Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi

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Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi
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Native name
برجموہن دتاتریہ کیفی
Born(1866-12-13)December 13, 1866
Delhi, British Raj
DiedOctober 1, 1955(1955-10-01) (aged 88)
Ghaziabad, India
Pen nameKaifi
OccupationWriter, poet, playwright, novelist and essayist
LanguageUrdu

Pandit Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi Dehlavi (13 December 1866  – 1 November 1955) was an Indian Urdu language writer, poet, playwright, novelist and essayist.

Biography[edit]

Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi was born on 13 December 1866 in Delhi. He was a student of Altaf Hussain Hali in poesy. He was also well up in Hindi, Arabic, Persian, and English. He lived in Lahore for many years, where his son was an editor of The Tribune. Kaifi proved to be a great asset for Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu after Abdul Haq. He died on 1 November 1955 in Ghaziabad.[1]

References[edit]

  1. Parekh, Rauf (October 30, 2018). "Literary Notes: Pandit Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi and his love for Urdu". DAWN.COM.