Poets/Writers From Banaras
Total: 9
Jaishankar Prasad
1889 - 1937
Bhartendu Harishchandra
1850 - 1885
One of the most powerful campaigners of Hindi revivalism who wrote Urdu ghazals in classical style.
Meerza Jawan Bakht Jahandar
1749 - 1788
Crown prince of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam who migrated to Lucknow and then to Varanasi due to political turmoil at Delhi Court
Nazeer Banarasi
1909 - 1996
Rajab Ali Beg Suroor
1786 - 1869
Towering 19th century fiction writer, famous for his magnum opus Fasana-e-Ajaaib.
Mirza Qadir Bakhsh Sabir Dehlavi
1808 - 1882
Sayad Haider Bakhsh Haidri
1768/69 - 1823
