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Josh Malihabadi was born as Shabbir
Hasan Khan on 5th December, 1898 at Malihabad. He did his senior Cambridge from
St. Peter's College, Agra in 1914. In 1918, he spent about six months at
Shantiniketan. He studied Arabic and Persian. Due to the death of his father,
Bashir Ahmed Khan, in 1916, Josh was unable to avail of a college education.
In 1925, Josh started work at the
Osmania University, supervising translation work. He was exiled from the state
of Hyderabad for writing a nazm against the Nizam. He then started the
newsletter/magazine called the 'Kaleem' in which he openly wrote articles in
favour of independence and against the British. Soon, he was being called "shaayar-e-inquilaab".
He also got actively involved in the freedom struggle and became close to quite
a few of the political leaders of that era, specially Jawahar Lal Nehru
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zindagii Khvaab-e-pareshaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
zindagii Khvaab-e-pareshaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
maut kii larazish-e-mizshagaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
raamish-o-rang ke aivaan me.n lailaa-e-hayaat
sirf ek raat kii mehamaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
[raamish=music]
gulashan-e-ziist ke har phuul kii rangiinii me.n
dajalaa-e-Khuun-e-rag-e-jaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
[dajalaa-e-Khuun=stream/river of blood]
rang-o-aaha.ng se bajatii huii yaado.n kii baraat
raharav-e-jaadaa-e-nisiyaa.N hai koii kyaa jaane
[raharav-e-jaadaa-e-nisiyaa.N=traveller of a forgotten path]
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