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Gulam Ahmad 'Mahjoor'
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(1885-1952)
Mahjoor has a place of
honor among the poets of Kashmir. He is especially noted for two things.
First, he introduced a new style into Kashmiri poetry. Second, he
introduced a new thought into Kashmiri poetry.
Mahjoor wrote poems of
freedom and progress in Kashmiri. These songs awakened the sleeping
Kashmiris. He came with a new voice and a new (literary) f.mp3.
Mahjoor was a poet of
love and communal h.mp3ony. In his earlier days, he used to write only love
poetry, but (later) he also wrote forceful poems about freedom.
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Mahjoor's real name was
Ghulam Ahmad. But as a poet, he adopted the pen name 'Mahjoor'. He was
born in eighteen hundred and eighty-five in Metragam. He has written
poetry in Persian and Urdu as well.
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Mahjoor worked as a
in Kashmir. Along with his official duties, he used to write poetry in
Kashmiri. Mahjoor had his first Kashmiri poem published in 1918. After
this, he composed poetry only in Kashmiri. His songs became very popular.
He wrote on such topics as love, communal h.mp3ony, and social ref.mp3, and
also wrote on the plight of the Kashmiris. He wrote about youth, the
flowers of Nishat Garden, a peasant girl, a gardener, the golden oriole,
and a Free Kashmir. At that time, such songs were unknown in Kashmiri
poetry. It was Mahjoor who gave these to us.
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Mahjoor was sixty-seven
years old when he passed away in 1952. The death of Mahjoor was a great
loss to both the Kashmiri language and (Kashmiri) poetry. But, Mahjoor's
songs are still on the lips of every Kashmiri. Through these songs, his
name will live forever.
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