Shaukat Pardesi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shaukat Pardesi

Indian poet, journalist and lyricist born in Malaysia

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Malaysia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: songwriter, lyricist, journalist

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sheikh Mohammed Irfan alias Shaukat Pardesi (Urdu: ???? ??????, April 1924 - October 1995) was a poet, journalist and lyricist born in Malaysia, where his father Sheikh Sahib Ali had migrated from Maroofpur village in Jaunpur district of India.
During 1950's Pardesi was associated with Urdu Daily Inquilab for some-time and also acted as the editor of Film Times Weekly magazine.
He published and edited an acclaimed monthly Urdu magazine titled Munna for children.
The writings of eminent writers like Niaz Fatehpuri, Ale Ahmad Suroor, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, etc.
had supported Munna magazine during that time.
His ghazals and nazms were published in almost all known Urdu journals and were recorded by HMV in the melodious voices of various famous singers of his time viz.
Talat Mahmood, Manna Dey, C.
H.
Atma, Anup Jalota, Dilraj Kaur, Shailendra Singh, Shyam Lala, Mukesh and others.