UPSC Prelims · 1999 · GS Paper I · Q33
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
- (A)Amir Khusru
- (B)Mirza Ghalib
- (C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (D)Faiz
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Answer: (A) Amir Khusru
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Indian Literature, Languages & Philosophy
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