Akhlaq Mohammed Khan Shahryar is a Sound Indian born on 16 june 1936 at Bareilly (Inde)
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Nationality IndeBirth 16 june 1936 at Bareilly (
Inde)
Death 13 february 2012 (at 75 years) at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (
Inde)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shahryar (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in Gaman (1978), Umrao Jaan (1981) and Anjuman (1986), by Muzaffar Ali. In 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award and only the fourth Urdu poet to win the award. He has been widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of modern Urdu poetry.
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