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Man...

He was born in Faizabad ( near Lucknow). He was born in a  Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Faizabad. His father was Pandit Udit Narayan Chakbast and his takHallus was yaqeen. He was also a poet. After the death of his father in 1887 the family moved to Lucknow.

Chakbast had his education in Lucknow. He was a  successful lawyer. And he was in Rae Bareli for one case in 1926 , he had a paralytic attack at the railway station and died few hours later.

Poet...

Chakbast had a thorough study of the Urdu poetry. He wrote only a few ghazals but each of his sher is a gem. He was most influenced by Ghalib and Anees. But he is primarly a poet of the nazm. In his poem ramayan ka aik scene  one can see the influence of Anees. His ghazals like Ghalib show philoshpical thought.

HIs collected work is published as subah-e-watan . His famous nazms are kHaak-e-hind, ramayan ka aik scene, gulzaar-e-naseem ( masnavi).

Chakbast was a poet of the nation. His main aim of the poetry was to influence the youth  to love and respect his country and work for its development. He was actively involved in the Home Rule Movement.
 
 
 

Poetry... aik kHaak-e-hind teri azmat meN kya gumaaN hai dariya-e-faiz-e-qudrat tere liye rawaaN hai teri jabiN se noor-e-husn-e-azal ayaaN hai allah re zeb-o-zeenat ki kya oj-e-washaaN hai har subah hai ye kHidmat khushid-e-pur-ziya ki kirnoN se gundhta hai choTi himalya ki ( from nazm kHaak-e-hind) and on Hindu-Muslim tension : naye jhagRhe, niraali kaawisheN aijaad karte haiN watan ki aabroo ahl-e-watan barbaad karte haiN and to the girls he said.... rawish-e-kHaam pe mardoN ki na jana hargiz daagH taaleem meN apni na laganaa hargiz naqal europe ki munasib hai magar yaad rahe kHaak meN gHairat-e-qaumi na milana hargiz rang hai jin meN magar boo-e-wafa kuchh bhi nahiN aise phooloN se na ghar apna sajana hargiz rukH se parde ko uThaya to bahut kHoob kiya parda-e-sharam ko dil se na uThana hargiz and as if he sensed his own ealry death... le chale bazm se kis waqt mujhe marg-e-shabaab lab tak aaya bhi nahiN haath meN paimana hai .

[ photo courtesy of Mathematics] Chakbast : by Nita  Ramayan ka aik scene :: nazm by chakbast maaN ka jawaab : nazm