Bismil Azimabadi

Bismil Azimabadi (1901 20 June 1978) was an Indian freedom fighter, landlord, and an Urdu poet from Patna, the capital of Bihar.

Family Bismil Azimabadi's real name was Syed Shah Mohammad Hasan, he was born in 1901 at Azimabad (Mughal name of Patna) in Bihar. He belonged to a family of zamindars and they initially resided at Nawada but later settled in Patna. Syed Shah Aale Hasan a barrister was his father, he died at an early age of Bismil. His grandfather, Mubarak Azimabadi was an Urdu language poet and writer. His maternal Grandfather Shah Mubarak Kakvi Azimabadi and his maternal uncle, Khan Bahadur Syed Shah Afzal khan alias Shah Kamal both were poets and were disciple of famous poet of Allahabad named Khan Allahabadi. Bismil died on 20 June 1978 in Azimabad, Patna and was buried at village Kurtha, Bihar, and was survived by five sons and three daughters. He used to frequent Qutub-khana Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Library, Patna. He is counted amongst notable poets of Patna.

Works Most of his work was lost and the remaining was compiled and published by the name of Hikayat-i-Hasti in 1980 with the help of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. His works have been quoted in magazines & journals like, The London Magazine.

Ghazals Bismil have written many ghazals, Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna being the most celebrated of them all.

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna In 1921 he wrote the patriotic poem Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna, following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and other atrocities by the British colonialists. It was first published in journal "Sabah", published from Delhi. The ghazal have 11 couplets. Khuda Bakhsh Library has preserved the original copy and page of his diary containing this poem written by him and the corrections done by his mentor Shad Azimabadi. tang aa gae hain kya karen is zindagi se hum ruKH pe gesu jo bikhar jaenge ab dam-ba-KHud hain nabz ki raftar dekh kar

Sher Many of his standalone shers too are found.

Other books Following are other works/books/collections by Bismil, Kalām-i Bismil edited by Muhammad Iqbal Chamanistan-e-Bismil with contribution from Muhammad Iqbal He wrote a short personal memoir named Yaraan-i-Maikadah in 1976 His thoughts are recorded in Guftani Na Guftani, the memoirs of Wamiq Jaunpuri