, including "Chand", "Raat", "Baarish", "Mausam", "Yaad", "Tanhai", "Darya" and ...

, ''Nasir'' (1925–1972) *

Bekas Akbarabadi M. G. Gupta, known as Bekas Akbarabadi (1925-2011), was an Indian Urdu poet and research scholar. He wrote several books including ''Indian mysticism'', Sikh Gurus, Saint Kabir, Hindu epics and others. He received the Bharat Jyoti Award for his ...

, ''M.G Gupta'' wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011) *

Rahi Masoom Raza Rahi Masoom Reza (September 1927 – 15 March 1992) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi poet and writer and a Bollywood lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for the hit film ''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' in 1979, followed by '' Mili'' and ...

(1925–1992) *

Himayat Ali Shair Himayat Ali Shair ( ur, ; July 14, 1926 – July 15, 2019) was an Urdu poet, writer, film songwriter, actor and radio drama artist from Pakistan. He received the 2002 Pride of Performance Award for his literary services in Urdu literature from ...

, ''Shair'' (1926) *

Kanwal Ziai Kanwal Ziai (born Hardayal Singh Datta) (15 March 1927 – 27 October 2011) was an Urdu and Hindi language poet and author from India. Early life Ziai was born on 15 March 1927 in Kanjrur Dattan, Sialkot, (now Pakistan). He received award ''Doo ...

Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012) *

Naresh Kumar Shad Naresh Kumar Shad (1927 1969) (Urdu: نریش کُمار شاد ) (Hindi: नरेश कुमार शाद ) was a ghazal, qat'aa and rubai writer. Biography Naresh Kumar Shad was born in Ahiyapur, Urmar Tanda, District Hoshiarpur on 1 ...

(1927–1969) * Ibn-e-Insha, ''Insha'' (1927–1978) *

Bekal Utsahi Muhammad Shafi Ali Khan (1 June 1928 – 3 December 2016), popularly known as Bekal Utsahi, was an Indian poet, writer and politician. He was a congressman close to Indira Gandhi and a Member of Parliament in the Upper House Rajya sabha. He rece ...

(1928–2016) *

Sagar Siddiqui Saghar Siddiqui (born Muhammad Akhtar; 14 Aug 1928 – 19 July 1974), was a Pakistani Urdu poet. Also known as a Saint poet, homeless Siddiqui was found dead on a street corner of Lahore at age 46. His dog also died a year later, reportedly at ...

(1928–1974) * Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966) * Habib Jalib (1928–1993) *

Dilawar Figar ) , image = , caption = , other names = , birth_name = Dilawar Hussain , birth_date = 8 July 1929 , birth_place = Badayun, Uttar Pradesh, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan , occupation = ...

(1928–1998) *

Munir Niazi Munir Ahmed Niazi, ( pa, ) (9 April 1923– 26 December 2006) was an Punjabi and Urdu poet from Pakistan. He also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio. In 1960, he established a publication institute, ''Al-Misal''. He was later asso ...

(1928–2006) *

Shabnam Romani Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai (December 30, 1928 – February 17, 2009), known in literary circles by his takhallus (pen name) Shabnam Romani ( ur, ), was a renowned Urdu poet based in Karachi, Pakistan. Shabnam Romani wrote a number of books including ...

, ''Shabnam'' (1928–2009) *

Mazhar Imam Mazhar Imam (12 March 1928 – 30 January 2012), born in Darbhanga District of Bihar, was an Urdu poet and critic. After obtaining M.A. degree in Urdu from Magadh University and M.A degree in Persian from University of Bihar, he joined Carvan, a ...

(1928–2012) *

Wasif Ali Wasif Wasif Ali Wasif (15 January 1929 – 18 January 1993) was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi from Pakistan. Early life Wasif was the son of Malik Muhammad Arif Abbasi and received his early education in Khushab before going to Jhang to study. E ...

(1929–1993) *

(1929-1998)

1930

Mustafa Zaidi Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 2 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant. Early life In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being g ...

(1930–1970) * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993) *

Ahmad Faraz Syed Ahmad Shah (), better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, ( 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding Director General (later Chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote h ...

(1931–2008) *

Jon Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...

(1931–2003) * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931) * Satyapal Anand (1931) * Syed Amin Ashraf (1931) *

Shakeb Jalali Shakeb Jalali or Shakeeb Jalali ( ur, ), born Syed Hassan Rizvi (1 October 1934 – 12 November 1966), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, considered one of the distinguished Urdu poets of the post-independence era. Shakeb was born on 1 October 1934 ...

