Syed Waheed Akhtar (12 August 1934, in

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) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.

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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (30 September 1935 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic, and theorist. He is known for ushering modernism to Urdu literature. He formulated fresh models of literary appreciation that comb ...

, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by many as a Modernist and by many others as Progressive, wrote that Modernism was really an extension of Progressivism". Akhtar is also considered by at least one writer to be among the few successful modern Urdu poets who took Marsia to new heights and gave it new direction in this age.Syed Akbar Hyder ''Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory'', New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Reliving Karbala Martyrdom in South Asian Memory By Syed Akbar Hyder, Inc NetLibrary {{DEFAULTSORT:Akhtar, Waheed 1934 births 1996 deaths Writers from Hyderabad, India Urdu-language poets from India 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Shia scholars of Islam People from Aligarh Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University Indian Shia Muslims Islamic philosophers People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra 20th-century Indian poets People from Marathwada Indian Muslim scholars of Islam Indian male poets Poets from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers

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