Azamgarh (UP), June 06: Noted Bhojpuri and Urdu poet Adeel Abbasi Jami died today in a hospital here after prolonged illness, family sources said.
He was 80.
Hailing from Chiraiyyakot village of Azamgarh, he belonged to the family of freedom fighters and was son of poet and freedom fighter Allama Kaifi Chiraiyyakoti.
He has many Bhojopuri and Urdu poetry collections to his credit like ‘Apni Dharti Apne Geet’, ‘Dharti ka Chiragh’ and ‘Lahre Acharwa Dharti Ka’.
–PTI