Poets/Writers From Banaras

The first prominent Hindi-Urdu fiction writer who gave artistic expression to social concerns through his novel and stories.

One of the most powerful campaigners of Hindi revivalism, who wrote Urdu ghazals in classical style.

Crown Prince of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, who migrated to Lucknow and then to Varanasi due to political turmoil at the Delhi Court.

Included among the most renowned poets of nazm and ghazal

Towering 19th-century fiction writer, famous for his magnum opus Fasana-e-Ajaaib.