Mujtaba Hussain (15 July 1936 – 27 May 2020) was an Indian satirist and writer of Urdu literature.

[citation needed] Hussain published several books and over 15 volumes of humor journalism, with many of them translated into Hindi, English and other languages.

[3] Apne Yaad Mein, an autobiographical satire, Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log,[4] Behar hal,[5] Safar lakht lakht[6] and Mera Column[7] are some of his notable works.

[10] In 2007, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, its fourth highest civilian honour, for his contributions to Urdu literature.

[11] In 2019, he returned the Padma Shri award citing the atmosphere of hate and protests across the country in the wake of the India's newly amended Citizenship Law.