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{{Short description|Indian Urdu writer, translator, and educator (1936–2019)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Hafizullah Newalpuri
| native_name = حفیظ اللہ نیولپوری
| native_name_lang = ur
| birth_date = 5 January 1936
| birth_place = Newalpur, [[Cuttack district]] , [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], British India (now part of [[Jajpur district]], Odisha)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|5|8|1936|1|5}}
| death_place = [[Cuttack]], Odisha, India
| resting_place = [[Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack]]
| occupation = Writer, translator, educator
| language = Urdu, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, English, Persian
| nationality = Indian
| education = M.A. (Urdu), Fazil (Persian), B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.
| alma_mater = [[Bihar University]], [[Utkal University]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
| genre = Prose, translation, criticism, biography
| notableworks = ''Odisha Mein Urdu'', ''Taboot Ki Sada'', ''Sirf Tumhare Liye''
| awards = [[Odisha Urdu Academy]] Award (1989){{sfn|Nazish|2018|pp=34–35}}
}}

'''Hafizullah Newalpuri''' (1936–2019), also written as '''Hafeezullah Newalpuri''', was an Indian Urdu-language prose writer, translator, researcher, and educator from Odisha. He authored fiction, critical essays, translations, biographies, and research-based works, and was noted for his multilingualism and literary versatility.

== Early life and education ==
Hafizullah Newalpuri was born on 5 January 1936 in [[Neulpur|Newalpur]] which was then part of Cuttack district in [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Orissa]] (now in [[Jajpur district]], Odisha).<ref name="Who">{{Cite book |last=Dutt |first=K. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-W1OAAAAYAAJ |title=Who's Who of Indian Writers: 1999 (A-M) |date=1999 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-0873-5 |edition=End-Century |volume=1 |page=879 |language=en}}</ref> He completed his [[M.A.]] in Urdu at [[Bihar University]] and earned a [[B.Ed.]] from [[Utkal University]]. He earned an [[M.Phil.]] in 1980 from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) under Mohammad Hasan with a thesis titled ''Mughal Tamasha ka Tajziyati Pehlu'' (The Analytical Aspect of Mughal Tamasha).{{Sfn|Dutt|1999|p=878}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shan |first=Shahana Maryam |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/hindustan-ki-universitiyon-mein-urdu-tahqeeq-shahana-maryam-shan-ebooks |title=Hindustān ki Universityon mein Urdu Tahqeeq |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2012 |isbn=978-81-8223-921-0 |location=Lal Kunuan, Delhi |pages=119, 150 |language=ur |trans-title=Urdu research in Indian universities}}</ref>{{Sfn|Newalpuri|2001|pp=315–316}}

In 1982, he was awarded a [[Ph.D.]] for his thesis titled ''Odisha Mein Urdu'', under the supervision of Mohammad Hasan. This work was later published by the [[National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language]] (NCPUL) in 2001.<ref name="Newalpuri">{{cite book |last=Newalpuri |first=Hafizullah |title=Odisha mein Urdu |trans-title=Urdu in Odisha |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/odisha-mein-urdu-hafeezullah-newalpuri-ebooks |date=2001 |publisher=[[National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language]] |location=Delhi |language=ur |page=223}}</ref><ref name="Hafīz">{{cite book |last1=Karāmat |first1=Karāmat Ali |author-link=Karamat Ali Karamat |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/shakh-e-sanobar-karamat-ali-karamat-ebooks#11 |title=Shakh e Sanobar |date=October 2006 |publisher=Vidyasagar Printers |edition=1st |location=[[Cuttack]] |page=10 |language=ur |chapter=Foreword by Hafeezullah Newalpuri}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Iqbal |first=Shahid |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/chitthi-aai-hai-mushahir-ke-khutoot-dr-imam-azam-ke-naam-ebooks#206 |title=Chitthi Aayi Hai! (Mashāhīr ke Khutoot Dr. Imam Azam ke Naam) |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2020 |isbn=978-93-89733-95-2 |edition=1st |location=New Delhi |page=207 |language=ur |trans-title=The letter has arrived! (Letters from celebrities addressed to Dr. Imam Azam)}}</ref>

== Career ==
Newalpuri joined the Odisha Education Service as a Class I officer and retired as Head of the Department of Urdu and Persian at [[Ravenshaw College]], Cuttack.{{Sfn|Dutt|1999|p=878}} He served as an external examiner for multiple Ph.D. and [[D.Litt.]] [[Oral exam|viva voce examinations]] at [[Lalit Narayan Mithila University|L.N. Mithila University]].<ref name="Azam">{{Cite journal |last=Azam |first=Imam |date=June 2019 |editor-last=Shamail |editor-first=Zohra |title=Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/tamseel-e-nau-shumara-number-070-073-zohra-shumael-magazines#72 |journal=Tamseel-e-Nau |language=ur |volume=18 |issue=70–73 |page=70 |issn=2249-636X |quote= Published in the annual issue covering July 2018 to June 2019}}</ref>

== Literary works ==
Newalpuri began his literary career in 1955 with a short story published in the children's magazine ''Phulwari'' (Delhi).<ref name="Nazish">{{Cite book |last=Nazish |first=Motiullah |author-link=Motiullah Nazish |title=Odisha mein Urdu Nasr Nigari |trans-title=Urdu Prose Writing in Odisha |date=2018 |edition=1st |publisher=[[Odisha Urdu Academy]] |location=Bhubaneswar |language=ur |page=158}}</ref>

