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Nazeer Akbarabadi

Biography

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Manoj Santoshi recites nazm Aadmi-nama by Nazeer Akbarabadi | Must Watch

 

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"Guru Nanak" - Poem by Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735 - 1830)

 

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Holi - Nazeer Akbarabadi ( होली - नज़ीर अकबराबादी )

Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830) was an 18th-century Indian poet known as "Father of Nazm", who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under nom de plume (takhallus) "Nazeer", most remembered for his poems like Banjaranama, a satire. His father was Muhammad Farooq and his mother was the daughter of Nawab Sultan Khan who was the governor of Agra Fort. Agra, the Indian city, was known as Akbarabad after Mughal emperor Akbar at that time. He used simple, everyday language in his poems, which made them popular in the masses.
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