Hasrat Mohani

Hasrat Mohani
Mohani on a 2014 stamp of India
Born	Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1875-01-01)1 January 1875 Mohan, North-Western Provinces, British India (Present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	13 May 1951(1951-05-13) (aged 76) Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Hasrat Mohani (Pen Name)
Alma mater	Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (BA) in 1903,
Occupation(s)	Poet, Indian independence activist, politician, philosopher
Known for	Famous Slogan Inquilab Zindabad
Political party	Communist Party of India
Movement	Indian independence movement
Spouse	Nishatunnisa Mohani

Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951), known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian independence activist and a poet in Urdu.^[1] He coined the slogan Inquilab Zindabad ("Long live the revolution!") in 1921.^[2][3] Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded as the first person to demand complete independence for India in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of Congress.^[4][3][5] Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi supported the complete independence motion demanded by Hasrat Mohani.^[6] He wrote the ghazal (love poem) "Chupke chupke raat din".^{[citation needed]}