Famous
Personalities
| Raja
Todar Mal |
One
of the Nav-Ratna and Revenue Minister of Mughal Emperor Akbar
was born at Laharpur town of district Sitapur.
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| Kavi
Narottam Das |
The
writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of
Tulsidas was born at village Badi in tehsil Sidholi of district
Sitapur.
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| Acharya
Narendra Dev |
He
was a famous academic and nationalist. He translated 'Ami
Dharam Kosh' and 'Boudh Dharam Darshan' in hindi.
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| Maulana
Fazle Haq Khairabadi |
He
was famous freedom fighter, philosopher and intellectual.
He belonged to Khairabad town of district Sitapur. He passed
a 'Fatwa of Jihad' against British government in 1857. He
was imprisoned to Cellular Jail in Andman and Nikobar and
died there in 1861. Famous poet/ writer Jannisar Akhtar and
Javed Akhtar are his offsprings.
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| Muztar
Wasim Khairabadi |
Known
urdu poet from Khairabad was master (ustad) of famous urdu
poet Firaq Gorakhpuri.
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| Riaz
Khairabadi |
This
famous writter and poet also belonged to Khairabad. He published
many magazines and novels.
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| Jawala
Parsad Warq |
He
is among the creators of modern urdu literature.
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| Pt.
Madhu Sudan Dixit |
Famous
doctor of Aurveda. The District Aurvedya Hospital is named
after him.
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| Dr.
Mahesh Parsad Mehre |
Founder
of Sitapur Eye Hospital. This Eye hospital and its branches
are serving the eye patients all over U.P.
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| Rajshri
Purushottam Das Tandan |
He
encouraged Pt. Kirishan Bihari Mishra to found the 'Hindi
Sabha' in 1940.
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| Dr.
Naval Bihari Mishra |
Has
prominent place in scientific story writing.
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| Captain
Manoj Pandey |
The
Param Veer Chakra holder Captain Manoj Pandey was born in
Ruda village near Kamlapur town. He secrifised his life during
Kargil War in 1999.
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| Other
well known personalities in the field of literature
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| Urdu
poetry |
Dr.
Safdar Husain Aah, Ram Swaroop "Jabt", Suraj Narayan
"Adab", Jigar "Biswani" and Wasi Sitapuri,
Mayal Khairabadi, Aarif Sitapuri, Padmshree Qazi Abdusattar,
Iliyaas Sitapuri, Hasan Abid, Dr. Airaz Naqvi, Shakeb Rizvi,
Ahmad Wasi, Afsar Biswani, Rasheed Kausar Farukhi, Samar Biswani,
Dabir Sitapuri, Mast Hafeez Rahmani, Wafa Sitapuri
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| Hindi
Poetry |
Sant
Baba Raghunath Das "Ram Sanehi", Dr. Ganesh Bux
Singh, Pt. Nand Kishore Misra, Pt. Baldev Prasad Awasthi,
Pt. Laxmi Narayan Sharma "Krapan", Lala Hardayal
Singh, Girja Dayal Srivastava, Girish, Balbhadra Prasad Dixit
"Padhees", Anoop Sharma, Pt. Bhagwan Deen "Deenji",
Hanumant Dayal Awasthi "Hanumant", Uma Dutt Saraswat
"Dutt", Laxman Prasad Misra, Dr. Kunwar Chandra
Pratap Singh and Ramji Das Kapoor, Acharya Chaturbhuj Sharma,
Dr. Shyam Sundar Madhup, Dr. Shyam Kishore Misra, Ram Swaroop
Awasthi "Roopji", Madan Gopal "Mahendra",
Dr. Ganesh Dutt Saraswat, Dr. Arun Trivedi, Luv Kush Dixit,
Sant Pandey, Shyam Kumar Awasthi "Mayank"
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