(1932–1966) *

Rajinder Manchanda Bani Rajinder Manchanda Bani (1932-1981) was an Indian poet. He was born at Multan in 1932. His family migrated to Delhi in 1947 where he died in 1981. He was a Master of Arts in Economics from Punjab University, and a school- teacher. ''Harf e M ...

''Bani'' (1932–1981) *

Mohsin Bhopali Mohsin Bhopali ( ur, ) (born 1932 - 17 January 2007) was a Pakistani poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinke ...

(1932–2007) * Sardar Panchhi (1932) * Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011) * Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933) * Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996) *

Sudarshan Faakir Sudarshan Kamra (1934 – 19 February 2008), better known by his takhallus Sudarshan Faakir, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist. His ghazals and nazms were sung by Begum Akhtar and Jagjit Singh. He has his son Manav Faakir as a Lyricist now. ...

(1934–2008) *

Murtaza Birlas Murtaza Birlas ( ur, ) (also spelt Barlas) is a poet of modern Urdu Ghazal from Pakistan. His work has been published in journals and magazines of Urdu literature since the early 60s. He published four compilations of Ghazal poetry. His style o ...

(1934) * Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003) *

Anwar Masood Anwar Masood ( ur, , pnb, ); born 8 November 1935) is a Pakistani poet known for his comic poetry. However, his works include other genres as well. He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian languages. His poetry is known for the unique use of ...

(1935) *

Aftab Iqbal Shamim Aftab Iqbal Shamim ( ur, ; born 16 February 1933 in Jhelum, Pakistan) is an Urdu language poet and an educator from Pakistan. Career Aftab Iqbal was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1933. Aftab Iqbal Shamim had served as a professor of English lit ...

(1936) *

Adil Mansuri Adil Farid Mohammed Ghulam Nabi Mansuri (18 May 1936 – 6 November 2008) was an Indian poet, playwright, and calligrapher, primarily responsible for the development of modern Gujarati ghazal poetry and plays. He wrote in several languages, namely ...

(1936–2009) *

Akhlaq Mohammed Khan Akhlaq Mohammad Khan (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), better known by his '' takhallus'' Shahryar'','' was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in ''Gaman'' (197 ...

(Shahryar) (1936–2012) *

Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

(1936) *

Shahzad A. Rizvi Dr. Shahzad A. Rizvi Ph.D. (28 February 1937-) is an Indian-born American author, scholar and Urdu poet. His English language works include historical novels set in India and scholarly articles on Urdu literary figures. His Urdu language works ...

(1937) *

Unwan Chishti Unwan Chishti (5 February 1937 – 1 February 2004) was an Urdu poet who gained repute as a poet, as a scholar, as a teacher and as a literary critic. He was the disciple of Abr Ahasani Gunnauri. Life Chishti was born Iftikharul Ha ...

Iftikharul Hasan ''Unwan'' (1937–2004) *

Nida Fazli Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, known as Nida Fazli (12 October 1938 – 8 February 2016), was a prominent Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, lyricist and dialogue writer. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 by the government of India for his contribution t ...

(1938-2016) * Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010) * Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011) * Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997) *

Allama Talib Jauhari Talib Johri (27 August 1929 – 21 June 2020) ( ur, ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam. He is widely renowned as the most prominent Shia scholar, and his sermons were broadcast on PTV ...

(1939– )

1940

Mahmood Shaam Mahmood Shaam ( ur, ) born Tariq Mahmood ( ur, ) on 5 February 1940, is a Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet, writer and news analyst. After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years continuously as Grou ...

(1940) *

Kishwar Naheed Kishwar Naheed ( ur, ) (born 1940) is a feminist Urdu poet and a writer from Pakistan. She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution towards Urdu literature. Early ...

(1940) * Jazib Qureshi (1940) *

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ( ur, ) (born 25 November 1941) is a spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual movements ''RAGS International'' (now known as Messiah Foundation International) and ''Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam''. He is the author ...

(1941) *

Ahfaz ur Rahman Ahfaz-ur-Rahman ( ur, ) (born 4 April 1942 – 12 April 2020), was a Pakistani journalist, writer and poet. He struggled for the freedom of the press and for the rights of journalists under military dictatorships and even civilian governments. ...

(1942) *

Iftikhar Arif Iftikhar Hussain Arif ( ur, ; born 21 March 1944), is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority. He has received t ...

