Firaq Gorakhpuri

Raghupati Sahay , better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri , was a writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. He established himself among peers including Muhammad Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi and Josh Malihabadi.

Raghupati Sahay was born into a Hindu Kayasth family in Gorakhpur in 1896.

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