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or as we say in Urdu : Khush Aamdeed
This blog is intended for people who are interested in Urdu language and wants to learn this language. So, let's get started.
I would like to start this blog, by sharing with you the sad news of death of an Urdu icon. First the news then my comments.
Noted Urdu poet Jagannath Azad dead
New Delhi, July 25
Noted Urdu poet and President of Anjuman Urdu Hind Jagannath Azad died of cancer at a hospital here last night.
He was 86 and survived by wife and five children.
Mr Azad during his illustrious career had served as Director Press Information Bureau (PIB), Head of the department of Urdu at Jammu University and Assitant Editor Milap, according to Anjuman Taraqqui Urdu Hind, a national body for the promotion of Urdu under the Human Resource Development Ministry.
Mr Azad is the son of great Urdu poet Taluq Chand Mehrum and born at Isakhel of Punjab in Pakistan on December 15, 1918.
After finishing school education at his village, he joined DAV College Rawalpindi for intermediate course.
He graduated from Garden College in Rawalpindi in 1937. He did his post-graduation from Punjab University in 1944.He started his career as a journalist with 'Advi Dunia', a urdu magazine in 1941 and after a year switched over to 'Jai Hind'.During the partition of the country in 1947 he came to India and joined 'Milap' as its assistant editor. Later he joined PIB.
After his retirement from government job, he was appointed professor to teach urdu at Jammu University.Mr Azad was honoured with several literary awards, including Soviet Land Nehru Award
first of all a correction : father of Dr. Azad was Tilok Chand Mahroom.
Some people have this misconception that Urdu is the language of Muslims of South Asia. Dr. Azad was not a muslim and Urdu in fact was not his mother tongue. Which proves the point that Urdu belongs to anyone who wants to accept Urdu without any descrimination of region, religion or mother tongue.
links to some of Dr. Jagannath Azad's poetry :
http://www.urdupoetry.com/azad.html
http://www.urdustan.com/anam/1998/september.htm
or as we say in Urdu : Khush Aamdeed
This blog is intended for people who are interested in Urdu language and wants to learn this language. So, let's get started.
I would like to start this blog, by sharing with you the sad news of death of an Urdu icon. First the news then my comments.
Noted Urdu poet Jagannath Azad dead
New Delhi, July 25
Noted Urdu poet and President of Anjuman Urdu Hind Jagannath Azad died of cancer at a hospital here last night.
He was 86 and survived by wife and five children.
Mr Azad during his illustrious career had served as Director Press Information Bureau (PIB), Head of the department of Urdu at Jammu University and Assitant Editor Milap, according to Anjuman Taraqqui Urdu Hind, a national body for the promotion of Urdu under the Human Resource Development Ministry.
Mr Azad is the son of great Urdu poet Taluq Chand Mehrum and born at Isakhel of Punjab in Pakistan on December 15, 1918.
After finishing school education at his village, he joined DAV College Rawalpindi for intermediate course.
He graduated from Garden College in Rawalpindi in 1937. He did his post-graduation from Punjab University in 1944.He started his career as a journalist with 'Advi Dunia', a urdu magazine in 1941 and after a year switched over to 'Jai Hind'.During the partition of the country in 1947 he came to India and joined 'Milap' as its assistant editor. Later he joined PIB.
After his retirement from government job, he was appointed professor to teach urdu at Jammu University.Mr Azad was honoured with several literary awards, including Soviet Land Nehru Award
first of all a correction : father of Dr. Azad was Tilok Chand Mahroom.
Some people have this misconception that Urdu is the language of Muslims of South Asia. Dr. Azad was not a muslim and Urdu in fact was not his mother tongue. Which proves the point that Urdu belongs to anyone who wants to accept Urdu without any descrimination of region, religion or mother tongue.
links to some of Dr. Jagannath Azad's poetry :
http://www.urdupoetry.com/azad.html
http://www.urdustan.com/anam/1998/september.htm
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