Rais Amrohvi (), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (12 September 1914 – 22 September 1988) was a Pakistani

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investigator,

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and elder brother of

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. 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 a family of poets. The

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passed The Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 that created conflict and language violence in the regime of

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. Amrohvi wrote his famous poem ''Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay'' (It's Urdu's funeral, make it befitting!). He also intended to translate the

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into standard Urdu. He was also a scriptwriter, one of the movies he wrote being ''Waqt Ki Pukar'' (1967), a spy thriller about a journalist, based on his brother Muhammad Taqi, exposing anti-state elements and which anticipated the 1971 Bangladesh separation.

Biography

Amrohvi was a

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Muslim born on 12 September 1914 in

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, India. He migrated to

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on 19 October 1947 and settled in

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. He was known for his style of Qatanigari (quatrain writing). For several decades he published quatrains for Pakistan's daily newspaper, '' Jang''. He was also a supporter of the Urdu language and the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan. He established an institution ''Raees Academy'' where writers were trained in emotional and moral values. He also published a number of books on the topic of

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, and

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. He was assassinated by virtue of his faith on 22 September 1988 by an extremist religious militant group.

Publications

Poetry * ''Alif'' * ''Masnavi Lala-e-Sehra'' (1956) * ''Pase Ghubar'' (1969) * ''Qattat'' - I (1969) * ''Qattat'' - II (1969) * ''Hikayaat'' (1975) * ''Ba-Hazrat-e-Yazdaan'' (1984) * ''Malboos-e-Bahar'' (1983) * ''Aasaar'' (1985) * ''Kulliyat'' * ''Naseemus sahar'' * ''Zameer e khama'' Other * ''Muraqabah'' * ''Ma'badun-Nafsiyaat'' (Parapsychology) * ''Nafseyaat-o-Mabaad-an-Nafseyaat'' (3 vols) * ''Ajaib-e-Nafs'' (4 vols) * ''Le Sans Bhi Ahista'' (2 vols) * ''Jinseyaat'' (2 vols) * ''Aalam-e-Barzagh'' (2 vols) * ''Hazraat-e-Arwah'' * ''Hypnotism'' * "Tawajjuhaat" (2 volumes) * "Jinnaat" (2 volumes) * "Aalam-e-Arwah" (2 volumes) * ''Almiye e mashraqi Pakistan'' * ''Achche Mirza'' * ''Ana minal husain''

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