Rahat Indori
| Rahat Indori | |
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| Born | Rahat 1 January 1950 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Urdu Poet, Bollywood Film lyricist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | MA, PhD |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm, Geet |
| Spouse | Seema Rahat |
| Children | Shibli Irfan, Faisal Rahat, Satlaj Rahat |
| Website | |
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Rahat Indori (Urdu: ڈاکٹر راحت اندوری ) (Hindi: डॉ. राहत इन्दोरी ) (born 1 January 1950) is an eminent Urdu language poet and a bollywood lyricist. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at Indore University.
He was born on 1 January 1950 in Indore to Rafatullah Qureshi, a cloth mill worker, and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Begum. He was their fourth child. He did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he completed his Higher Secondary. He completed his graduation from Islamia Karimia College (ikdc) Indore in 1973 and has passed his MA in Urdu literature from Barkatullah University Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) in 1975. Equally competent in prose and poetry, Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled Urdu Main Mushaira.
He has travelled widely internationally to recite poetry.
Amongst the countless honors, some of the awards presented to Dr Rahat Indori are,
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