Ehsan Danish a popular Urdu poet of the sub continent was born in the year 1914. When he started to write poems at the start of his career, he mainly wrote romantic poems but later on he wrote his poems more for the labourers and came to be called "Mazdoor Shair" (The poet of labourer) by his audience. His poetry inspired the common peoples feelings and he has been compared with Josh Malihabadi, and he holds unique position as one of the best poets of all times, with fine, romantic and revolutionary, but simple style of poetry.

Life of Ehsan Danish
Danish was born in Kandhla, a small town in the Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to a poor family and he, due to financial reasons, could not continue his study, but still learned the Arabic and Persian languages on his own. Later he migrated to Lahore and settled there permanently. He struggled very hard to earn his living. He worked as an ordinary labourer for years in odd jobs, finally becoming a poet of excellence. His autobiography, Jahan-i-Danish, is a classic and has inspired many people. He died a lonely death in the year 1982.

Ehsan Danish has written more than 80 books and hundreds of articles about and including poetry, prose, linguistics, philology, autobiographies and the famous interpretation of "Diwan-e-Ghalib". Much of his literary work is still unpublished.

Publications by Ehsan Danish
Jahan-i-Danish
Jahan-i Diger
Tazkir-o-Tanis
Iblagh-i-Danish
Tashrih-i-Ghalib
Awaz sy Alfaz tk
Fasl-i-Salasil
Zanjir-i-Baharan
Abr-i-Naisan
Miras-i-Momin
Urdu Mutaradifaat
Derd-i-Zindagi
Hadis-i-Adab
Lughat-ul-Islah
Nafir-i-Fitrat

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