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This is a list of notable Urdu-language writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Jannat Zubair Rahmani (born 29 August 2001) [1] is an Indian actress who predominantly acts in Hindi-language television shows and films.She is best known for portraying Kashi in Kashi – Ab Na Rahe Tera Kagaz Kora, Phulwa in Phulwa, and Pankti in Tu Aashiqui.
Qandeel Baloch (Urdu: قندیل بلوچ; 1 March 1990 - 15 July 2016), birth name Fouzia Azeem (Urdu: فوزیہ عظیم), was a Pakistani model, actress and feminist activist. She was the country's first social media celebrity. [1]
Malika Pukhraj (Punjabi, Urdu: ملكہ پکھراج) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan. [1] She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] She was extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri 's nazm song, Abhi tau main jawan hoon ("I am still young"), which is ...
Shama was a monthly Indian Urdu-language film and literary magazine published from 1939 to 1999. [1] Considered the world's biggest chain of Urdu-language magazines at the time, [2] the Shama group published several other famous magazines and digests including Sushama (Hindi), Khilauna, Dost aur Dosti, Bano, Sushmita, Mujrim, Doshi, A'inah, Shabistan and Rasia Kashidakari. [1]
Sheila Gujral (1924-2011), Hindi, Punjabi, and English poet and writer; Shiv Prasad Dabral (1912-1999), historian, geographer, academic, and writer, known by his pen name "Charan" Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academic; Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907-1991) Shyamlal Gupta (1896-1977), poet and lyricist, popularly known by his pen ...
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.