Jumai Khan Azad
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jumai Khan Azad
| image = Jumai_Khan_Azad.jpg
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| caption = Jumai Khan Azad
| birth_name =Jumai Khan Azad
| birth_date = 5 August 1930
| birth_place = Pratapgarh, India
| death_date = 29 December 2013
| death_place = Gobri village, Pratapgarh
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for = Poetry in Awadhi language
| occupation = Poet
}}
Jumai Khan Azad (5 August 1930 – 29 December 2013) was an Indian poet of Awadhi language from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received the Awadhi Academy Award and Lokabandhu Rajnarayan Memorial Award.{{cite news
|url=http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/Pratapgarh-32506-10/
|title=धर्मवाद की डोर तोड़ रही 'आजाद' की सोच
|date=5 August 2011
|work=Amar Ujala
|language=hi}}{{cite news
|url=http://awadh.org/tag/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6/
|title=Poetry by Jumai Khan Azad
|work=awadhi.org
|language=hi
|access-date=17 July 2014
|archive-date=31 July 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731182555/http://awadh.org/tag/%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%88-%e0%a4%96%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6/
|url-status=dead
}}
Biography
Azad was born in Gobri village in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh to father Siddiqui Ahmed and mother Hameeda Bano.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
Azad published 21 books of poetry.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
He died on 29 December 2013.{{cite news
|url = http://www.livehindustan.com/news/location/rajwarkhabre/article1-story-0-0-264516.html
|title = जिला अस्पताल में जांची गई जुमई खां आजाद की सेहत
|date = 21 September 2012
|work = Jagran News
|language = hi
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151011233524/http://www.livehindustan.com/news/location/rajwarkhabre/article1-story-0-0-264516.html
|archive-date = 11 October 2015
|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh-10971990.html
|title=No more Jumai Khan Aazad
|date=30 December 2013
|work=Jagran
}}
See also
References
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Category:People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Category:20th-century Indian poets
Category:Poets from Uttar Pradesh
Category:20th-century Indian male writers
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