# Gopal Mittal

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**Gopal Mittal** (1906–1993)[1] ([Urdu](/source/Urdu): گوپال مِتّل) was an [Urdu poet](/source/Urdu_poet), writer, critic and journalist.

## Biography

Gopal Mittal was born on 6 June 1906 in [Malerkotla](/source/Malerkotla), [Punjab Province, British India](/source/Punjab_Province_(British_India)). His father, Walayati Ram Jain, was a renowned practitioner of [Unani](/source/Unani) medicine. After completing his schooling in [Malerkotla](/source/Malerkotla) as a student of Malerkotla High School, and college education in 1932 as a student of [Sanatan Dharma College](/source/Sanatan_Dharma_College), Lahore, he joined "Subah e Ummid" a newspaper published from [Ludhiana](/source/Ludhiana) that soon folded up. He then joined "Shahkar" published by Maulana Tajwar Najeebabadi from [Lahore](/source/Lahore), and alongside also wrote for "Jagat Laxmi", a Film-magazine. He lived in [Lahore](/source/Lahore) till August 1947 and thereafter moved to [Delhi](/source/Delhi) where he worked for the Daily Urdu newspapers, "Milap" and "Tej". In 1953 he left this employment and started publication of Monthly Tahreek that he also edited.[2][3] From 1956 to 1979, [Makhmoor Saeedi](/source/Makhmoor_Saeedi) was the Joint Editor of this magazine.[4]

Gopal Mittal was 87 years old when he died in [Delhi](/source/Delhi) on 15 April 1993.

## Literary life

Gopal Mittal was a progressive writer and a creative writer. He has written some of the finest verses on "man and his destiny." "His complete works published in 1994 contain a rich fare of ghazals, nazms and qatas besides diadactic and religious verses." He was a more fluent writer of [nazms](/source/Nazm).[3] Till date four collections of his nazms, ghazals and qatas have come to light, they are – 1) *Dorahaa*, 2) *Saharaa Mein Azaan*, 3) *Sharaar e naghmaa* and 4) Sachche Bole. He had also penned his memoirs titled – Lahore kaa jo zikr kiyaa (ISBN 9789693515428). His complete works, titled *Kulliyaat e Gopal Mittal*, were published after his demise.

His life and works were commented upon and appraised by leading poets and writers – [Jagan Nath Azad](/source/Jagan_Nath_Azad), Makhmur Saeedi, [Wazir Agha](/source/Wazir_Agha), Balraj Komal, Hamidi Kashmiri, Bani, Hayatullah Ansari, Rashid Hasan Khan, Azad Gulati, [Krishan Mohan](/source/Krishan_Mohan), [Zia Fatehabadi](/source/Zia_Fatehabadi) and Nazir Siddiqi, whose assessments were compiled and edited by Kumar Pashi and published in 1983 titled *Gopal Mittal – shakhsiyat aur fan* (ISBN 9788180421815). Earlier a similar earlier exercise conducted and later on compiled by Muhammad Abdulhakim titled *Gopal Mittal – ek mutalia* was published by Nazish Book Centre in 1977.[5] In 2005 an appraisal of his poetry conducted by Ziyauddin was published titled *Gopal Mittal: Shakhs Va Shair*.[6]

## Bibliography

Urdu Poetry:

- *Doraahaa* (1944)
- *Saharaa mein azaan* (1970)
- *Sharaar e naghmaa* (1984)
- *Sachche Bole* (1988)
- *Kulliyaat e Gopal Mittal* (1994)

Memoirs:

- *Lahore ka jo zikr kiya*

## References

1. Urdu Authors: Date list as on 31 May 2006 – S.No. 673. ["Gopal Mittal; maintained by National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120301184839/http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm) on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

1. [*Masterpieces of Patriotic Urdu Poetry: Text, Translation, and Transliteration – K. C. Kanda – Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8120728939). Retrieved 28 September 2012.

1. [*Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti – Amaresh Datta – Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8126011947). Retrieved 28 September 2012.

1. ["Other States / Rajasthan News : Eminent Urdu poet Saeedi passes away"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100314222022/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/04/stories/2010030460270500.htm). *[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)*. 4 March 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/04/stories/2010030460270500.htm) on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

1. ʻabdulḥakīm, Muḥammad (1 August 1992). [*Gopal Mittal – Muḥammad ʻAbdulḥakīm – Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UkUMAQAAIAAJ). Retrieved 28 September 2012.

1. ["9788185785400: Gopal Mittal: Shakhs Va Shair – AbeBooks – Ziyauddin: 8185785406"](https://www.abebooks.com/9788185785400/Gopal-Mittal-Shakhs-Shair-Ziyauddin-818578406/plp). AbeBooks. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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