Anand Narain Mulla was born at Lucknow in the North-Western Provinces of British India, in October 1901 and educated at Government Jubilee High School and College there.

[3] He won the Sahitya Akademi award in Urdu in 1964 for his poetry, specifically the book Meri Hadis-e-Umr-e-Gurezan.

His first collection of poems, Ju-yi shir, published in 1949, was followed by Hans cog and Bamhina bol.

[8] Mulla was a member of the 4th Lok Sabha (1967–1970), elected as an Independent candidate from the Lucknow constituency.

[citation needed] He was later elected as a Rajya Sabha member (1972–1978) as a nominee of the governing Indian National Congress party.