Ustad Daman

Chiragh Deen (; 3 September 1911 – 3 December 1984), known by his pen name Ustad Daman or Daman, was a Pakistani Punjabi-language poet, writer, mystic and a politician. He was active in politics after the establishment of Pakistan but continued his poetic career and till this day is revered as the "people's poet".

He was introduced into politics by Mian Iftikharuddin, a left-leaning politician and owner of Pakistan Times, a major newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan.

Early life Chiragh Deen was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India to a Punjabi Muslim family on 3 September 1911.

Life Ustad Daman's birth name was Chiragh Deen son of Mian Mir Baksh. He was born on 3 September 1911.

At the time of the 1947 Partition of British India, his shop and house were burned down by rioting mobs and his wife and young daughter were killed. However, Ustad Daman decided to stay in Lahore and the newly created country of Pakistan. He then never remarried and lived the rest of his life in a small room in the 'Old Lahore'. He remained, throughout his life, a fierce opponent of dictatorship, civilian or military, and all corruption and hypocrisy. His work and poetry were published as 'Daman De Moti' after his death by his devoted followers and admirers. The poems he wrote are still widely quoted in the Punjab as well as in other regions of Pakistan.

Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was one of his admirers and occasionally used to visit him in Taxali Gate area of Lahore, Pakistan. He died on 3 December 1984 and was buried in Madhu Lal Hussain graveyard in Lahore.