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Urdu poet Mazhar Imam passes away

February 01, 2012
Renowned Urdu poet Mazhar Imam passed away earlier this week in New Delhi. Founder of a new genre of Urdu poetry named aazad ghazal, Mazhar Imam was a poet and critic as well as retired senior director of public service broadcaster Doordarshan in Jammu and Kashmir.

Read more about Mazhar Imam here.
Source: dailybhaskar.com, 31 January 2012
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