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Nushoor Wahidi

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Hafeez-ul-Rehman c. 1912c. 1983, known by his pen name Nushoor Wahidi (Urdu: نشور وحیدی; sometimes spelled Nushoor Wahedi or Nushoor Vahidi), was an Indian Urdu poet.

Early life

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Born in 1912 in the village of Sheikhpur, Ballia District, United Province (renamed as Uttar Pradesh after the Indian independence), Wahidi had seven siblings.[citation needed] He received his early education at home.[citation needed]

Wahidi had begun to compose poems from an early age and by the age of 13 had become known in his locality as a poet.[1]

Career

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Wahidi was in a poetry session featuring the famous poet Jigar Moradabadi. Jigar Moradabadi had been reciting poems for some time and desired to take a break. Wahidi offered to come on stage and recite a few of his own poems while Jigar Moradabadi did so. It was in this forum that Nushoor was first recognized by the literary circles as a poet.[citation needed]

Nushoor published several compilations of Urdu poetry and a volume on philosophy, named the Sabah-e-hind.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Wahidi died in 1983. The Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, personally called his family to condole his death.[citation needed]

A park in the city of Kanpur, India has been named in his honor.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Kuldip Salil, F. (2008). A Treasury Of Urdu Poetry. Rajpal & Sons. p. 267. ISBN 978-81-7028-691-2. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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