(1943) *

Shamim Farooqui Shamim Farooqui (25 December 1943 – 29 August 2014) was an Urdu poet from India. Early life He was from Bihar, India. He did his schooling from Gumla High School and did M.A. in Urdu from Ranchi University. Published work * Zaiqa Mere La ...

(1943–2014) *

Amjad Islam Amjad Amjad Islam Amjad, PP, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: امجد اسلام امجد) (born 4 August 1944) is an Urdu poet, drama writer and lyricist from Pakistan. The author of more than 40 books in a career spanning 50 years,Ally Adnan (September ...

(1944) *

Ghulam Muhammad Qasir Ghulam Muhammad Qasir ( ur, غلام محمد قاصر 4 September 1944 – 20 February 1999) was a Pakistani Urdu poet. He was considered to be one of the finest modern poets of Urdu Ghazal. Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi was the one who 1st introduced hi ...

, ''Qasir'' (1944–1999) *

Bashir Badr Bashir Badr (born Syed Muhammad Bashir; 15 February 1935) is an Indian poet. He was teaching Urdu in Aligarh Muslim University. He primarily writes in Urdu language particularly ghazals. He also wrote a couplet titled ''Dushmani Jam Kar Karo ...

(1945) *

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2 ...

(1945) *

Anwer Zahidi Anwer Zahidi ( ur, )(born July 9, 1946) is a Pakistani Urdu author of more than twelve books of poetry, short stories, travelogue and translations. After completing his graduation in science from Punjab University, Anwer Zahidi received a degree ...

(1946) *

Afzal Ahmed Syed Afzal Ahmed Syed (افضال احمد سيد) is a contemporary Urdu poet and translator, known for his mastery of both classical and modern Urdu poetic expression. Born in Ghazipur, India, in 1946, Afzal Ahmed Syed has lived since 1976 in Karachi ...

(1946) * Shamim Hashimi (1947) *

Saleem Kausar Saleem Kausar ( ur, ), born Muhammad Saleem ( ur, ) is a Pakistani Urdu poet. He has published several poetry books. He has also written various title songs for different TV play serials. He has attended several poetry gatherings in various co ...

(1947) *

Mohsin Naqvi Mohsin Naqvi (10 May 1947 − 15 January 1996) was a Pakistani poet, known for his ghazals. Early life Naqvi was born on 10 May 1947 in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). His father, Syed Chirag Hussain Shah, was a s ...

(1947-1996) * Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, ''Sha'oor''(1948–2002) *

Muhammad Izhar ul Haq Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (born 14 February 1948) is a poet of Urdu language, a columnist and analyst from Pakistan. He has received national and international recognition for his contribution to Urdu literature and journalism, and has been awarded ...

(1948) * Fehmida Riaz (1948) *

Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer Syed Ghulam Naseeruddin Naseer (14 November 1949 – 13 February 2009) ( ur, پیر نصیر الدین نصیر‬) was a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the Chishti Sufi order. He was the custodian of the Golra Sharif shrine in the Isla ...

(1949–2009) *

Zameer Akhtar Naqvi Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi () also known as Zameer Hassan Naqvi, was a Pakistani writer, poet and religious scholar born in Lucknow, British India, and permanently moved to Karachi, Pakistan, in 1967. He was a scholar, writer, and researcher an ...

(1944-2020)

1950

Rahat Indori Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DA ...

(1950–2020) * Zahid Abrol (1950) *

Jamal Ehsani Jamal Ehsani ( ur, ) (April 21, 1951 – February 10, 1998), was a Pakistani poet noted for his work in the ghazal form and was a favourite poet in the student's circle of Urdu literature. He has written three poetry books. After his death, his c ...

(1951–1998) *

Ashfaq Hussain Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born 1 January 1951) is an Urdu poet and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered at least by one commentator to be an expert on the life and works of Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed ...

(1951–) *

Haider Qureshi Haider Qureshi ( ur, ),Qureshi Ghulam Haider Arshad ( ur, ) born on 1 September 1953 in Rabwah, Punjab, He is a Pakistani Urdu poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, editor and journalist. He writes in Urdu. Personal life Haider Qures ...

(1952–) *

Munawwar Rana Munawwar Rana (born 26 November 1952) is an Indian Urdu poet. Early life Munawwar Rana was born in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1952, but spent most of his life in Kolkata, West Bengal. Poetic style He uses Hindi and Awadhi words an ...

(1952–) *

Parveen Shakir Parveen Shakir ( ur, ; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu ...

