Rais Amrohvi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rais Amrohvi

Pakistani poet

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1988

Profession: poet, journalist, philosopher

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Rais Amrohvi

  • Rais Amrohvi (Urdu: ???? ????????), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia.
  • He was known for his style of qatanigari (quatrain writing).
  • He wrote quatrains for Pakistani newspaper Jang for several decade.
  • He promoted the Urdu language and supported the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan.
  • His family is regarded as family of poets.The Sindh Assembly passed The Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 that created conflict and language violence in the regime of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he wrote his famous poem Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay (It is the funeral of Urdu, carry it out with fanfare).
  • He also intended to translate the Bhagavad Gita into standard Urdu.

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