Rahat Indori (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet.[1] He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter.[2] Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at Devi Ahilya University, Indore.
Rahat Qureshi, later known as Rahat Indori, 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. Rahat Indori did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he completed his Higher Secondary.[3] He completed his graduation from Islamia Karimia College, Indore[4] in 1973 and has passed his MA in Urdu literature from Barkatullah University with a gold medal.[5] (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) in 1975. Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled Urdu Main Mushaira.[6]
Indori performed in Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan for 40 – 45 years. He traveled widely internationally to recite poetry. He attended poetic symposiums in almost all the districts of India and has traveled multiple times to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal etc.[7][8][9]
He tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India on 10 August 2020 and was admitted to Aurobindo Hospital in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[10] He died of cardiac arrest on 11 August 2020.[11][12]
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