Jigar Moradabadi, poet
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Jigar Moradabadi

6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)

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About Jigar Moradabadi

Ali Sikandar (6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960), known by his nom de plume as Jigar Moradabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet and ghazal writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award Award in 1958 for his poetry collection "Atish-e-Gul", and was the second poet (after Mohammad Iqbal) to be awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the…

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हम को मिटा सके ये ज़माने में दम नहींहम से ज़माना ख़ुद है ज़माने से हम नहीं
— Jigar Moradabadi
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