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2. Rekhta (website) - Wikipedia

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   Rekhta (website) Rekhta is an Urdu literary web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]

3. Zaitoon Bano - Wikipedia

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   Zaitoon Bano. Zaitoon Bano (18 June 1938 – 14 September 2021), also spelled Zaitun Banu, was a Pakistani poet, short story writer, novelist, broadcaster, and advocate of women's rights in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She primarily wrote in Pashto and Urdu languages. Sometimes, she was referred to as Khatun-e-Awal (the first lady) or "first lady of ...

4. List of Urdu short story writers - Wikipedia

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   List of Urdu Short Story Writers Author Life Location Notable Short Stories Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram: 1880-1943 Lucknow: Izdawaj-e-Mohabbat: Saadat Hasan Manto: 1912-1955 Lahore: Thanda Gosht, Toba Tek Singh: Premchand: 1880-1936 Benares: Shatranj ki Bazi, Idgah, Kafan: Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi: 1916-2006 Lahore Kapaas Ka Phool, Alhamdulillah ...

5. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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   Urdu literature originated sometime around the 14th century in present-day North India among the sophisticated gentry of the courts. Amir Khusrau, who lived in the thirteenth century, wrote and gave shape to the Rekhta dialect (The Persianized combination of Hindavi), which was the early form of Modern Standard Urdu.

6. Bano (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Bano ( Urdu: بانو) is an Urdu language novel by the Pakistani novelist, Razia Butt, which is considered one of her best literary works. [2] It is set in the days before and after the Partition of India in Ludhiana, Punjab Province and subsequently, Pakistan. The events of Partition play a central role in the story.

7. The Tale of the Four Dervishes - Wikipedia

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   The Tale of the Four Dervishes ( Persian: قصۀ چهار درویش Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh, lit. 'The Story of Four Dervishes' ), known as Bāgh-o Bahār ( باغ و بہار, lit. 'Garden and Spring') in Urdu, is a collection of allegorical stories by Amir Khusro written in Persian in the early 13th century. While legend says that Amir ...

8. Dhuan (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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   Dhuan was first published in 1941 from Delhi. [1] This was Manto’s third collection of original short stories after Atish Paray and Manto Ke Afsanay. [2] It was written in Delhi during the time Manto spent in All India Radio. [3] The collection also included reprints of Manto’s earlier stories published in Atish Paray such as Chori, Ji Aaya ...

9. Abdul Hameed (writer) - Wikipedia

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   Pride of Performance Award in 1997. Abdul Hameed ( Urdu: اے۔. حمید -‎; 1928 – 29 April 2011) was an Urdu fiction writer from Pakistan. He was also known for writing a popular children's TV play Ainak Wala Jin (1993) for Pakistan Television Corporation which was broadcast on PTV during the mid-1990s. In 1997, he was awarded Pride of ...