Meem Hay Latifi

Meem Hay Latifi Muhammad Hasan Latifi
Born	December 11, 1905 Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Died	May 23, 1959 Lahore, Pakistan
Occupation	Urdu poet, Journalist
Nationality	Pakistan
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Citizenship	Pakistani
Notable work(s)	Lateefiyat
Children	Sophia Hasan Latifi, Perveen Latifi

Meem Hay Latifi (Urdu: محمد حسن لطیفی) (b. 11 December 1905 – 23 May 1959) was a renowned poet and journalist of Urdu. He was born in Ludhiana. He got degree in solo journalism from England. After his return to Ludhiana he started taking part in the independence struggle of India. After partition, he came Lahore, where he died about twelve years later.

His following couplet is very famous:

وابستہ میری یاد سے کچھ تلخیاں بھی تھیں

اچھا کیا جو مجھ کو فراموش کردیا

Works

• Dukhtaran-e-Hind دختران ہند (Daughters of India)
• Nazria-e-Mehdi نظریہ مہدی (The Theory of Mehdi)
• Lateefiayt لطیفیات
• Azmat-e-Aadam عظمت آدم (The Glory of Man)

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Date of birth	December 11, 1905
Place of birth	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Date of death	May 23, 1959
Place of death	Lahore, Pakistan