This is a list of those dramatists who wrote their work in the Urdu language. Despite the historical presence of Sanskrit dramas, the history of Urdu drama is begins only with British influences on Urdu in the 19th century. Today Urdu drama has been developed as a separate branch of Urdu literature. List Name Era Nationality Works Agha Hasan Amanat 1915–1858 British India Andar Sabha (1853)Rawnaq Banarasi 1882British India Insaf Mahmud Shah Mia Hussaini (Pen name Zareef) British India Asmat, Khuda Dost, Chand Bibi, Bulbul Munshi Banayak Parshad Talib Banarasi death British India Syed Mehdi Hasan Pen name; Ahsan Lakhnuvi) British India Waqiaat Anees, Bhool Bhalian, Chalta Purza Betab Dehluvi British India Qatal e Nazeer, Maha Bharat, Agha Hashar Kashmiri 1879 – 28 April 1935 British India Shaheed Naz, Mureed Shak, Turkey Hur Ghulam Hussain Zareef 1889 British India Anjam Sakhawat Muhammad Abdul Waheed Qais British India Jalsa Paristan Faqir Muhammad Taigh British India Anjam e Ulfat e wa Benazir Feroz Shah Khan British India Ahmad Hassan Wafar British India Bulbul e Bemar Mir Karamatullah British India Mir Wajidullah British India Amrao Ali British India Albert Bill (first Political Urdu Drama), Jehangir (Translation of Hemlat) Munshi Ghulam ALi British India Taeed Yazdani Munshi Muhammad Ibrahim British India Aatishi Nag Munshi Rahmat Ali British India Dard e Jigar Dawarka Parshad Ufaq British India Ram Natak Mirza Abbas British India Noor Jahan wa Shahi Farman Agha Shair Dehluvi British India Hur o Jannat Lala Khishan Chand British India Lala Knwar Seen British India Brhman Natak Hakim Ahmad Shuja 1893 – 1969 Pakistan Bap ka Gunah, Bharat ka lal Syed Imtiaz Ali British India Anar Kali, Dulhan Syed Dilawar Ali Shah British India Punjab MAil Khan Ahmad Hussain British India Husan Ka Bazar Radhy Sham British India Jamiluddin Aali 1925 – 23 November 2015 Pakistan Rajinder Singh Bedi 1915 – 1984 Indian Habib Tanvir 1923 – 8 June 2009 India Manju Qamaraidullāhī 1908–1983 India Shamim Hanfi 1938–2021 India Sajjad Zaheer 1899 – 13 September 1973 Pakistan Munnu Bhai 1933-2008 Pakistan Muhammad Mansha Yaad Pakistan Anwar Maqsood 1935 Pakistan Bano Qudsia 1928 – 4 February 2017 Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed 1925 – 7 September 2004 Pakistan Zahida Hina 1946 Pakistan Haseena Moin 1941–2021 Pakistan Abdul Hameed 1925–2011 Pakistan Khalid Ahmad 1943–2013 Pakistan Shoaib Hashmi Pakistan Shahid Nadeem 1947– Pakistan Sarwat Nazir Pakistan Main Abdul Qadir Hun Samira Fazal Pakistan Daastan Taj Haider 1942 Pakistan Shamim Hanfi 1938–2021 Pakistan Javed Siddiqi 1942- Indian
References
External links Saksina, Ram Babu: Tareekh e Adab Urdu (ebook at Rekhta.org)