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- Salik Lucknawi was the nom de plume of Shaukat Riaz
Kapoor, an Indian Urdu poet and journalist.
- In 1938, he was one of the founder members of
Progressive Writers Movement in West Bengal.
- His first collection of stories, Azra Aur Deegar Afsane
came out in 1941.
- He was drawn to the vortex of the Quit India Movement in
1942 and spent 13 months in jail.
- In 1956 he started Abshaar and he was its chief editor
till his death.
- Lucknawi also headed the Calcutta Muslim Orphanage for
children and women.
- He founded the CMO High School.
- He steered Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu.
- He served Kolkata Municipal Corporation as Alderman
(1985-1990).
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