Kanwal Ziai (born Hardayal Singh Datta) (15 March 1927 – 27 October 2011) was an
Urdu
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and
Hindi
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language poet and author from
India
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.
Early life
Ziai was born on 15 March 1927 in Kanjrur Dattan,
Sialkot
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, (now
Pakistan
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). He received award ''Doon Ratan'' from Nagrik Parishad. He obtained ''Urdu Fazil'' certificate. He retired from Defence Department. He was also president of the ''Bazm-e-Jigar''.
He died on 27 October 2011 in
Dehradun
Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...
,
Uttarakhand
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, India.
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See also
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List of Indian poets
This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world.
Assamese
* Amulya Barua (1922–1946), first published posthumously in 1 ...
*
List of Urdu language poets
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*
List of Urdu writers
*
List of Urdu language writers
Bibliography
* ''Pyase Jaam'' Urdu Poetry in Devnagri (Hindi) Language 1973
* ''Lafzo Ki Diwar'' in Urdu Language 1993
* ''Kagaz ka Dhua''
* ''Dhoop ka Safar''
References
External links
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1927 births
2011 deaths
Urdu-language poets from India
Indian male poets
20th-century Indian poets
Writers from Dehradun
Poets from Uttarakhand
20th-century Indian male writers