Jan Nisar Akhtar
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 6
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- February 18, 1914
- Died
- August 19, 1976
- Place of birth
- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Also known as
- جاں نِثار اخترजाँनिसार अख्तर
Biography
Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood
