Ajmal Sultanpuri

Ajmal Sultanpuri (1923 – 29 January 2020) was an Indian poet in Urdu language.

He was a native of Harakhpur in Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh.

[1] In 1967, He was beaten by few village men because he was trying to protest against social discrimination.

His poetry was based on his hardships during his lifetime as well as on communal harmony and multiculturalism of India.

His most famous poem is below[6] He was admitted to Karunashray Hospital on 6 January 2020 due to poor health.