(1952–1994) * Abdul Hamid (1953–) *

Sara Shagufta Sara Shagufta (31 October 1954 – 4 June 1984) was a Pakistani poet who wrote poetry in Urdu and Punjabi language. She committed suicide by throwing herself before a passing train in Karachi. Life Sara was born on 31 October, 1954 in Gujranwa ...

(1954–1984) *

Kazim Jarwali Kazim Jarwali ( ur, ) (born 15 June 1955) is an Indian Urdu language poet. Biography He settled in Lucknow and married to daughter of shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic p ...

(1955–) * Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013) *

Noon Meem Danish Noor Mohammed Danish ( ur, ; born 1958), also known as Noon Meem Danish, is a Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent. Early life and education Danish was born in 1958 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan to a working-class family. He was raised ...

(1958–) *

Salma Shaheen Salma Shaheen (born 16 April 1954) is a Pakistani poet, fiction writer, researcher, and the first Pashto-woman novelist, who also served as the first-woman director of Pashto Academy of University of Peshawar. She primarily wrote poems in Urdu a ...

(1954)

1960

Fareed Parbati Fareed Parbati ( ur, ), born Ghulam Nabi Bhat ( ur, ) on 4 August 1961 died 14 December 2011, was an Indian Urdu language poet and writer from Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has written many books including poetry. He wrote in the form of poetr ...

(1961) *

Samina Raja Samina Raja ( ur, ‎ 11 September 1961 – 30 October 2012) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked in the National Language Authority as a subject ...

(1961) *

Anjum Rehbar Anjum Rehbar (born 17 September 1962) is an Indian poet writing in Urdu and Hindi. Biography Anjum Rehbar was born in Guna district Madhya Pradesh. She completed her post-graduate studies in Urdu Literature. Rehbar began participating in M ...

(1962) *

Zahida Hina Zahida Hina (Urdu: زاہدہ حنا) is a noted Urdu columnist, essayist, short story writer, novelist and dramatist from Pakistan. Life Zahida was born in India, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, her father, Muhammad Abul Khair, ...

(1962–) *

Raees Warsi Raees may refer to: * Raees (1976 film), an Indian Hindi-language drama film * ''Raees'' (2017 film), an Indian Hindi-language action film * ''Raees'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film * Rais, a title used by the rulers of Arab stat ...

(1963) *

Zulfiqar Naqvi Zulfiqar Naqvi, born in Gursai village in Mendhar Tehsil near Line of Control, LoC in District Poonch district, India, Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir. He is an Urdu poets, Urdu poet and has authored Three Books, ''ZAAD-E ...

(1965) *

Harris Khalique Harris Khalique ( ur, ; born 20 October 1966) is a Pakistani poet in Urdu and English and a civil society activist. Khalique has authored nine collections of poetry and two books of non-fiction. In March 2018, he received the Presidential Pride o ...

(1966) *

Idris Azad Idris Azad ( ur, , Idrees Ahmad ur, ) born on 7 August 1969, is an author, philosopher, novelist, poet, dramatist and columnist. He has written several books on fiction, journalism, critic, poetry, philosophy, mysticism and art.Riaz Tasneem (1969)

1970

Irshad Kamil Irshad Kamil (born 5 September 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist. His songs appear in Bollywood films including ''Jab We Met'', '' Chameli'', ''Love Aaj Kal'', ''Rockstar'', ''Aashiqui 2, Raanjhanaa, Highway, Tamasha,'' and ''Jab Harry Met ...

(1971) * Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974) *

Ali Akbar Natiq , native_name_lang = , pseudonym = Natiq , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Punjab, Pakistan , resting_place = , occupation = Writer, Poet , language = Punjabi, Urdu , nationality ...

(1974) *

Irfan Nasirabadi In Islam, ‘Irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; tr, İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is gnosis. Islamic mysticism can be considered as a vast range that engulfs theoretical and practical and conventional mysticism, but the co ...

(1975) *

Sarim Momin Sarim Momin ( ur, ) (born 10 December 1978 in Mumbai, India), is a filmmaker, writer, and lyricist for many Bollywood movies. His written work includes Ram Gopal Varma's ''Sarkar'', ''Rann'', ''Sholay (Aag)'', ''Darling'', ''EMI'', ''Go'', ' ...

(1978)

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

Meera Meera, better known as Mirabai and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. Mirabai was born into a Rathore ...

