Jagat Mohan Lal Rawaan is one of those poets who contributed towards expanding the socio-cultural as well as the intellectual tradition of Urdu poetry. His nazms and rubais bear these quite amply and distinguish him as a poet from others.

He was born on 14 January 1889 at a place called Moranwan in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. As his father Ganga Prasad passed away in his childhood, Rawaan was brought up by his elder brother Munshi Kanhaiyya Lal. He learnt Arabic and Persian in a maktab of Unnao and was taught in these languages by Maulvi Subhan Khan. He got his F. A. and B. A. degrees from Canning College, Lucknow and excelled others by attaining the first position. Being an intelligent and aspiring student, he continued his education further and acquired the degrees of M. A. and LL. B. following which he established his practice as an advocate. He was inclined towards poetry since his early days. As he started composing poetry, he sought counselling from Aziz Lucknowi. He put together his ghazals, nazms, and rubais in a collection called Rooh-e-Rawaan. He passed away on 26 September, 1934.