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Josh Abadi Foundation to organize Josh National Conference
ISLAMABAD: Literary organization Josh Abadi Foundation will organize Josh National Conference to mark 117th birth anniversary of poet of revolution and youth Josh Malihabadi here on December 5 at Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL).
Prominent Scholar Agha Nasir will be the chief guest while poets and scholars like Dr Ahsan Akbar, Dr Maqsood Jafery, Haris Khalique, Dr. Yahya Ahmad Khan, Professor Rashida Malik and Asghar Abid will read the papers on the life and work of Josh Malihabadi said a news release issued here on Sunday.
Josh Malihabadi's real name was Shabbir Hussain Khan. He was born on December 5 1898 in the Malihabad area of Uttar Pradesh India. His Pakhtun family's literary background and habits were ingrained in him from the beginning. He acquired his early education in Lucknow and passed the Senior Cambridge exams from St Peters College Agra in 1924.
He is remembered by many as the greatest revolutionary poet of the pre independence period. Some of his revolutionary poems were even broadcast by German radio during the Second World War.
He knew Urdu Persian Hindi and English and his poetry collections include the Paighambar-e-Islam, Shula-o-Shabnum, Fikr-o-Nishat, Sumbul-o-Salasal, Maujood-o-Mufakir, Aroos Adab, Awaz Haq and Dewan Josh. He also wrote prose and published works including Auraq Zareen and Muqallat Josh.
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