Arsh Malsiani

Arsh Malsiani (1908 – 1979) (Urdu: ) born Bal Mukand (Urdu: ), was an eminent Urdu poet and writer. He was the son of Labbhu Ram Josh Malsiani, an Urdu and Persian scholar and Urdu poet. From 1948 up to his retirement in 1968, Malsiani worked in the Publications Division of the Government of India firstly as an Assistant Editor of the Urdu monthly journal Aaj Kal then edited by Josh Malihabadi whom he succeeded as Editor in 1954.