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{{Infobox writer <br />
| name = Asim Randeri<br />
| image = AsimRanderiPic.jpg<br />
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| pseudonym = Asim Randeri<br />
| birth_name = Subedar Mahmood Mian Muhammad Imam<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|8|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rander]], [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|2|6|1904|8|15}}<br />
| death_place = Rander, [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Poet, [[Ghazal]] writer<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
|awards = * [[Vali Gujarati Award]] (2005)<br />
* [[Kalapi Award]] (2005)<br />
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'''Asim Randeri''', born '''Subedar Mahmood Mian Muhammad Imam''' (15 August 1904 – 5 February 2009), was a [[Gujarati language]] poet, mainly popular for his [[Ghazal]]s. He was a legend in [[Gujarati literature]] from the pre-Independence era and recipient of the [[Vali Gujarati Award]] and [[Kalapi Award]] of 2005.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Asim Randeri was born on 15 August 1904 in [[Rander]] area of [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], India. He was born in an affluent family and studied till matric before working for a British company.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Asim Randeri started writing at the age of 18.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news | title=Gujarat Gazal Poet Asim Randeri Dies | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Gujarati-ghazal-poet-Asim-Randeri-dies/articleshow/4089304.cms | date=6 February 2009 | newspaper=The Times of India | author=PTI | accessdate=30 April 2018 | archive-date=26 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626130742/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Gujarati-ghazal-poet-Asim-Randeri-dies/articleshow/4089304.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> He was working between 1928-1932 with Kenya Daily Mail in East Africa. After 1932 he started working as a Salesman with Swedish Match Company in Bombay.<ref name="GGBS">{{cite web| title= Great Gujarati Gazal Poets: Asim Randeri| url= http://greatgujaratighazalpoets.blogspot.com/2009/03/asim-randeri.html| accessdate= 11 April 2016| archive-date= 6 October 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161006092729/http://greatgujaratighazalpoets.blogspot.com/2009/03/asim-randeri.html| url-status= live}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Randeri's works like ''Leela'',<ref name="DK">{{cite web| title= Leela by Asim Randeri| url= http://www.dhoomkharidi.com/leela| accessdate= 11 April 2016| archive-date= 24 April 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160424074555/http://www.dhoomkharidi.com/leela| url-status= live}}</ref> ''Shanagar'', ''Tapi Tirey'' and ''Gulchhadi'' with their bold style revolutionized Gujarati ghazal writing. Leela, a fictitious character created by Randeri, was a hit among youth. His love for this character continued and lived in the form of a magazine with the same title for six years. ''Tapi Tirey'' is a collection of Gujarati ghazals on love blossoming on the banks of the river Tapi, considered to be the lifeline of Surat, which had become hub of Gujarati ghazal in the 1920s. <br><br />
[[Manhar Udhas]], famous Gujarati Ghazal singer made many of Asim's ghazals famous in early 2000s.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Asim Randeri died of old age at an age of 104 years. He died in his home town, Rander, and was buried at the Goregarima graveyard.<br />
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==Future Reading==<br />
*[https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/asim_randeri/ Gujarati Blog on Asim Randeri]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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