[1] Gondvi's father lived in the district of Gorakhpur but was permanently shifted to Gonda for livelihood, his father Munshi Tafazzal Hussain continued to work as "law officer".
Thus, in pursuit of personal efforts and studies, he had achieved very well-earned knowledge.
Even he used to show his poetry to Munshi Amirullah for correction and improvement from him.
His collection of poetry "Kulliyaat Asghar Gondvi" is available at archives.
[2] His selected poems were compiled and published his anthology the spiritual and mystic in nature by Abdul Aziz Sahir in the name "Intekhab e Kalam Asghar Gondvi" in the year 2016.