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{{Short description|Indian writer of Urdu literature}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kalim Aajiz
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| birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = [[Telhara, Nalanda district|Telhara]], [[Nalanda district]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] (present-day [[Bihar]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|02|14|1920}}
| death_place = [[Hazaribagh]], [[Jharkhand]], India
| restingplace = Rajabazar, [[Samanpur]], [[Patna district]], [[Bihar]], India
| restingplacecoordinates = {{Coord|25.13348|N|85.105371|E}}
| othername =
| occupation = Urdu poet
| alma_mater = [[Patna University]]
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| known for = Ghazals
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| notable_works = Wo Jo Shayri Ka Sabab Huwa, Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Award in Literature & Education (1989)
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'''Kalim Aajiz''' (1920 – 14 February 2015) was an Indian writer of [[Urdu literature]] and a famous [[poet]]. An academic [[educator]] and chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee of the [[Government of Bihar]].<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /><ref name=BiharGK>{{cite web | url=http://www.bihargk.com/kalim-ajiz-passes-away/ | title=Kalim Ajiz passes away |website=Bihar GK website| date=15 February 2015 | access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Urdu Ghazals">{{cite web | url=https://ghalibayaz.wordpress.com/category/ilhaami-aayaat/kalim-ajiz/ | title=Urdu Ghazals | publisher=Ghalib Ayaz | date=2015 | access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> He was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1989.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri Awards List (!954 - 2013) (read under the year 1989)|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India website|date=2015 |access-date=4 March 2020|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 }}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Kalim Aajiz was born in 1920 at [[Telhara, Nalanda district]], a small village which had been home to an ancient Buddhist monastery in [[Nalanda district]] of the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. He secured his graduate and master's degrees in [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] from [[Patna University]] after which he obtained his doctoral degree in 1965.<ref name=BiharGK/><ref name="Kaleem Ajiz speaks about poetic career">{{cite web | url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140812214391 | title=Kaleem Ajiz speaks about poetic career |website=Saudi Gazette | date=2 July 2015 | access-date=4 March 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123831/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140812214391 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His doctoral thesis, ''Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar'', has since been published as a book.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more">{{cite web | url=http://twocircles.net/2015feb16/1424027188.html#.VZVGqfmSxAB | title=Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more |website=TwoCircles.net website | date=15 February 2015 | access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

Aajiz continued his association with Patna University by joining the institution as a member of its [[Urdu]] language faculty<ref name="Legendary Urdu poet Dr Kalim Aajiz passes away">{{cite web | url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/legendry-urdu-poet-dr-kalim-ajiz-passes-away/ | title=Legendary Urdu poet Dr Kalim Ajiz passes away | publisher=Muslim Mirror (newspaper)| date=16 February 2015 | access-date=4 March 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703172004/http://muslimmirror.com/eng/legendry-urdu-poet-dr-kalim-ajiz-passes-away/ | archive-date=3 July 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref> and retired as a professor of the department.<ref name="Dr. Ajiz">{{cite web | url=http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Kaleem-Ajiz.html | title=Profile of Kalim Ajiz | website=Urdu Youth Forum (Bihar, India)| date=2015 | access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> After retirement, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, [[Government of Bihar]], a post he held till his death.<ref name=BiharGK/>

Aajiz began writing poems at the age of 17 and started appearing in [[mushaira]]s from 1949.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /> His first book of ghazals was published in 1976 and the book was released at [[Vigyan Bhawan]] by the then President of India, [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]].<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /> This was followed by several publications such as ''Jub Fasle Baharan Aai Thi'' (When the spring arrived),<ref name="Kaleem Ajiz speaks about poetic career" /> ''Woh Jo Shayri Ka Sabab Hua'', ''Jab Fasl Bahar Aayei Thi'' and ''Jahan Khushboo Hi Khusboo Thi''.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /> His mushairas have been hosted in many places including Dallas, US.<ref name="Urdu Mushaira held in Dallas">{{cite web | url=http://www.geo.tv/article-169906-Urdu-Mushaira-held-in-Dallas | title=Urdu Mushaira held in Dallas |website=Geo TV News website|date=26 December 2014 | access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

==Publications==
Some of his selected collection of poems and ghazals are:

* ''Woh Jo Shaayri Ka Sabab Hua'' (The person I did the poetry for)<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" />
* ''Jab Fasle Bahar Aayei Thi'' (When the spring arrived)
* ''Jahan Khushboo Hi Khushboo Thi'' (Where There Was Plenty of Fragrance)<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" />
* ''Dil Se Jo Baat Nikli Ghazal Ho Gayee'' (selection of poetry in Hindi)/ edited by Mohd. Zakir Hussain, Vani Prakashan Publisher, New Delhi; 1st edition (1 January 2014)

==Death and legacy==
Aajiz, who had four sons and two daughters, died on 14 February 2015 at [[Hazaribagh]] in [[Jharkhand]], at the age of 94.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /> After the funeral at [[Gandhi Maidan|Gandhi Maidan, Patna]] which was attended to by thousands of people,<ref name="Thousands bid Final Farewell to Dr. Kalim Ajiz">{{cite news | url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/10459-thousands-bid-final-farewell-to-dr-kalim-ajiz.html | title=Thousands bid Final Farewell to Dr. Kalim Ajiz |newspaper=Patna Daily (newspaper)| date=17 February 2015 |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> his mortal remains were buried at [[Telhara, Nalanda district|Telhara]], his native place.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" />

[[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], another eminent Urdu poet, sent him a message while lying on his deathbed in 1982, in which he respectfully said that he felt jealous of Kalim Aajiz due to the ease in which Kalim Aajiz could express his thoughts through his verses.<ref name="Renowned Urdu poet from Patna Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz is no more" /><ref name="afkar">{{Cite book|title=Afkar-e-Alam, Volume 1|author =Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi|author-link =Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi|publisher=Shaykhul Hind Academy, [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]]
* [[Ghazal]]

{{portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://ghalibayaz.wordpress.com/category/ilhaami-aayaat/kalim-ajiz/ | title=Urdu Ghazals by Kalim Ajiz |publisher=Ghalib Ayaz}}

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