Nushoor Wahidi

Hafeez-ul-Rehman c. 1912 – c. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

"Nushoor Wahedi Remembered", The Milli Gazette, 15 February 2002

[Kuldip_Salil_2008_p._267-1] 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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