Biography

Dr.Shakeel-ur-Rahman is a famous Urdu writer and scholar of India. His father Khan Bahadur Muhammad Jan was a noted Government
lawyer in British India. Dr.Shakeel received his education from Patna University, B.A. (Hons.) First Class, M.A. ,First Class First
(awarded Patna University Gold Medal)and D.Litt.He remained attached to University of Kashmir as Professor and Head, Dept. of Urdu. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Bihar & University of Kashmir and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.His 25 books have been published so far.He has been blessed with "Ghalib Award", "Urdu Academy Award", "National Award" from India and "Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Award" from Pakistan.Dr.Shakeel-ur-Rahman has written more than 50 plays for the Stage,TV and Radio.His grandson Tanwir Phool

Tanwir Phool

Tanwir Phool is the pen name of Tanwiruddin Ahmad Siddiqui, a Pakistani author and poet, writing in Urdu and English.-Education and career:...

 is a noted author/poet of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 writing in Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 and
English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

.He has written a valuable article in quarterly "Khayaal",Karachi(Pakistan) about Dr.Shakeel-ur-Rahman.

External links

• http://www.shakeelurrehman.com
• http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok09/alpha/09lss.htm (25th name in the list).
• http://www.iosworld.org/urdu.htm (See S.No.1)
• http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?id=23845 (Book about Ghalib).
• http://www.shahinasgallery.com/bw.htm (Books of Dr.Shakeelur Rahman).
• http://www.shahinasgallery.com (Designer of Dr.Shakeel-ur-Rahman's website).
• http://www.urdubandhan.com/bazm/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6637