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Ravish Siddiqi ( ur, , 1911–1971) born Shahid Aziz at Jwalapur in District
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of
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on 11 July 1911 was a renowned
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Ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
and Nazm writer whose forte was
Romantic Poetry Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Enlightenment ideas of the 18t ...
and Patriotic Poetry. A self-educated person he had studied and gained fluency in
Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.


Career

Ravish Siddiqi worked in the
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at the time when Prem Nath Dar,
Saghar Nizami Saghar Nizami (1905–1983), also known as Samad Yar Khan, was an Indian poet and writer of ghazal and nazm in Urdu. He was one of the earliest disciples of Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951) and was a recipient of the third highest Indian honour ...
and
Salaam Machhalishahari Salaam Machhalishahari (1921-1972), or Salam Machhali Sheri, was an Indian Urdu-language poet. Biography Machhalishahari was born in Machhali Shahar, a city in District Jaunpur district, Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh, on 1 July 1921. He was fluent ...
were also working in the same institution. Ravish Siddiqi wrote both romantic and patriotic poetry, but most of his widely acclaimed poems were written on the beauty of the Kashmir valley and people of Kashmir, a collection of these poems, called ''Khayabaan Khayabaan"'' was published in late 1970s. His collection of ghazals titled '' Mehrab-e-Ghazal '' was published in 1956.Urdu Sahitya Kosa by Kamala Nasima 1988 Ed. p.266 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=817055134X


Death

He died in Shahjahanpur,
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on 24 January 1971.


References

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