Teg Ali Teg

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]

Teg Ali Teg
BornVaranasi, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
OccupationPoet
Notable worksBadmash Darpan (1885)

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 1135797110.
  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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