Newalpuri contributed to the Urdu monthly Aaj Kal during the 1970s and 1980s. His published work in the magazine included articles on the establishment and development of Urdu libraries in Odisha, the state of Urdu journalism in the region, literary profiles of Muslim writers from Odisha, and the growth of novel writing in the state. He also authored a research-based article on Mughal Tamasha and its relationship with the Urdu stage in Odisha. In addition to critical essays, his contributions included a translation of a poem by Sourindra Barik from Odia, and a review of the Urdu poetry collection of Muhammad Sharafuddin Sāhil titled ''Bayān Merathi: Hayāt-o-Shā'irī''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Akhtar |first=Jameel |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/isharia-aaj-kal-ebooks#496 |title=Ishāriya-Aaj Kal (1942–2000) |date=August 2002 |publisher=International Urdu Foundation |location=Jamia Nagar, [[New Delhi]] |page=496 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/maghribi-bengal-men-urdu-adab-ek-jayeza-ebooks#36 |title=Maghribi Bangāl mein Urdū adab: ek jāʼiza |publisher=West Bengal Urdu Academy |year=2002 |edition=1st |page=36 |language=ur |trans-title=Urdu Literature in West Bengal: A Review}}</ref>

He also wrote [[character sketch]]s (khāke), blending vivid description with subtle wit. A notable example appears in his preface to Shakh-e-Sanobar, a poetry collection by [[Karamat Ali Karamat]], where he sketches the poet's personality through lively imagery and everyday references—such as describing him sipping tea while immersed in thought.{{Sfn|Nazish|2018|pp=156–157}}

According to [[Motiullah Nazish]], his body of work includes approximately 30 short stories, 72 research articles, 79 essays, 25 literary papers, and 20 critical reviews.{{Sfn|Nazish|2018|p=158}}

=== Translations ===
Newalpuri was a multilingual translator. He translated from Odia, Bengali, and English into Urdu. His notable works include:
* ''Taboot Ki Sada'' – translations of poems by Niranjan Padhi from Odia (1991)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Padhi |first=Niranjan |title=Taboot Ki Sada |date=November 1991 |publisher=Qutub Kāmrān, Kāmrān Publications |location=Deewan Bazar, Cuttack |page=8 |language=ur |translator-last=Newalpuri |translator-first=Hafizullah |trans-title=The sound of the coffin |chapter=Ta'āruf by the Publisher, Qutub Kamran |trans-chapter=Introduction by the Publisher, Qutub Kāmrān |chapter-url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/taboot-ki-sada-niranjan-padhi-ebooks#7}}</ref>
* ''Sirf Tumhare Liye'' – translated from Manorama Biswal Mohapatra's Odia poems{{Sfn|Nazish|2018|pp=153–154}} (1994)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sirf Tumhare Liye|last=Mohapatra|first=Manorama Biswal|translator=Hafeezullah Newalpuri|publisher=Manorama Biswal Mohapatra|year=1994|edition=1st|location=Bhubaneswar, Odisha|language=ur|page=3|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/sirf-tumhare-liye-manorama-biswal-mohapatra-ebooks#3}}</ref>

He also translated Bengali stories such as ''Balu Ghat ki Machhli'' and Odia fiction like ''Nachiketa ka Haath''. These were noted for blending linguistic features of both the source and target languages.{{Sfn|Nazish|2018|pp=155–156}}

=== Books ===
His notable works include:
* ''Odisha Mein Urdu'' (Research, 2001)<ref name="Newalpuri" />
* ''Taboot Ki Sada'' (Translation, 1991){{Sfn|Padhi|1991|p=8}}
* ''Sirf Tumhare Liye'' (Translation)
* ''Cuttack: As Known from Persian Sources'' (English){{Sfn|Dutt|1999|p=878}}
* ''Oriya–Urdu Dictionary'' (Compiler){{Sfn|Dutt|1999|p=878}}
* ''Harf-e-Aarzoo'' (Compilation of congratulatory poems by the country's eminent poets on the occasion of Khalid Rahim's inauguration ceremony) {{Sfn|Newalpuri|2001|p=449}}
* ''Orissa Library Ke 20 Saal'' (Booklet)<ref>{{Cite web |title=library ke bees (20) saal by Hafeezullah Newalpuri |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/library-ke-bees-20-saal-hafeezullah-newalpuri-ebooks |access-date=2025-08-06 |website=[[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
Newalpuri died on 8 May 2019 at his residence in [[Cuttack]] after a prolonged illness. He was buried the same day at [[Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack|Qadam e Rasool cemetery]].<ref name="Azam" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Editorial |date=June 2019 |editor-last=Ahmad |editor-first=Sheikh Aqeel |editor2-last=Hayy |editor2-first=Abdul |title=Urdu Duniya Ki Khabrein |trans-title=Urdu World News |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/urdu-duniya-new-delhi-shumara-number-006-shaikh-aquil-ahmad-magazines#97 |journal=Urdu Duniya |language=ur |location=Delhi |publisher=[[NCPUL]] |volume=21 |issue=6 |page=97}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Karamat Ali Karamat]]
* [[Odisha Urdu Academy]]

== References ==
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