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Award in 1999 Dilawar Figar, (8 July 1929 – 25 January 1998) was a Pakistani

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. He was known as ''Shehansha-e-Zarafat'' (King of humor) and ''Akbar-e-Sani'' (named after the late poet

Akbar Allahabadi Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 9 September 1921) was an Indian Urdu poet in the genre of satire. Life and career Akbar Allahabadi was born in the town of Bara, eleven miles from Allahabad, to a fa ...

) for his satire and humour.

Early life and career

Dilawar Figar was born as Dilawar Hussain on July 8, 1929 in

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. He received his early education in his hometown, and later joined

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where he received his M.A. degree in (

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) and M.A. in (

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). He associated himself with the teaching profession. He migrated to

from India in 1968 and settled in

. He joined ''Abdullah Haroon College'' as a teacher, where the renowned poet

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi: فیض احمد فیض) was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his time. Out ...

was the principal at that time. Figar taught Urdu literature there. He also worked for

Karachi Development Authority Karachi Development Authority (KDA) was established as the city-planning authority of Karachi in 1957, and replaced the earlier Karachi Improvement Trust (KIT). KDA, along with the Lyari Development Authority and Malir Development Authority, is r ...

as an ''Assistant Director-Town Planning''.

Death and legacy

Dilawar Figar died on 25 January 1998 in

at age 68. During a literary gathering on 31 January 1993 at

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, he himself once described his imaginary death and how he left for the heavens and was refused entry into paradise by the guard angels because he had arrived before his scheduled time. The guard angels asked him to come back after five years and sent him back to earth. The audience laughed it off at that time but he proved to be approximately right about his actual time of death – nearly 5 years later.

Contribution to Urdu literature

Figar started writing in 1942 at the age of fourteen and soon got help of fellow writers, Maulvi Jam Nawai Badayuni, Maulana Jami Badayuni. His literary work contain

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 ...

s, humorous poems, and their translation in English: * ''Mein Apna Vote Kis Ko Doon?''- This witty poem became very popular during the 1970 General Elections in Pakistan(Rauf Parekh
Poet Dilawar Figar on Dawn (newspaper)
Published 22 January 2008, Retrieved 15 March 2021 *''Haadisay'' (collections of Ghazals) *''Sitam Zarifiañ'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Shamat-e-Aamaal'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Aadaab Arz'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Assar-e-Nau'' (collections of humor) *''Unglian Figar Apni'' (collections of humor poetry)Profile of Dilawar Figar on rekhta.org website
Retrieved 15 March 2021 *''Matla Arz Hai'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Century'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Khuda Jhoot Na Bulwa'ay'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Chiragh-e-Khandañ'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Aaina-e-Raghib'' (125 rubaiyaat of Raghib Muradabadi) *''Khushbu Ka Safar'' (translation of selected English and American poetry) *''Khoob Tar Kahan'' (translation of 'Why Not the Best' – biography of President

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)Dilawar Figar, a Noted Humorist Urdu Poet
Urdu Adab website, Published 22 November 2010, Retrieved 15 March 2021 *''Aabshar-e-Noor'' (poetic explanation of Sura Fatiha) *''Sila-e-Shaheed Kia Hai ?'' (poetic biography of recipients of

Nishan-e-Haider Nishan-e-Haider (NH; ), is the highest military gallantry award of Pakistan. The Nishan-e-Haider is awarded posthumously and only to members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It recognises the highest acts of extraordinary bravery in the face of ...

martyrs) *''Fi Sabeel Lillah'' (collections of humor poetry) *''Kaha Suna Maaf Karna'' (collections of humor poetry)

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Early life and career

Death and legacy

Contribution to Urdu literature

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