Krishan Mohan

Krishan Mohan (November 28, 1922 – 2004) (Urdu:کرشن موہن) was a Urdu poet who gained prominence afterIndia gained independence from the British Raj.

Mohan was the takhallus of Krishan Lal Bhatia who was born in Sialkot, British India. His father, Ganpat Rai Bhatia, was an advocate; post partition of British India he practiced law in the District Courts of Meerut. Ganpat Rai was also an Urdu poet; his takhallus was Shakir.

After completing his school studies Krishan Mohan obtained his B.A. (Hons.) degrees separately in English and in Persian as a student of Murray College, Sialkot where he was also the editor of the college house magazine. Later on he obtained his M.A. degree in English Literature as a student of Government College, Lahore.^[3]

After partition of British India his family moved to Karnal where Krishan Mohan found temporary employment as Welfare Officer. There after, he worked as Sub-editor and Assistant editor of All India Radio’s publication “Aawaaz” at Lucknow and Delhi, and then as a journalist with the Press Information Bureau before joining theIndian Revenue Service as Income Tax Officer.^[4] He died in Delhi, aged 82 years.

Literary life

Krishan Mohan was a popular and a prolific writer who after 1947 dominated Delhi’s that particular Urdu stage which was graced by stalwarts – Pandit Harichand Akhtar, Arsh Malsiani, Jagan Nath Azad, Gopal Mittal, Naresh Kumar Shad, Bismil Saeedi, Rana Jaggi, Ram Krishan Mushtar, Talib Chakwali and Bakshi Akhtar Amritsari.

While adhering to the classical style Krishan Mohan did not hesitate to experiment, at times over- reaching the extreme thresh-holds of imagination and thought. His ghazals set in the traditional mode are thoughtful and thought-provoking, and for his nazms he searched for and found new ideas and expressions.

Bibliography

Urdu Poetry (in Urdu Script):

• Shabnam shabnam
• Dil e Naadaan
• Tamaashaaii
• Ghazaal
• Nigaah e naaz
• Aahang e watan
• Konpal konpal
• Bairaagii bhanwaraa
• Shirazah e mizgaan

Urdu Poetry (in Hindi Script):

• Roopras
• Dhoop meri kaamnaa ki
• Pyaas meri kaamnaa ki
• www.urdubhasha.blogspot.com/krishanmohan