LAHORE: The death anniversary of Fazl ul Hasan known as Maulana Hasrat Mohani is being observed on Tuesday.
Hasrat Mohani – born in 1875 in Mohan near Unnao district Uttar Pardesh (UP) in India and died on May 13, 1951- was a romantic poet of Urdu language, journalist, politician, parliamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter of Indian Sub- continent.
Maulana participated in the struggle for Independence and was jailed for many years by British authorities. He was the first person in Indian history who demanded ‘Complete Independence’ (Azadi-e-Kaamil) in 1921 as he presided over an annual session of All India Muslim League. He was also imprisoned for promoting anti-British ideas especially for publishing an article against British policies in Egypt, in his magazine ‘Urdu-e-Mualla’.
A few of his books are Kulliyat-e-Hasrat Mohani (Collection of Hasrat Mohani’s poetry), Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib (Explanation of Ghalib’s poetry), Nukaat-e-Sukhan (Important aspects of poetry), Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan (Observations in Prison), etc.
