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Another popular ghazal by Agha Hashar
Kashmiri is "Mein chaman mein khush nahin hoon, Mere aur hain iraday" that was recently paid a rich tribute by
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in 1879. He started to show interest in stage dramas and moved to Bombay at the age of 14 and started his career as a playwright there.
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to the show business. Rani was the daughter of their driver, who later became an actress and dancer of the
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in the subcontinent is written, Agha Hashar
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production- originally sung by
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Muhammad Shah (Agha Hashar
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Published 30 April 2005, Retrieved 11 February 2023
358:"Chori Kaheen Khule Na Naseem-e-Bahar Ki" Sung by
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574:Agha Hashar Kashmiri article on Dawn (newspaper)
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696:. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 44.
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190:Achuta Daaman in Hindi)
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195:Measure for Measure
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