Anand Narain Mulla

Anand Narain Mulla
Born October 1901
Died 12 June 1997
Era 20th Century
Region India
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Anand Narain Mulla (October 1901–12 June 1997)[1] was a prominent Urdu poet of India.

Anand Narain Mulla was born at Lucknow in October 1901 and educated at Government Jubilee High School and College there.[2] 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.[3] He was also a recipient of the Iqbal Samman, a literary award, when aged 92.[4]

His father, Jagat Narain Mulla, was a leading advocate and government prosecutor.[5] Anand Narain Mulla, a Kashmiri Brahmin,[6] was himself a leading lawyer. In 1954 he became a judge of the Allahabad High Court, which he remained until 1961.[7] After his retirement he practiced law as Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.

Mulla was a member of the 4th Lok Sabha (1967–1970), elected as an Independent candidate from the Lucknow constituency. He was later elected as a Rajya Sabha member (1972–1978) as a nominee of the governing Indian National Congress party.[8]

Mulla died in New Delhi on 12 June 1997, aged 96 years.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Urdu Authors: Date list corrected up to May 31, 2006 - S.No. - 1318 - Mulla, Anand Narain". National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary Notices". Parliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of India) 181 (1-2). 1997.
  3. ↑ History of Indian literature p.797 http://books.google.co.in/books?isbn=8172017987
  4. ↑ Agrawal, S. P. (1993). Development Digression Diary Of India: Third Companion Volume To Information India 1991-92. Concept Publishing Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-8-17022-305-4.
  5. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Political parties http://books.google.co.in/books?isbn=8174888659
  6. ↑ Khan, Abdul Jamil (2006). Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide: African Heritage, Mesopotamian Roots, Indian Culture & Britiah Colonialism. Algora Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-87586-437-2.
  7. ↑ "Former Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and its Bench at Lucknow (1900-1990)". Allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  8. ↑ Obituary Notices. Parliament of India. 1997. p. 1.


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