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{{short description|Indian poet of Urdu|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Bashir Badr
| image =
| caption =
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|02|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]] 
| birth_name = Syed Muhammad Bashir
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Poet
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]]
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| period =
| genre = [[Ghazal]]
| subject = [[Love]], [[Philosophy]]
| movement =
| spouse = Rahat Badr
| signature = Bashir_Badr_sign.jpg
| website = {{URL|www.bashirbadr.com}}

| imagesize = 200px|
| relatives = [[Nusrat Badr]] (son)
}}

'''Bashir Badr''' (born '''Syed Muhammad Bashir'''; 15 February 1935) is an Indian poet. He was teaching Urdu in [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="siasat.com">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/bashir-badr-forgotten-legend-1322740/|title=Bashir Badr: A forgotten legend|date=25 February 2018}}</ref> He primarily writes in [[Urdu]] language particularly [[ghazal]]s. He also wrote a couplet titled ''Dushmani Jam Kar Karo'' in 1972 during [[Shimla Agreement]] that revolves around the [[partition of India]]. Badr's most of unpublished literary work, including uncertain poems was lost during the [[1987 Meerut communal riots]], and later he moved to [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="nationalheraldindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/cafe/bashir-badr-a-poet-who-once-lost-everything-to-communal-fire-except-faith-in-humanity|title=Bashir Badr: A poet who once lost everything to communal fire, except faith in humanity|first=Ashutosh|last=Sharma|date=15 February 2020|website=National Herald}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He was born in [[United Provinces of British India]] (in modern-day [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India) on 15 February 1935. After he did his [[Primary education|early schooling]], he attended the Aligarh Muslim University where he did his [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Master of Arts]] and PhD. Later, he served at the same university as a lecturer. He also served at [[Meerut College]] for over seventeen years.

After his property such as house and books was damaged in 1987 Meerut vigilance, he permanently moved to Bhopal.<ref name="siasat.com"/>

He is currently suffering from [[dementia]] and is believed to have forgot his [[Mushaira]] years as a result of dementia.

==Career==
He started writing poems at the apparent age of seven. He wrote some collection of ghazals titled ''Ikai'', ''Kulliyate Bashir Badr'', ''Aamad'', ''Image'', ''Aahat'' and [[Devanagari script]] ghazals titled ''Ujale Apni Yadon Ke''. During his career, he wrote two books titled ''Azadi Ke Bad Urdu Ghazals Ka Tanqidi Mutala'' (Critical study of Urdu ghazal after independence) and ''Biswin Sadi Mein Ghazal'' (Ghazals in 20th century) focused on [[literary criticism]].<ref name="siasat.com"/>

He has also served at the Bihar Urdu Academy as a chairman.<ref>https://www.rekhta.org/poets/bashir-badr/profile</ref>

== Influence on politics ==
His couplets appears to have influence on Indian politicians,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/when-narendra-modi-used-congress-favourite-poet-bashir-badr-to-target-the-party-in-parliament-1162818-2018-02-07|title=When Narendra Modi used Congress' favourite poet Bashir Badr to target the party in Parliament |website=India Today}}</ref> and are sometimes quoted in the [[parliament of India]] by the leaders such as prime minister of India [[Narendra Modi]] and 2014's [[2014 Indian general election|prime minister candidate]] of Congress [[Rahul Gandhi]]. In 1972, his couplet was quoted by [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]].<ref name="nationalheraldindia.com"/>

==Awards==
Badr has received the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1999<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> for contribution towards literature and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]. He has also received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Urdu Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu]] for his poetry collection "''Aas''" in 1999.

==Legacy==

Badr is one of the most quoted ''shayar'' in Indian pop-culture.

A popular radio show ''Ujaale Apni Yaadon Ke'' on [[Vividh Bharti]] derives its title from one of Badr's most popular ''sher''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.firstpost.com/culture/mohammad-rafi-birthday-rafi-a-legend-of-a-singer-rafi-songs-6889.html|title=मोहम्मद रफी जन्मदिन: तुम मुझे यूं भुला न पाओगे!|date=24 December 2016|website=Firstpost Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindi.webdunia.com/bollywood-focus/bindu-film-actress-vamp-118022100046_1.html|title=बिंदु की कहानी... खुद की जुबानी|first=सीमान्त|last=सुवीर|website=hindi.webdunia.com}}</ref>

''ujāle apnī yādoñ ke hamāre saath rahne do''
''na jaane kis galī meñ zindagī kī shaam ho jaa.e ''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rekhta.org/couplets/ujaale-apnii-yaadon-ke-hamaare-saath-rahne-do-bashir-badr-couplets|title=Bashir Badr - Sher|website=Rekhta}}</ref>

The 2015 film [[Masaan]] contains various examples of poetry and shaayari by Basheer Badr, along with works by [[Akbar Allahabadi]], [[Brij Narayan Chakbast|Chakbast]], [[Mirza Ghalib]] and [[Dushyant Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Somya |title=Secret Love: How Hindi poetry has become 'cool' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/secret-love-hindi-kavita-youtube-channel-hindi-literature-3024758/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Explaining this as a conscious tribute, the film's lyrics writer [[Varun Grover (writer)|Varun Grover]] explained that he wanted to show
the character of Shaalu (played by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and [[Urdu poetry|shaayari]], as this is a common hobby of millennial and generation x youngsters in Northern India, especially when in love, but this aspect is rarely shown in Hindi films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindi Kavita - Kuch ban jaate hain - Uday Prakash: Varun Grover in Hindi Studio with Manish Gupta |publisher=Hindi Kavita |date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pal |first1=Sanchari |title=Meet the NRI Who Returned To India To Make Millions Fall in Love with Hindi Poetry |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/68222/manish-gupta-youtube-hindi-poetry/ |website=www.thebetterindia.com |publisher=The Better India |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Varun |title=How the magic of Dushyant Kumar's poetry inspired this Bollywood lyricist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/how-the-magic-of-dushyant-kumars-poetry-inspired-this-bollywood-lyricist/ |access-date=17 April 2019 |publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bashirbadr.com Official website]
* [https://www.rekhta.org/poets/bashir-badr/profile Bashir Badr] at [[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]

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[[Category:Writers from Bhopal]]
[[Category:People from Faizabad]]
[[Category:People from Ayodhya]]
[[Category:Urdu-language poets from India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu]]
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]

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