Biography of sajjad zaheer avatara
Sajjad Zahir was one of the founding pioneers of the Progressive Writers Association in India.!
Revisiting the Legacy of Sajjad Zaheer, Founder of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association
Sometime in December 1932, a book called Angarey (Embers) appeared from Lucknow.
It was an anthology – the first of its kind in Urdu – comprising nine short stories and one play written by three men and one woman, namely Sajjad Zaheer, Mahmuduzzafar, Ahmed Ali and Rashid Jahan.
Thus writes Pakistan peace fighter Sajjad Zaheer from Hyderabad (Pakistan) jail, Zaheer is a leading Indian writer and literary critic and.
The next three months saw a torrent of abuse and fatwas against the book and its authors, prompting the Government of the United Provinces to ban it on 15 March 1933 under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The proprietor of Nizami Press, Malik Ali Javed, had already caved in completely after his press had been raided under the orders of the city magistrate.
He had confessed to his mistake in publishing the book and apologized in a written statement on 27 February 1933 for insulting the feelings of the Muslim community. He readily agreed to surrender the unsold copies of the book to the government.
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