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	'''''The Fakeer of Jungheera''''' is a long poem written by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in 1829.<ref name="Broadview"/> The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding [[Anglo-Indian]] poets.<ref name="Gokak1970" /> The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit [[Sati (practice)\|sati]] when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular [[fakir]]. Her father convinces the [[nawab]] of [[Rajmahal]] to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.<ref name="Chaudhuri2004" /> The poem has been compared to [[Lord Byron]]'s so-called "Turkish Tales" like ''[[The Giaour]]'' and to [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]]'s poem "The Improvisatrice."<ref name="Broadview"/>		{{Short description\|1829 English poem by Derozio}}
			'''''The Fakeer of Jungheera''''' is a long poem written by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in 1829.<ref name="Broadview"/> The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding [[Anglo-Indian]] poets.<ref name="Gokak1970" /> The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit [[Sati (practice)\|sati]] when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular [[fakir]]. Her father convinces the [[nawab]] of [[Rajmahal]] to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.<ref name="Chaudhuri2004" /> The poem has been compared to [[Lord Byron]]'s so-called "Turkish Tales" like ''[[The Giaour]]'' and to [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]]'s poem "The Improvisatrice".<ref name="Broadview"/>

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	<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book \|title=The Broadview anthology of British literature \|isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 \|edition=Third \|location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada \|oclc=894141161\|editor-last1 = Black\|editor-first1 = Joseph\|editor-last2 = Conolly\|editor-first2 = Leonard\|editor-last3 = Flint\|editor-first3 = Kate\|editor-last4 = Grundy\|editor-first4 = Isobel\|editor-last5 = Lepan\|editor-first5 = Don\|editor-last6 = Liuzza\|editor-first6 = Roy\|editor-last7 = McGann\|editor-first7 = Jerome J.\|editor-last8 = Prescott\|editor-first8 = Anne Lake\|editor-last9 = Qualls\|editor-first9 = Barry V.\|editor-last10 = Waters\|editor-first10 = Claire\|date = 4 December 2014}}</ref>		<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book \|title=The Broadview anthology of British literature \|isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 \|edition=Third \|location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada \|oclc=894141161\|editor-last1 = Black\|editor-first1 = Joseph\|editor-last2 = Conolly\|editor-first2 = Leonard\|editor-last3 = Flint\|editor-first3 = Kate\|editor-last4 = Grundy\|editor-first4 = Isobel\|editor-last5 = Lepan\|editor-first5 = Don\|editor-last6 = Liuzza\|editor-first6 = Roy\|editor-last7 = McGann\|editor-first7 = Jerome J.\|editor-last8 = Prescott\|editor-first8 = Anne Lake\|editor-last9 = Qualls\|editor-first9 = Barry V.\|editor-last10 = Waters\|editor-first10 = Claire\|date = 4 December 2014}}</ref>

	<ref name="Chaudhuri2004">{{Cite journal \|last=Chaudhuri \|first=Rosinka \|date=2004-08-01 \|title=An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio \|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300402000201 \|journal=Studies in History \|language=en \|volume=20 \|issue=2 \|pages=167–187 \|doi=10.1177/025764300402000201 \|issn=0257-6430}}</ref>		<ref name="Chaudhuri2004">{{Cite journal \|last=Chaudhuri \|first=Rosinka \|date=2004-08-01 \|title=An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio \|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300402000201 \|journal=Studies in History \|language=en \|volume=20 \|issue=2 \|pages=167–187 \|doi=10.1177/025764300402000201 \|s2cid=162248483 \|issn=0257-6430\|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

	<ref name="Gokak1970">{{Cite book \|title=The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965 \|publisher=Sahitya Akademi \|year=1970 \|isbn=81-260-1196-3 \|editor-last=Gokak \|editor-first=Vnayak Krishna}}</ref>		<ref name="Gokak1970">{{Cite book \|title=The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965 \|publisher=Sahitya Akademi \|year=1970 \|isbn=81-260-1196-3 \|editor-last=Gokak \|editor-first=Vnayak Krishna}}</ref>

	<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{Cite book \|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3 \|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority \|last=Paranjape \|first=Makarand R. \|date=2013 \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|isbn=978-94-007-4660-2 \|location=Dordrecht \|pages=41–64 \|language=en ~~\|chapter=“East Indian” Cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio’s ''Fakeer of Jungheera'' and the Birth of Indian Modernity~~ \|doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3}}</ref>		<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{Cite book \|chapter-url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3 \|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority \|last=Paranjape \|first=Makarand R. \|chapter="East Indian" Cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the Birth of Indian Modernity \|date=2013 \|publisher=Springer Netherlands \|isbn=978-94-007-4660-2 \|location=Dordrecht \|pages=41–64 \|language=en \|doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3}}</ref>

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'''''The Fakeer of Jungheera''''' is a long poem written by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in 1829.<ref name="Broadview"/> The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding [[Anglo-Indian]] poets.<ref name="Gokak1970" /> The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit [[Sati (practice)|sati]] when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular [[fakir]]. Her father convinces the [[nawab]] of [[Rajmahal]] to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.<ref name="Chaudhuri2004" /> The poem has been compared to [[Lord Byron]]'s so-called "Turkish Tales" like ''[[The Giaour]]'' and to [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]]'s poem "The Improvisatrice."<ref name="Broadview"/>

== References ==
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<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |oclc=894141161|editor-last1 = Black|editor-first1 = Joseph|editor-last2 = Conolly|editor-first2 = Leonard|editor-last3 = Flint|editor-first3 = Kate|editor-last4 = Grundy|editor-first4 = Isobel|editor-last5 = Lepan|editor-first5 = Don|editor-last6 = Liuzza|editor-first6 = Roy|editor-last7 = McGann|editor-first7 = Jerome J.|editor-last8 = Prescott|editor-first8 = Anne Lake|editor-last9 = Qualls|editor-first9 = Barry V.|editor-last10 = Waters|editor-first10 = Claire|date = 4 December 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Chaudhuri2004">{{Cite journal |last=Chaudhuri |first=Rosinka |date=2004-08-01 |title=An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300402000201 |journal=Studies in History |language=en |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=167–187 |doi=10.1177/025764300402000201 |issn=0257-6430}}</ref>

<ref name="Gokak1970">{{Cite book |title=The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1970 |isbn=81-260-1196-3 |editor-last=Gokak |editor-first=Vnayak Krishna}}</ref>

<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{Cite book |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3 |title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority |last=Paranjape |first=Makarand R. |date=2013 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-94-007-4660-2 |location=Dordrecht |pages=41–64 |language=en |chapter=“East Indian” Cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio’s ''Fakeer of Jungheera'' and the Birth of Indian Modernity |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3}}</ref>

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