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He was born in Kashmir but after matriculation he migrated to Pakistan.
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Chiragh Hasan Hasrat
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He began composing poetry when he was still a student at school. At early his carrier Chiragh started teaching at various local schools in Urdu and Persian.He wrote 16.He was also associated with several newspapers like Insaa, Zamindar, Sheeraza, Shahbaz. He used different pen names including Columbus, Koocha Gard and Sindbaad Jahazi.
He was impressed by him and soon left the school to meet him again in Calcutta.
Hasrat admitted that he had learned a lot from Azad, not only in the field of journalism but about politics and literature. In 1925, Hasrat joined the newspaper Nai Dunya (the new world).Here he used to write a famous column Kalkatte ki baten under the penname of Columbus.
Due to this column he became very famous and most senior journalists appreciated him. After that he joined Asr-e-Jadeed as assistant editor where he wrote a humor column under the penname of Koocha Gard and it further increased his reputation as a journalist and humorist.
In 1926 he launched his own literary journal Aftab from Calcutta.
Hasrat also worked for Isteqlal and then Jamhoor running a campaign for India"s independence. Nehru Report Hasrat was a supporter of Congress and in 1928 he supported Nehru Report writing many columns in favor of lieutenant Hasrat leaved Calcutta and joined Zafar Ali Khan"s newspaper zamindar in Lahore.
Coming to Lahore In 1929 he came to Lahore to work with Zafar Ali Khan.
He wrote for various newspapers in Lahore and then launched his own newspaper Sheeraza in 1936. In 1940 he joined All India Radio, Delhi.
Soon after going to Delhi Hasrat joined the army and rose to the rank of Major rapidly. He could not work anywhere for too long and looked for something different.
But then his health deteriorated.
Chiragh Hasan Hasrat died in Lahore on June 26, 1955.
