15/11/2025
Remembering Hilal Seoharvi Sahab on This 13th Death Anniversary...
Hilal Seoharvi's real name was Qazi Habib-ur-Rehman. He was born on 15 January 1928 in the town of Seohara in Bijnor District (UP). His father's name was Qazi Fazal Haq, and Hilal had inherited his taste and interest in poetry form him. His great-grandfather Qazi Zahoor-ul-Haq was one of the prominent Persian and Urdu poets of his time. Hilal wasn't much interested in education from and would often escape the bounds of Madrasas. Therefore, he was not formally educated, but the literary atmosphere at home and the climate of Seohara's poetry and speech compelled him to study.
His poetry is a combination of simplicity and fluency. The choice of words shows great ingenuity, which is the distinguishing feature of his poetry.
Contemporary literary critics have become so obsessed with Ghalib, Iqbal, Mir, Nazir and Akbar that they have never had a chance. When will they consider a poet of poetry like Hilal worthy of attention? Hilal took his last breath on November 15, 2012.
