Asghar Wajahat
Syed Asghar Wajahat | |
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Asghar Wajahat | |
| Born | Syed Asghar Wajahat July 5, 1946 Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Author and Professor |
| Language | Hindi |
| Nationality | Indian, Republic of India. |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
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Syed Asghar Wajahat, popularly known as Asghar Wajahat (born 5 July 1946), is a Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist, playwright, an independent documentary filmmaker and a television scriptwriter, who is most known for his work, 'Saat Aasmaan' and his acclaimed play, 'Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, O Jamyai Nai', based on the story of an old Punjabi Hindu woman who gets left behind in Lahore, after the Partition of India, and then refuses to leave.
He has published five collections of short stories, six collections of plays and street plays, and four novels.