Teg Ali Teg was a
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;[Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries](_blank)
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author and poet. He was from
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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and is known for his book ''
Badmash Darpan''. He is credited as the first person to write
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
s in Bhojpuri.
Work
His most famous book, ''Basmash Darpan'', is a collection of Bhojpuri ghazals that describe the habit and customs of people of the Benaras. This book was published in 1885 by the Bharat Jiwan Press in Varanasi.
[{{Cite book, last=Shukla, first=Salingram, title=Ādhunika Avadhī, Bhojapurī: itihāsa aura kāvya, publisher=Anubhava Prakāśana, year=1984]
References
Indian poets