Makhdoom Mohiuddin
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4 February 1908 Medak, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India) |
| Died | 25 August 1969 (aged 61) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India) |
| Occupation | Urdu Poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | Pre and Post Independent India |
| Genre | Ghazal |
| Subject | Revolution |
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Makhdoom Mohiuddin (Urdu: مخدوم محی الدین, Telugu : మఖ్దూం మొహియుద్దీన్) or Abu Sayeed Mohammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Huzri (4 February 1908 – 25 August 1969) was an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a distinguished revolutionary Urdu poet. He founded the Progressive Writers Union in Hyderabad and was active with the Comrades Association and the Communist Party of India, and at the forefront of the 1946–1947 Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of the erstwhile Hyderabad state.
Mohiuddin was born in the village of Andole in Medak district, Hyderabad State.
He received his schooling and religious education in his village and later on moved to Hyderabad city to pursue his higher education, where he received a Bachelors and followed by a master's degree. He settled down in Hyderabad after completing his higher education and committed himself to the fight for a Free India against British-occupation. He earned a master's degree in 1936 from Osmania University.
Makhdoom started working as a lecturer at the City College in 1934 and taught Urdu literature. He became an Urdu language poet of incredible versatility. He was the founder of the Communist Party in Andhra Pradesh. Therefore, he is regarded as a Freedom Fighter of India. He also rallied against the then-monarchy of the Princely State of Hyderabad to merge with the newly liberated Indian Union. The then-ruler of Hyderbad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, had issued orders to kill him for awakening people for freedom and the abolition of Nawab ("princely") rule.
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