Brij Narayan Chakbast, also spelled, Brij Narain Chakbast, was an Urdu poet.
Background
He was born on 19 January 1882 in a Kashmiri Pandit family settled in North India in the 15th century Anno Domini Chakbast was born in Faizabad (near Lucknow) in 1882. His father Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast, was born at Lucknow in, circa 1843, and he was also a poet.
After the death of his father in 1887, the family moved to Lucknow and they started living in Kashmiri Mohalla of Lucknow.
Education
Chakbast"s early education was in Faizabad. After his father"s death his family moved to Lucknow, and it was here he completed his remaining education. He earned his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1905, and Bachelor of Laws in 1907, from Canning College, Lucknow, which was affiliated with Allahabad University at that time.
Later, he became a successful lawyer
Career
Chakbast (1882–1926) was an Urdu poet. Pandit Udit Narayan was deputy collector, the highest post that any Indian could have at that time. On 12 February 1926, he collapsed at the railway station in Rae Bareli and died a few hours later at the age of 44.
Chakbast made a thorough study of Urdu poetry.
He was actively involved in social and political affairs, and was a strong proponent of the Home Rule and actively participated in the Home Rule Movement.
Views
He defended Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim when it was suggested that he was not the author of the epic Gul Bakawali.