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Hafeez Jalandhari (Muhammad Abdul Hafeez) was born on 14 January, 1900 in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India), is a Pakistani poet (1900–1982). Discover Hafeez Jalandhari's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Muhammad Abdul Hafeez
Occupation Poet
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 14 January 1900
Birthday 14 January
Birthplace Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Date of death 21 December, 1982
Died Place Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality India

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His wife is Zeenat Begum Anela Khurshid Begum

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Parents Shams-ud-Din (father)
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1900

Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari PP HI (14 January 1900 – 21 December 1982) was a Pakistani poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan and the Anthem of Azad Kashmir.

He wrote in Urdu and Persian languages and is widely celebrated throughout Pakistan.

Chaudhary Abu Alasr Hafeez Jalandhari was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India on 14 January 1900 into a Punjabi Muslim family.

His father, Shams-ud-Din, was a Hafiz-e-Qur'an.

Jalandhari initially studied in a mosque school and later joined a local school.

He only received formal education until the seventh grade.

He had a natural liking for poetry.

He became the disciple of Maulana Qadir Gharami.

1917

Jalandhari married his cousin, Zeenat Begum, in 1917, at the age of 17.

They had seven children, all girls.

1922

From 1922 to 1929, Jalandhari remained the editor of a few monthly magazines namely, Nonehal, Hazar Dastaan, Teehzeeb-e-Niswan, and Makhzin.

1935

His first collection of poems Nagma-e-Zar was published in 1935.

After World War II, he worked as the director of the Song Publicity Department.

During this same time he wrote several songs.

Jalandhari participated in the Pakistan Movement and used his writings to inspire people for the cause of Pakistan.

1939

In 1939, he took a young English woman of Lithuanian descent, Anela, as his second wife.

They had a daughter; the marriage ended in divorce.

1946

In 1946, Jalandhari visited the Sylhet region of Bengal where he watched a mushaira performance by the Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu.

1947

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Jalandhari migrated to Lahore in the new state of Pakistan.

1948

In early 1948, he joined the forces for the freedom of Kashmir and got wounded.

Jalandhari wrote the Kashmiri Anthem, "Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir".

1949

On 23 February 1949, Government of Pakistan formed a committee to prepare Pakistan's national anthem.

723 people competed to write the national anthem.

Out of which, Hafeez Jalandhari's lyrics were selected as the national anthem of Pakistan.

Then this national anthem of Pakistan was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla also known as Ahmed G Chagla.

Hafeez Jalandhari was unique in Urdu poetry for the enchanting melody of his voice and lilting rhythms of his songs and lyrics.

His poetry generally dealt with romantic, religious, patriotic and natural themes.

His language was a fine blend of Hindi and Urdu diction, reflecting the composite culture of South Asia.

1950

One of his most famous poem 'Abhi Toh Mein Jawan Hoon' was sung by Malika Pukhraj in the 1950s with music by the Pakistani music director Master Inayat Hussain which is still popular among the public in 2018.

Though considered a devout Muslim, he also wrote Krishn Kanhaiya, a poem in praise of the Hindu god Krishna.

1954

His first wife, Zeenat Begum, died in 1954.

1955

In 1955, Jalandhari married Khurshid Begum, with whom he had a daughter.

1965

He wrote many patriotic songs during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Jalandhari served as Director General of morals in Pakistan Armed Forces, and then in a very prominent position as an adviser to the President, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan and also a Director of Writers Guild of Pakistan.

Jalandhari's work of poetry, Shahnam-e-Islam, gave him incredible fame which, in the manner of Firdowsi's Shahnameh, is a record of the glorious history of Islam in verse.

1982

Jalandhari died in Lahore, Pakistan, on 21 December 1982 at the age of 82.

Buried in Model Town, Lahore, his remains were later shifted to a tomb built by the Government of Pakistan near the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, the site of the Pakistan Resolution.

2001

In 2001, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor in its 'Poets of Pakistan' series.