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Subh-e-Azadi (lit.'Dawn of Independence' or 'Morning of freedom' [4]), also spelled Subh-e-Aazadi or written as Subh e Azadi, is an Urdu language poem by a Pakistani poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz written in 1947. [5] [6] The poem is often noted for its prose style, marxist perspectives, disappointment, anguish, and critic atmosphere.
Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized: Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan.It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj between the 14th and 15th August 1947.
Saadat Hassan Manto (1912–1955), a prominent writer of short stories of South Asia writing mainly in Urdu, produced great literature out of the events relating to the India-Pakistan independence. His literature is considered to be progressive in its tone and spirit.
Hakim Ahmad Shuja – Pakistani Urdu and Persian poet (1893–1969) Iftikhar Arif – Pakistani poet and litterateur (born 1944) Jaun Elia – Pakistani poet (1931–2002) Jawayd Anwar – Pakistani poet and writer (1959–2011) Josh Malihabadi – Indian poet (1898–1982) Kishwar Naheed – Pakistani writer
There is no God but Allah) was a couplet and political slogan coined in 1943 by Urdu poet Asghar Sodai. [1] The slogan became a battle cry and greeting for the Muslim League however not official, which was struggling for an independent country for the Muslims of South Asia, when World War II ended and the independence movement geared up. [2]
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938 ...
Ada Jafarey also moved with her husband to Karachi after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. [2] Her husband was a littérateur himself who wrote columns for both English and Urdu newspapers. He also served as the president of the Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu. Nurul Hasan, a major inspiration to her writing, died on 3 December 1995. [1]
Urdu fiction does date back to prior to pre-independence times when pioneers like Mirza Haadi Ruswa wrote Umrao Jaan Ada. These writers wrote not only to entertain, but to educate the masses, and to revive the culture in Indo-Pak at a time when the society was greatly overshadowed by British values. One recent name in fiction is that of Saadat ...