Sahir Ludhiyanvi: An Iconic Literary Poet

Abstract

Sahir Ludhiyanvi was born on eighth March, 1921 in village near Ludhiyana. He was born in a very wealthy family. His father Chaudhari Fazl Mohahmmad had married ten times but Sahir was his first child. Sahir’s father was having all those bad habits of spoilt landlords of that time. His mother, Sardar Begum has taken a bold step and left her husband’s house. Sahir completes his education at Ludhiyana’s highschool and college. From his school time he has started writing poems, in his college he was famous for his ghazals and nazms (poetry forms of Urdu literature).