Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (1926-2006) was a proactive journalist, poet, critic and an influential penman of Urdu and English literature. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under mainlyPersian influence in Central and South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Life

Khalique born in 1926 in Hyderabad Deccan in a literary family of Hakim Muhammad Rafique Ibrahim who belonged to Lucknow. Khalique was about two years old when his father Hakim Rafiuq Ibrahim returned to Lucknow. Khalique passed matriculation and intermediate examinations from Lucknow and completed graduation in Lahore as a private student. He started his creative carrier as a short story writer. His first story was published in famous magazine Kaleem which was coming out under the editorship of prominent poet and writer Josh Malihabadi from Delhi. Khalique was also a dramatist. Some of his dramas were broadcast from All India Radio, Lucknow. Sometimes he worked in Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu as a personal assistant of Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq. Later he worked for Information Film Department of India, Mumbai. After closure of the department, he went back to Lucknow where joined the daily Tanveer of Chaudhry Khaliq-uz-Zaman as sub-editor. Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ... Lucknow (Hindi: लखनऊ; Urdu: لکھنو Lakhnau) is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is the second largest city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 - February 22, 1982) was a noted poet of India and Pakistan who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under takhallus (Urdu for nom de plume) Josh Malihabadi (Josh, an Urdu word which means Passion/Intensity). He was born at Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... This article is about the metropolis of Delhi. ... Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu is an organisation founded by Maulvi Abdul Haq for the promotion of Urdu language, Urdu literature and Muslim cultural heritage. ... Maulvi Abdul Haq (1870–1961) was the noted Urdu linguist, scholar, writer, researcher and activist who is unanimously celebrated as Baba-i-Urdu (Father of Urdu). ... Mumbaī (Devanāgarī: मुंबई, IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ...

After parition of India, Khalique came to Karachi in 1953 and worked as freelance journalist. His experience in the field of film-making gave him opportunity to write scripts for the documentary firms for Film and Publishing Section of Pakistan Information Department. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Karachi Towns. ...

Khalique was a stylish penman. He has written compact and attractive prose. He has created many ghazals, poetry and critical write-ups. His wife is a short story writer and one of his son is also well known poet. He was died on September 29, 2006 in Karachi at age 80. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Literary and Creative work

Khalique has nine books to his credit, six in Urdu and three in English. His first title one was published in 1946.

• Kamyab Nakam (collection of short stories)
• Aurat Mard aur Dunya (collection of drama)
• Urdu Ghazal ke Pachees Saal (on literary criticism)
• Ojaloon ke Khwaba (collection of poems)
• Manzilain Gard ki Manind Uri jati hain (autobiography)

• Khush'hali ka rasta (documentary film)
• Pakistan ki kahani) (documentary film)
• Hamara saqafati warsa (documentary film)
• Ghalib (documentary film)

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