A 22 year-old Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the poem, "Bidrohi" at Kolkata's Taltala Lane in 1921, according to Comrade Muzaffar Ahmed's memoir of the National Poet. Since dabbing the pen in ink could not pace with his thoughts at the time, he quickly picked up his pencil and wrote the entire poem in one night. "Bidrohi" was published in the magazine, "Bijli" and other periodicals