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Guru Bhakt Singh was a world renowned Indian poet and dramatist. He is referred to as the Wordsworth of India.

Guru Bhakt Singh was born in Gazipur in a family of civil servants. After completing his primary education in Gorakhpur, Singh came to Allahabad. Here he studied B.A. and LLB. After working as an advocate, he changed his career path by opting for a government job. In Allahabad, he met many famous poets and authors.

Guru Bhakt Singh’s poetry dealt with diverse subjects pertaining to nature. His works imparted life to dullest and meanest objects.

When Saras Suman, the first poetic work of Shri Guru Bhakt Singh Bhakta was published its brilliance veteran scholars and poets commented that that Singh had the genius of Wordsworth, sweetness of Hafiz and brilliance of Goldsmith.

His later collections titled Kusum Kunj and Bansi Dhwani were also widely appreciated. In 1935, when Nur Jahan was published, it was welcomed as the master piece of Hindi literature. Dr. Amar Nath Jha once commented, "Those critics who complain against the bareness of modern Hindi Poetry and turn up their nose against its mystic vagueness and obscurity will do well to read Nurjehan". Jha also went about translating Nur Jahan in English.