Lucknow has been the birth place of many Urdu poets. Another star of the literary world from Lucknow was Akktar Lucknawi, whose original name was Mehmood-Ul-Hasan. He was born on 1st September 193.. in Lucknow and migrated to Dhaka in 1950. He began to write poetry at an early age. He had been the Office Secretary of Anjuma-E-Taraqqiy-E-Urdu of West Pakistan and later joined journalism. He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Dhaka. He worked as news reader on television too. He wrote the dialogues and songs of some movies. After the fall of Dhaka, he moved to Karachi and continued his association with radio Pakistan. He retired in 199… he died on 2.. September 199.. at Karachi. Deeda-E-Tar,Shaakh-E-Nihal-E-Gham and Huzur-E-Sarkar are the collections of his work.