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Habib Tanvir

حبيب تنوير

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Indian playwright, theatre director, poet and actor (1923–2009), born Habib Ahmed Khan at Raipur, who founded the Naya Theatre company at Bhopal in 1959 and became known for his work with Chhattisgarhi folk performers and his play Charandas Chor (1975).

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Roles
playwright · director · actor · Poet
Region
South Asia
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    Modern Islam BrowserFigures of the last fifty years2009

    Sources

    • Habib Tanvir — English Wikipedia
    • Habib Tanvir — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Habib Tanvir — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Habib Tanvir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/habib-tanvir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.

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