Bismil Azimabadi was an Indian freedom fighter, landlord, and an Urdu poet from Patna, the capital of Bihar.
11 Facts About Bismil Azimabadi
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Bismil Azimabadi's real name was Syed Shah Mohammad Hasan, he was born in 1901 at Azimabad in Bihar.
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Bismil Azimabadi belonged to a family of zamindars and they initially resided at Nawada but later settled in Patna.
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Bismil Azimabadi's grandfather, Mubarak Azimabadi was an Urdu language poet and writer.
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Bismil Azimabadi died on 20 June 1978 in Azimabad, Patna and was buried at village Kurtha, Bihar, and was survived by five sons and three daughters.
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Bismil Azimabadi developed the nationalist views and took part in freedom movement, he attended the Calcutta Congress Session in 1920 where he recited his poem Sarfaroshi.
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Bismil Azimabadi grew in Azimabad where the atmosphere was poetic and literary and it was from there he picked up the love for Urdu poetry.
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Bismil Azimabadi chose the word Bismil as his pen name and became disciple of Khan Bahadur Shad Azimabadi,.
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Bismil Azimabadi used to frequent Qutub-khana Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Library, Patna.
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Bismil Azimabadi's works are listed in the catalogues of various institutions, like, University of Chicago Library, Delhi Public Library, Delhi University Central Library System, etc.
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Bismil Azimabadi have written many ghazals, Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna being the most celebrated of them all.