The death anniversary of renowned Urdu writer Maulana Muhammad Hussain Azad is being observed today [Saturday].

He wrote prose as well as poetry but he is mostly remembered for his prose.

Muhammad Husain Azad's prominent works are Ab-e-Hayat, Darbar-e-Akbari and Nairang e Khayal.

He died in Lahore in 1910 at the age of 80.