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Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.
Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn (pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane[ 1 ] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay society ...
Imperial, royal, noble,gentry and chivalric ranks in Europe. Thane (/ ˈθeɪn /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Lal Kitab (Hindi: लाल किताब, Urdu: لال کتاب, literally Red Book) is a set of five books on Vedic astrology and palmistry, written in Hindi and later, in the Urdu script too. [1] Poetic verses with philosophy and hidden nuances form the core farmanns or upaya (remedy recommended) of the book. It has led to field of ...
Died. 21 October 1931. Language. Urdu. Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa (1857 – 21 October 1931) was an Indian Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises (mainly on religion, philosophy, and astronomy). He served on the Nawab of Awadh 's advisory board on language matters for many years. He spoke many languages including Urdu, Greek, and ...
Mohinder Pratap Narang. 1 August 1935. Died. 19 October 2020. (2020-10-19) (aged 85) Occupation (s) Urdu poet, librarian. Mohinder Pratap Chand (1 August 1935 – 19 October 2020) was an Urdu writer and poet of India who promoted Urdu language and literature in India.
Thane. Thane (Marathi: [ˈʈʰaːɳeː]; previously known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai. It is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city proper, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Abdul Halim Sharar (Urdu: عبدالحلیم شرر; 4 September 1860 – 1 December 1926) [1] [2] was an Indian author, playwright, essayist and historian from Lucknow. He left behind, in all, hundred and two books. He often wrote about the Islamic past and extolled virtues like courage, bravery, magnanimity and religious fervour.