Indian writer
Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi
Native name برجموہن دتاتریہ کیفی
Born (1866-12-13 ) 13 December 1866Delhi , British RajDied 1 October 1955(1955-10-01) (aged 88)Ghaziabad , India Pen name Kaifi Occupation Writer, poet, playwright, novelist and essayist Language Urdu
Pandit Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi Dehlavi (13 December 1866 – 1 November 1955) was an Indian Urdu language writer, poet, playwright, novelist and essayist.
Biography
Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi was born on 13 December 1866 in Delhi . He was a student of Altaf Hussain Hali in poesy. He was also well up in Hindi , Arabic , Persian , and English . He lived in Lahore for many years, where his son was an editor of The Tribune . Kaifi proved to be a great asset for Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu after Abdul Haq . He died on 1 November 1955 in Ghaziabad .[ 1]
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