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First to demand complete independence (1921); poet
A poet and journalist who was jailed for his anti-British writing. At the 1921 Congress session in Ahmedabad he was the first to demand 'complete independence' (Azadi-e-Kamil). A famous ghazal poet ('Chupke chupke raat din'), he remained in India after 1947.