, ''Mira Bai'' (c. 1498) *

Maharaja Chandu Lal Chandu Lal Malhotra (1766 – 15 April 1845 ), better known as Maharaja Chandu Lal was the prime minister (1833–1844) for 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad Sikandar Jah. He was born in Hyderabad Deccan (now Hyderabad, India) and hails from a family from ...

''Sadan'' (1766 – 1845) *

Mah Laqa Bai Mah Laqa Bai (7 April 1768 – August 1824), born Chanda Bai, and sometimes referred to as Mah Laqa Chanda, was an Indian 18th century Urdu poet, courtesan and philanthropist based in Hyderabad. In 1824, she became the first female poet to h ...

(1768-1824) *

Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim Daya Shankar Kaul "Nasim" (1811 1845) was an Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, ''Shad'' (1864-1940) * Brij Mohan Dattatreya ''Kaifi'' (1866 – 1955) *

Brij Narayan Chakbast Brij Narayan Chakbast (19 January 1882 12 February 1926), also spelled as Brij Narain Chakbast, was a British Indian Urdu poet. Life Chakbast (1882–1926) was an Urdu poet. He was born on 19 January 1882 in a Kashmiri Pandit family settled ...

(1882–1926) *

(1887–1966) *

(Raghupati Sahay) ''Firaq'' (1896–1982) *

(1897–1927) *

('Akhtar') (1901–1958) *

(1901–1997) * Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988) * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) * Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) ''Ratan'' (1907–1998) *

(Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) *

(1913–1994) * Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986) *

(Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999) *

(1918–2004) *

Bhupendra Nath Kaushik Bhupendra Nath Kaushik ( hi, भूपेंद्र नाथ कौशिक "फ़िक्र") (7 July 1924 – 27 October 2007) was a Hindi and Urdu language poet, writer and satirist. He was born in Nahan, Himachal Pradesh. He completed ...

(1924 – 2007) * Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001) *

Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012) *

(1927–1969) * Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993) * Satyapal Anand (1931) * Raj Pathria (1933) *

Dushyant Kumar Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1 September 1931 – 30 December 1975) was an Indian poet of modern Hindi literature. He is famous for writing Hindi Ghazals, and is generally recognised as one of the foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century. Person ...

(1933–1975) * Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931) *

(1934–2008) *

Mohinder Pratap Chand Mohinder Pratap Chand (1 August 1935 – 19 October 2020) was an Urdu writer and poet of India who promoted Urdu language and literature in India. Career In Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university ...

(1935) * Jayant Parmer (1954)

20th century

Mashal Sultanpuri Mohammed Ramzan Bhat (1937 October 2020), known by his pen name as Mashal Sultanpuri, was a Kashmiri poet, writer and critic. He was primarily engaged in writing Kashmiri prose. Prior to his appointment as a patron of Adbee Markaz Kamraz, the ...

(1937 – October 2020) *

Meena Kumari Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1933 – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as ''The Tragedy Queen'', she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of ...

(1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

Contemporary poets

Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri Fuzail Ahmad Nāsirī (born 13 May 1978) is an Indian Islamic scholar, Urdu writer and poet, who is a professor of hadith and vice-administrator of education at the Jamia Imam Muhammad Anwar Shah. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. His bo ...

(b. 1978)

Poets with unknown dates of birth

, * Shahin Badar, *

, *

Ziauddin Ahmad Sir Ziauddin Ahmad (born Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi; 13 February 1873 – 23 December 1947) was an Indian mathematician, parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and a scholar.Sadhu Singh Hamdard Sadhu Singh Hamdard (1918–1984) was a well-known freedom fighter and journalist of Punjab, excelling in both Urdu and Punjabi and an innovative poet, who carried in his name the pseudonym 'Hamdard', "sharing with all the pangs of their hea ...

Qamar Jalalabadi Om Prakash Bhandari (9 March 1917 – 9 January 2003), better known as Qamar Jalalabadi, was an Indian poet and lyricist of songs for Hindi movies. He composed the title track of the popular television serial Vikram Aur Betaal. Early life He ...

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

Kaif Bhopali Kaif Bhopali (20 February 1920 – 24 July 1991) was an Indian Urdu poetry, Urdu poet and lyricist. He was a poet in the Urdu mushaira, mushaira circles, and is known as the writer of songs like ''Chalo Dildar Chalo,'' sung by Mohd. Rafi in ...

* Sayeed Quadri * Khalid Irfan * Kashmiri Lal Zakir

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Urdu Language Poets Lists of poets by language

Poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writt ...