Bashir Badr Death: Famous poet Dr. Bashir Badr passes away, breathed his last at the age of 91

Mumbai. Dr. Bashir Badr, a famous poet of the world of Urdu literature and Ghazal and Padmashree awarded litterateur, passed away in Bhopal on Thursday. He breathed his last at the age of 91. As soon as the news of his demise came out, there was a wave of mourning. People are paying tribute to him by sharing his famous couplets on social media.

According to the information, Dr. Bashir Badr was suffering from a serious disease like dementia for a long time. He had lost his memory. According to people close to the family, he was not even able to recognize people for some time. Other health related problems related to age were also increasing continuously, due to which he died on Thursday.

The family has not yet given any official information regarding the time of the funeral. However, it is being told that his last rites can be performed in Bhopal only on Thursday evening. Dr. Bashir Badr’s literary journey was very brilliant and inspiring.

He was born on 15 February 1935 in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. His real name was Syed Mohammad Badr. Since childhood, he was fond of poetry. It is said that he started writing poetry at the age of just seven. He completed BA, MA and PhD in Urdu Literature from Aligarh Muslim University. Later he also became a lecturer there.

Bashir Badr introduced Urdu poetry in the language of common people. In his ghazals, love, loneliness, relationships, pain and the truth of life were visible in very simple words. This was the reason why his couplets soon became popular. His famous couplets like ‘There must have been some compulsions, no one is unfaithful like this’ and ‘Let the light of your memories stay with us, don’t know in which street the evening of life happens’, like many couplets and ghazals are still on people’s lips.

The Meerut riots of 1987 came as a big pain in his life. His house was burnt in that violence, in which his books, diaries and many unpublished ghazals were also reduced to ashes. This accident had broken him to the core. For some time he almost gave up writing and later he came and settled in Bhopal.
Bashir Badr received many major honors for his literary contribution. The Government of India honored him with Padmashree.