Jumai Khan Azad Explained

Jumai Khan Azad
Birth Name:Jumai Khan Azad
Birth Date:5 August 1930
Birth Place:Pratapgarh, India
Death Date:29 December 2013
Death Place:Gobri village, Pratapgarh
Nationality:Indian
Known For:Poetry in Awadhi language

Jumai Khan Azad (5 August 1930 – 29 December 2013) was an Indian poet of Awadhi language from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received the Awadhi Academy Award and Lokabandhu Rajnarayan Memorial Award.[1] [2]

Biography

Azad was born in Gobri village in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh to father Siddiqui Ahmed and mother Hameeda Bano.

Azad published 21 books of poetry.

He died on 29 December 2013.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: धर्मवाद की डोर तोड़ रही 'आजाद' की सोच. 5 August 2011. Amar Ujala. hi.
  2. News: Poetry by Jumai Khan Azad. awadhi.org. hi. 17 July 2014. 31 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130731182555/http://awadh.org/tag/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%88-%e0%a4%96%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6/. dead.
  3. News: जिला अस्पताल में जांची गई जुमई खां आजाद की सेहत . 21 September 2012 . Jagran News . hi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151011233524/http://www.livehindustan.com/news/location/rajwarkhabre/article1-story-0-0-264516.html . 11 October 2015.
  4. News: No more Jumai Khan Aazad. 30 December 2013. Jagran.