Pride of Performance
The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...
award for his literary services by the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...
in 1963. He was the grandson of Urdu novel writer and religious reformer
Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi
Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, was an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator.
Even if today’s he’s best known for his novels, he wrote over 30 books on subjects such as law, logic, ethics ...
.
Biography
Shahid Ahmad was born on 22 May 1906 in
Delhi
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,
British India
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to Bashiruddin Ahmad Dehlvi, son of
Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi
Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, also known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad, was an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator.
Even if today’s he’s best known for his novels, he wrote over 30 books on subjects such as law, logic, ethics ...
in a religious family.
In 1930 after completing his education, Dehlvi started the monthly ''Saqi'' ( ur), a literary magazine. Dehlvi's articles in the monthly ''Saqi'' portrayed the vanishing culture of Delhi. He believed that the old Delhi, which was considered a symbol of Indo-Muslim culture, was ruined because of the bloodshed of Independence.
Aqeel Abbas Jafari
Aqeel Abbas Jafri ( ur, ) (born August 10, 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan), is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan.
Works
Jafri spent 20 years compiling and writing Pakistan Chronicle
' ...
has collected his articles in a book.
Dehlvi also ran the Delhi branch of the
Progressive Writers' Association
The Progressive Writers' Association or the Progressive Writers' Movement of India or ''Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind'' (( ur, ) or ''Akhil Bhartiya Pragatishil Lekhak Sangh'' (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय प्रगति ...
and started a literary journal called ''Shahjahan'' devoted to progressive literature.
Dehlvi had interest in classical music and learnt the art under the guidance of Ustad Chand Khan, belonging to
Delhi gharana
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(The Delhi School of Music) and participated in music programmes on
All India Radio
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* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
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* All (band), an American punk rock band
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, by the name of S Ahmad. After that
partition of India
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, he moved to
Karachi
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where he worked for
Radio Pakistan
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.
Awards and recognition
In 1963, he was conferred with the
Pride of Performance
The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...
award by the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...
.
Death
Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi died on 27 May 1967 in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
and was buried in the
Gulshan-e-Iqbal
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Dawn
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Rekhta
''Rekhta'' ( ur, ; hi, रेख़्ता ) was the Hindustani language as its dialectal basis shifted to the Delhi dialect. This style evolved in both the Urdu alphabet, Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts and is considered an early for ...
Rekhta
''Rekhta'' ( ur, ; hi, रेख़्ता ) was the Hindustani language as its dialectal basis shifted to the Delhi dialect. This style evolved in both the Urdu alphabet, Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts and is considered an early for ...