Teg Ali Teg
Appearance
Teg Ali Teg | |
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Born | Varanasi, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Occupation | Poet |
Notable works | Badmash Darpan (1885) |
Teg Ali Teg was a Bhojpuri author and poet.[1] He was from Varanasi and is known for his book Badmash Darpan.[2] He is credited as the first person to write ghazals in Bhojpuri.[3]
Life
[edit]He was a contemporary of Bharatendu Harishchandra and is said to be a inhabitant of Bhadau or Teliyanala[4]
Work
[edit]His most famous book, Basmash Darpan, is a collection of Bhojpuri ghazals that describe the habit and customs of people of the Benaras.[5] This book was published in 1885 by the Bharat Jiwan Press in Varanasi.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. 2007. ISBN 978-1135797119.
- ^ Singh, Dr. V.V. Awadhi Lokgeet Virasat. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9384344397.
- ^ Pañcadaś Lokbhāṣā Nibandhāvalī. Bihar rashtrabhasha parishad. 1960.
- ^ Jagannath 1997, p. 17.
- ^ Proceedings. Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1890.
- ^ Shukla, Salingram (1984). Ādhunika Avadhī, Bhojapurī: itihāsa aura kāvya. Anubhava Prakāśana.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jagannath (1997). Bhōjpurī Ghazal ke Vikās Yātrā (in Bhojpuri) (First ed.). Patna: Pushkar Prakashan.