Rais Amrohvi ( ur, ), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988) was a Pakistani

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investigator, and

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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 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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, he wrote his famous poem ''Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay'' (It is the funeral of Urdu, carry it out with fanfare). He also intended to translate the

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into standard Urdu.

Early life

Amrohvi was 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amrohvi Pakistani scholars Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Pakistani male poets Pakistani male journalists Muhajir people People from Amroha Pakistani Shia Muslims Pakistani psychoanalysts Recipients of the Pride of Performance 1914 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Pakistani poets Poets from Karachi 20th-century Pakistani male writers

Early life

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