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Dr. Shahzad A. Rizvi Ph.D. (28 February 1937-) is an
Dr. Shahzad A. Rizvi Ph.D. (28 February 1937-) is an India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n-born American author, scholar and Urdu
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Guest of honor Dr. Mohammad Zaman Azurda, former Head of the Department of Urdu at
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ghazals
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 p ...
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Dr. Rizvi was born in 1937 in Gwalior
Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...
, India and currently lives in the United States. He is a descendant of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796/1797 – 19 August 1861) was a Hanafi jurist, rationalist scholar, Maturidi theologian, philosopher and poet. He was an activist of the Indian independence movement and campaigned against British occupation. He issue ...
, a prominent Indian scholar and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
, and grandson of the renowned Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi
Iftikhar Hussain (1865 – 1927), known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet.
Biography
Khairabadi was born in 1865 in Khairabad.Mohammad Shamsul Haq, ''Paimana-e-Ghazal'', vol. 1, pg 241 He was the grandson of Fazl-e-Ha ...
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Together with other contemporary Urdu poets, Dr. Rizvi has participated in international poetic recitations hosted by Urdu literary societies in the United States and India (at the Ghalib Institute in Delhi and the Urdu Academy in Bhopal). In 2014, Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Adab Press of Bhopal, India published two collections of Dr. Rizvi's Urdu poetry, "Chalte, Chalte" (On the Way) and "Khwab Zindagi Ke" (Life's Dream).India News, ''Hindustan Times Bhopal'', 1 January 2014, page 15
Indian publisher Urdu Literary Circle released a third collection of Rizvi's Urdu poetry in March 2015, entitled "Muhabbaton Ka Safar" (Love's Journey). Noted Urdu scholar and literary critic, Professor Afaq Ahmed, arranged and edited the collection."Dr. Shahzad Rizvi's collected poems, "Love's Journey," has been published". (15 March 2015). ''Daily NADEEM Bhopal'', vol 71. num 80, p. 3 On 2 April 2015, Professor Ahmed hosted a literary function at the historic Swaraj Bhavan
Swaraj Bhavan (formerly Anand Bhavan, meaning ''Abode of Bliss'') is a large mansion located in Prayagraj (formerly known as Allahabad) India, best known for once being owned by the Indian political leader Motilal Nehru and being home to the ...
mansion and museum to celebrate the publication.Book ''Mohabbat Ka Safar'' releasedGuest of honor Dr. Mohammad Zaman Azurda, former Head of the Department of Urdu at
Jammu University
Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of , ...
, introduced Rizvi's newest collection to the gathering of poets and literary scholars.''"Mohabbaton Ka Safar"'' of Dr. Rizvi released/ref>
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