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List of Urdu dramatists

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This is a list of those dramatists who wrote their work in the Urdu language. Despite the historical presence of Sanskrit dramas, the history of Urdu drama is begins only with British influences on Urdu in the 19th century. Today Urdu drama has been developed as a separate branch of Urdu literature.[1]

List

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Name Era Nationality Works
Agha Hasan Amanat 1915–1858 British India Andar Sabha (1853)
Rawnaq Banarasi 1882 British India Insaf Mahmud Shah
Mia Hussaini (Pen name Zareef) British India Asmat, Khuda Dost, Chand Bibi, Bulbul
Munshi Banayak Parshad Talib Banarasi death British India
Syed Mehdi Hasan Pen name; Ahsan Lakhnuvi) British India Waqiaat Anees, Bhool Bhalian, Chalta Purza
Betab Dehluvi British India Qatal e Nazeer, Maha Bharat,
Agha Hashar Kashmiri 1879 – 28 April 1935 British India Shaheed Naz, Mureed Shak, Turkey Hur
Ghulam Hussain Zareef 1889 British India Anjam Sakhawat
Muhammad Abdul Waheed Qais British India Jalsa Paristan
Faqir Muhammad Taigh British India Anjam e Ulfat e wa Benazir
Feroz Shah Khan British India
Ahmad Hassan Wafar British India Bulbul e Bemar
Mir Karamatullah British India
Mir Wajidullah British India
Amrao Ali British India Albert Bill (first Political Urdu Drama), Jehangir (Translation of Hemlat)
Munshi Ghulam ALi British India Taeed Yazdani
Munshi Muhammad Ibrahim British India Aatishi Nag
Munshi Rahmat Ali British India Dard e Jigar
Dawarka Parshad Ufaq British India Ram Natak
Mirza Abbas British India Noor Jahan wa Shahi Farman
Agha Shair Dehluvi British India Hur o Jannat
Lala Khishan Chand British India
Lala Knwar Seen British India Brhman Natak
Hakim Ahmad Shuja 1893 – 1969 Pakistan Bap ka Gunah, Bharat ka lal
Syed Imtiaz Ali British India Anar Kali, Dulhan
Syed Dilawar Ali Shah British India Punjab MAil
Khan Ahmad Hussain British India Husan Ka Bazar
Radhy Sham British India
Jamiluddin Aali 1925 – 23 November 2015 Pakistan
Rajinder Singh Bedi 1915 – 1984 Indian
Habib Tanvir 1923 – 8 June 2009 India
Manju Qamaraidullāhī 1908–1983 India
Shamim Hanfi 1938–2021 India
Sajjad Zaheer 1899 – 13 September 1973 Pakistan
Munnu Bhai 1933-2008 Pakistan
Muhammad Mansha Yaad Pakistan
Anwar Maqsood 1935 Pakistan
Bano Qudsia 1928 – 4 February 2017 Pakistan
Ashfaq Ahmed 1925 – 7 September 2004 Pakistan
Zahida Hina 1946 Pakistan
Haseena Moin 1941–2021 Pakistan
Abdul Hameed 1925–2011 Pakistan
Khalid Ahmad 1943–2013 Pakistan
Shoaib Hashmi Pakistan
Shahid Nadeem 1947– Pakistan
Sarwat Nazir Pakistan Main Abdul Qadir Hun
Samira Fazal Pakistan Daastan
Taj Haider 1942 Pakistan
Shamim Hanfi 1938–2021 Pakistan
Javed Siddiqi 1942- Indian

References

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  1. ^ Urdu, Drama. "Collection of Urdu dramas". Rekhta.
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