Hasrat Mohani
| Urdu poet Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan Hasrat Mohani |
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Ambedkar and Maulana Hasrat Mohani (left) at Sardar Patel's reception
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| Born |
1 January 1875 Mohan, Unnao District, British India |
| Died | 13 May 1951 (aged 76) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh  India
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| Pen name | Hasrat Mohani |
| Occupation | Urdu poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 20th Century |
| Genre | Ghazal |
| Subject | Love and philosophy, |
| Literary movement | Indian independence movement |
Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951) was an Indian activist in the Indian Independence Movement, and a noted poet of the Urdu language.
The real name of Maulana was Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan. Hasrat was his pen name which he used in the Urdu poetry and the word Mohani refers to the native place of Mohan where he was born. 'Inquilab Zindabad' was coined by the Maulana Hasarat Mohani in 1921.
The real name of Hasrat Mohani was Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan. He was born in 1875 at Mohan (town) in the Unnao district of United Province in British India. Since he was a poet of Urdu, he had opted the pen name of Hasrat Mohani in Urdu shayri.
His ancestors migrated from Nishapur, in Iran.
Hasrat Mohani was not just a maverick when it came to publicly championing the freedom struggle of Lokmanya Tilak.[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]. He also wrote verses expressing deep love for Krishna, and often went to Mathura to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami.
Maulana Hasrat Mohani was a brilliant and hardworking student as well as a topper in his first state level exams. Later, he studied in Aligarh Muslim University, where some of his colleagues were Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar and Maulana Shaukat Ali. His teachers in poetry were Tasleem Lucknawi and Naseem Dehlvi.
A few of his books are Kulliyat-e-Hasrat Mohani (en. Collection of Hasrat Mohani's poetry), Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib (en. Explanation of Ghalib's poetry), Nukaat-e-Sukhan (en. Important aspects of poetry), Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan (en. Observations in Prison), etc. A very popular ghazal Chupke Chupke Raat Din sung by Ghulam Ali and Ghazal King Jagjit Singh was penned by him. He was also featured in the film Nikaah of 1982. The famous slogan of Indian freedom fighters Inquilab Zindabad was coined by Moulana Hasrat Mohani himself.
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