Teg Ali Teg
BornVaranasi, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
OccupationPoet
Notable worksBadmash 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

He was a contemporary of Bharatendu Harishchandra and is said to be a inhabitant of Bhadau or Teliyanala[4]

Work

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

  1. ↑ The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. 2007. ISBN 978-1135797119.
  2. ↑ Singh, Dr. V.V. Awadhi Lokgeet Virasat. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9384344397.
  3. ↑ Pañcadaś Lokbhāṣā Nibandhāvalī. Bihar rashtrabhasha parishad. 1960.
  4. ↑ Jagannath 1997, p. 17.
  5. ↑ Proceedings. Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1890.
  6. ↑ Shukla, Salingram (1984). Ādhunika Avadhī, Bhojapurī: itihāsa aura kāvya. Anubhava Prakāśana.

Bibliography

  • Jagannath (1997). Bhōjpurī Ghazal ke Vikās Yātrā (in Bhojpuri) (First ed.). Patna: Pushkar Prakashan.
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