Background
Dushyant Kumar was born at Navada Village of Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh in a Tyagi family.
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Dushyant Kumar
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He studied Master of Arts with Hindi as his core subject from Allahabad University.
Career
He is known as first Hindi Ghazal writer of India. In India, he is generally recognised as one of the foremost Hindustani poets of the 20th century. He was also a Dramatist, Litterateur and Gazal writer
His literary career started at Allahabad.
He wrote many dramas, poems, Gazals, short stories. He actively participated in Seminars at Parimal Academy of Literature.
He also worked with Naye Patte, an important Indian Newsletter of that time, Akashwani and Rajbhasha Section in Madhya Pradesh. Corruption was a major theme in his writings.
His poetry has become an inspiration for an whole generation of emerging poets.
Dushyant Kumar died at the age of 42 on 31 December 1975, due to a cardiac arrest in Bhopal. A contemprory of Doctor Harivanshrai Bachchan, Dushyant made valuable contributions to Hindi and Urdu Literature during his lifetime. The poem "Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si"(हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी) was sung often by Arvind Kejriwal during the Anti Corruption Movement (2011–2012) in India.
These lines of Dushyant Kumar Ji from his Ghazal "Saye Maine Dhoop" are often used in many programmes, and the Hindi film "Halla Bol" मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने मे सही, हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए
The Indian Department of posts issued a commemorative stamp with Dushyant Kumar"s image on it, in September 2009.
A museum dedicated to Dushyant Kumar (Dushyant Kumar Smarak Pandulipi Sangrahalaya) exists in C.T.T. nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. दुष्यन्त कुमार
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