In news– State tourism department of Uttar Pradesh has redeveloped the tombs of Raskhan and Taj Bibi as a tourist complex with an open air theatre.
Raskhan-
- Raskhan or Syed Ibrahim Khan was a 16th century Sufi Muslim poet born either in Amroha or Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh.
- He became a follower of Krishna, learned the bhakti marga from Vitthalanatha and began living in Vrindavan, where he spent the rest of his life.
- Raskhan was his takhallus (pen name) in Hindi.
- He died in 1628 AD. His samadhi is at Mahaban,near Mathura.
Taj Bibi-
- Taj Bibi (lit. ’Lady of the Crown’) , also known as the ‘Mughal Mirabai’, was the daughter of a Muslim nobleman, appointed by the Mughals to protect the Gokul area.
- She wrote poetry during the Mughal time when the ruling class belonged to the Muslim religion.
- She had shown great courage by giving up recitation of Kalma Quran and announcing that she was a Hindu devotee.
Source: The Hindu
