Poets/Writers From Banaras
Total: 72
Mohammad Khalil
Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir Dehlavi
Meerza Jawan Bakht Jahandar
Crown prince of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam who migrated to Lucknow and then to Varanasi due to political turmoil at Delhi Court
Maulana Syed Sibtul Hasan
Masood Akhtar Jamal
- Born : Banaras
Nationalist and patriotic poet, Known for his nazm “Baghi Ka Tarana’’ Once Pandit Nehru said his nazm titled “Gharibon Ka Geet” is India's dream