Teg Ali Teg

Teg Ali Teg was a Bhojpuri author and poet.[1] He was from Varanasi and is know for his book Badmash Darpan.[2] He is credited to write Ghazals in Bhojpuri for the first time.[3]

Teg Ali Teg
BornTeg Ali Teg
Varanasi, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
OccupationPoet
Notable worksBadmash Darpan (1885)

Work

His most famous book Basmash Darpan is a collection of Bhojpuri Ghazals which describes the habit and customs of people of the Benaras.[4] This book was published in 1885 from Bharat Jiwan Press in Varanasi.[5]

References

  1. The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. 2007. ISBN 1135797110.
  2. Singh, Dr. V.V. Awadhi Lokgeet Virasat. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9384344397.
  3. Pañcadaś Lokbhāṣā Nibandhāvalī. Bihar rashtrabhasha parishad. 1960.
  4. Proceedings. Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1890.
  5. Shukla, Salingram (1984). Ādhunika Avadhī, Bhojapurī: itihāsa aura kāvya. Anubhava Prakāśana.
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