Majaz Lucknawi
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| Born | 19 October 1911 Rudauli, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 5 December 1955 (aged 44) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Pen name | Majaz Lakhnawi |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm, Geet |
| Subject | Love, philosophy, Revolution |
Asrar ul Haq Majaz commonly known as Majaz Lakhnawi (Urdu: مجاز لکھنوی, Hindi: मजाज़ लखनवी) (19 October 1911 – 5 December 1955) was an Indian Urdu poet. He was known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry. He composed ghazals and nazms in Urdu.
Born as Asrar ul Haq in Rudauli, Faizabad, UP, India. He received his early education in Lucknow and St. John's College, Agra, and earned a bachelor's degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He considered Fani Badayuni as his 'ustad'.
He hailed from a family of poets and litterateurs. Muztar Khairabadi, one of the great masters of Urdu poetry and Usman Harooni, an early modern Sufi poet, were among his ancestors. He had a sister Safiya, who married Jan Nisar Akhtar, father of Javed Akhtar.
Majaz started writing poems while in Aligarh and soon became a popular among the masses and well respected among the literati. He became one of the front-ranking poets of the Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek or Progressive Writers' Movement.
He is also well known for composing the anthem, tarana, for Aligarh Muslim University, 'Ye meraa chaman, hai mera chaman, Main apne chaman ka bulbul huun.' "Aahang" and "Saaz-e-Nau" are two of his poetry compilations.
Majaz lived and wrote in times which were exceptionally vibrant for poetry; poets such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Fani Badayuni, Jazbi, Makhdoom and Ali Sardar Jafri were among his peers. They were not merely his contemporaries but closest friends. Others such as Josh and Firaq knew him well. His first diwan, Ahang, is dedicated to Faiz and Jazbi whom he calls his “dil-o-jigar,” and to Sardar Jafri and Makhdoom, who are “mere dast-o-bazu.” Faiz wrote a thoughtful dibacha to Ahang.
Majaz’s flair for writing Urdu poetry became apparent when he befriended two poets, Fani Badayuni and Jazbi. They were his classmates in St. John’s College, Agra in 1929-1931. The years were productive for poetry but everything else for Majaz went awry. He failed his exams badly and acquired bad habits that stayed with him for the rest of his life. Worried about his academic performance, his father got him admission at Aligarh University where he switched from the science stream to arts.
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