First poet to use Urdu/Hindavi — UPSC Prelims PYQ 1999
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was:
- Amir Khusru
- Mirza Ghalib
- Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Faiz
Explanation
Option (a) is correct
- Amir Khusrau is regarded as one of the earliest poets to use the emerging Hindavi (early Urdu) for poetic and devotional expression. He composed Sufi poetry in both Persian and Hindavi, and introduced musical forms such as qaul in qawwali that incorporated this mixed vernacular language.
Answer: (a) Amir Khusru
