What is the real name of Firak gorakhpuri?

Answer 1

Shree Raghupati Sahay.

Answer 2

Firaq Gorakhpuri was born Raghupati Sahay in the year 1896 at Gorakhpur District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Born to a family of aristocrats, Firaq had a taste of Urdu poetry at very tender age. He started writing poetry in Urdu in teens and developed his own niche in an era that was marked by the likes of Sahir, Iqbal, Faiz and Kaifi. Although a left leaning intellectual, Firaq was never an active member of 'Indian Progressive Writers Association'.

Firaq GorakhpuriAfter a brilliant academic career he was selected into the Provincial Civil Service but resigned and joined Allahabad University as a lecturer in English. It was here he wrote most of his Urdu poetry and his masterpiece 'Gul-e-ra'naa' that fetched him the Jnanpith Award. He started adding pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri as traditional of the then poets.

Firaq had been a champion of secularism all his life. He was a chief crusader against the government's effort to brand Urdu as the language of Muslim. He was also instrumental in the allocation of funds for the promotion of the language. Jawahar Lal Nehru nominated him as the member of Rajya Sabha for his efforts in the promotion of literature and communal harmony. In his career spanning more than 50 years, Firaq wrote hundreds of heart wrenching poetries. It included collections such as Rooh-o-Qaayanat, Gul-e-Ra'naa and Nagma-numaa. This great nationalist passed away in 1982 after prolonged illness.

Answer 3

His real name is RAGHUPATI SAHAY

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This is what I found out also:

Some of you may already know this but To those of you who did not know that one of the many great shayars (poets) of India, Firak Gorakhpuri was from the bhojpuri belt.
He was born in Gorakhpur.

For more, check here:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050906/cth1.htm

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Answer 4

hi.firaq gorakhpuri was famous urdu poet..he was hindu and i m recollecting hard his name...firqa literally means `seperation`it was his takhallus (nom de plume).i found it very intersting to have some1 enquire about urdu poet here.THANKS ALOT

Answer 5

Firaq Gorakhpuri's real name was Raghupati Sahay. He was born in 1896 in Gorakhpur, India. He left his imprint on three important genres of Urdu poetry - ghazal, nazm and rubaayee. He wrote more than 40,000 couplets. He was a poet of love and beauty. His poems are published in three anthologies - Rooh-o-Qaayanat, Gul-e-Ra'naa, Nagma-numaa. He passed away in 1982.

his one of famoum poem is here.


ab aksar chup-chup se rahe hai.n yuu.N hii kabhuu lab khole hai.n
pahale "Firaq" ko dekhaa hotaa ab to bahut kam bole hai.n

din me.n ham ko dekhane vaalo apane apane hai.n auqaat
jaao na tum in Khusk aa.Nkho.n par ham raato.n ko ro le hai.n

fitarat merii ishq-o-muhabbat qismat merii tanhaa_ii
kahane kii naubat hii na aa_ii ham bhii kasuu ke ho le hai.n

baaG me.n vo Khvaab-aavar aalam mauj-e-sabaa ke ishaaro.n par
Daalii Daalii nauras patte sahas sahaj jab Dole hai.n

uf vo labo.n par mauj-e-tabassum jaise karavaTe.n le.n kau.nde.n
haay vo aalam jumbish-e-mizagaa.N jab fitne par tole hai.n

in raato.n ko hariim-e-naaz kaa ik aalam hoye hai nadiim
khalvat me.n vo narm u.ngaliyaa.N ba.nd-e-qabaa jab khole hai.n

[hariim-e-naaz=; khalvat=solitude; ba.nd-e-qabaa=buttons of the dress]

Gam kaa fasaanaa sunane vaalo aaKhir-e-shab aaraam karo
kal ye kahaanii phir chhe.De.nge ham bhii zaraa ab so le hai.n

[aaKhir-e-shab=end of night]

ham log ab to paraaye se hai.n kuchh to bataao haal-e-"Firaq"
ab to tumhii.n ko pyaar kare hai.n ab to tumhii.n se bole hai.n