Fikr Taunsvi
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Fikr Taunsvi (October 17, 1918 – September 12, 1986) was an Urdu poet, born in a village of Taunsa Sharif, then part of India. He was famous for his satires and was a Hindu by religion.[1][2][3] He wrote twenty books in Urdu and eight in Hindi.[4]
[edit] Personal life
His father, Dhanpat Rai, was a shopkeeper in the Baloch tribal area of Taunsa Sharif. village name was Mangrotha which is about 04 km from Taunsa Sharif. Taunsvi married Shrimati Kailashwati, in 1944.
He studied up to higher secondary school at Taunsa Sharif and higher education from Lahore. He migrated to Dehli after partition of the sub-continent.
He died on September 12, 1986.
[edit] References
- ^ "Urdu newspapers are beacons of light". The Milli Gazette. http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15112002/1511200226.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Remembering the doyen of Urdu satire". The Tribune. http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99nov28/sunday/head3.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "A People's History of Partition". The Sun. http://www.nysun.com/article/64254. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ http://www.taunsacity.com/fikr_taunsvi.html
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