Ansar Harvani

Ansar Harvani was an Indian politician. Harwani opposed the partition of India. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Fatehpur (Lok [Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur], Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress. He often consulted senior leader of the Party Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi, MLC for the issues to be raised in the Lok Sabha and worked on them seriously.

Personal life

Ansar was born in 1916 in Rudauli, in Uttar Pradesh. His brother, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was also a prominent Urdu poet, and sister Hamida Salim, was a notable poet and writer. His other sister, Safia Akhtar was also a writer and critic, and his nephew is lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.