Waheed Akhtar: (1934-1996) Waheed Akhtar a poet, literary critic and scholar was born 12th of August, 1934, in the city of Aurangabad (Deccan) of erstwhile Hyderabad State of Nizam (present day Maharashtra), in a family which migrated from [Nasirabad]-Jais (Jais-birth place of poet Malik Muhammad Jaisi), boroughs of sa'adat inhabitants in Raebareily (or Raebareli) district of Uttar Pradesh. He wrote prolifically in Urdu from very early age. Wikipedia
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