Rais Amrohvi

Rais Amrohvi
رئیس امروہوی
Born
Syed Muhammad Mehdi

(1914-09-12)12 September 1914
Amroha, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died22 September 1988(1988-09-22) (aged 74)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Poet, journalist, parapsychologist

Rais Amrohvi (Urdu: رئیس امروہوی), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (12 September 1914 – 22 September 1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, 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.[1] His family is regarded as a family of poets.[2]

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. Amrohvi wrote his famous poem Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay (It's Urdu's funeral, make it befitting!).[3][4] He also intended to translate the Bhagavad Gita into standard Urdu.[5]

  1. ^ "Rais Amrohvi's 24TH Death Anniversary Today". Pakistan Observer.net. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ "27th death anniversary of urdu poet Rais Amrohvi observed". The Daily Mail International. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Herald exclusive: Big brother is watching". Daily Dawn.com. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ^ Ayres, Alyssa (23 July 2009). Speakin Like a State-page.53. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521519311. Retrieved 10 September 2014 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Renowned poet Rais Amrohvi's death anniversary today". Samaa.tv. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2014.