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| name = Anwar Jalalpuri<br />
| image = Anwar-Jalalpuri123.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Anwar Ahmad<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date text|6 July 1947}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jalalpur]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death-date and age|2 January 2018|6 July 1947}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| other_names = Anwar Ahmad<br />
| spouse = Aalima Khatoon<br />
| children = 4<br />
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br />
| occupation = Poet<br />
| years_active = <br />
| known_for = Having translated the [[Bhagavad Gita]] from [[Sanskrit]] to [[Urdu]]<br />
| awards = [[Yash Bharti Award]] (2016)<br>[[Padma Shri]] (2018)<br />
}}<br />
'''Anwar Jalalpuri''' (6 July 1947 &ndash; 2 January 2018) was an Indian Urdu poet from [[Jalalpur, Uttar Pradesh]], known for translating the [[Bhagavad Gita]] from [[Sanskrit]] to [[Urdu]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jalil|first=Rakhshanda|title=They don't make poets, translators and performers like Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) anymore|url=https://scroll.in/article/863696/they-dont-make-poets-translators-and-performers-like-anwar-jalalpuri-1947-2018-anymore|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Scroll.in|date=4 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Initially educated in Azamgarh, he studied at [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. <br />
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He received the [[Padma Shri]] posthumously from the [[President of India]], and the [[Yash Bharti Award]] from the government of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/anwar-jalalpuri-conferred-with-padma-shri-118012600417_1.html|title=Anwar Jalalpuri conferred with Padma Shri|last=ANI|date=2018-01-26|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/television/urdu-shayar-anwar-jalalpuri-passes-away-at-70-1794703|title=नहीं रहे मशहूर शायर अनवर जलालपुरी, गीता का उर्दू में किया था अनुवाद|website=NDTVIndia|language=hi|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref> He also got Maati Ratan Samman by Shaheed Shodha Sansthan.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/story-literature-in-shock-from-the-news-of-anwar-jalalpuris-wait-1727017.html| website=Live Hindustan|language=hi| title=अनवर जलालपुरी के इंतकाल की खबर से सदमे में साहित्य जगत| access-date=23 August 2020 }}</ref><br />
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He died from a brain stroke on 2 January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/poet-anwar-jalalpuri-who-translated-gita-into-urdu-dies-of-stroke-at-70/story-V2NQb5VGkZSgSmbpWoTveO.html|title=Poet Anwar Jalalpuri, who translated Gita into Urdu, dies of stroke at 70|date=2018-01-02|newspaper=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2018-12-22}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Urdu-language Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:1947 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Ambedkar Nagar district]]<br />
[[Category:People from Ayodhya district]]<br />
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education]]<br />
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