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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|08|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Azamgarh]], India<br />
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| death_place = [[Aligarh]], India<br />
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'''Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi''' (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978<ref name="Rekhta 1927">{{cite web | title=Khalilur Rahman Azmi - Profile & Biography | website=Rekhta | date=1927-08-09 | url=https://www.rekhta.org/Poets/khalilur-rahman-azmi/profile | access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref>), also known as '''Khalil al-Rehman Azmi''', was an [[Urdu]] poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh.{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}}<br />
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Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man.{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}} Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in [[Azamgarh]] in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Urdu]] from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>Shakil-ur-Rehman, "Khalil-ur-Rahman Azmi", ''Encyclopaedia of Indian literature'', Vol. 1, p. 319.</ref> During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, [[Ralph Russell]].<ref>[[Ralph Russell]], ''Urdu and I''</ref> He gained his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: ''Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik''.{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}}<br />
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In 1952 he became a [[Lecturer]] in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor.{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}}<br />
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He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for ''Payami taleem'', a children's literary magazine.{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}} Proficient in both prose and poetry, he was one of the pioneers of [[Modernism]] in Urdu and was also aligned with the [[Progressive Writers Movement]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2012}} He received the [[Ghalib Award]] for Urdu Poetry in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghalibinstitute.com/awards.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020122828/http://www.ghalibinstitute.com/awards.htm |archive-date=20 October 2013 }} List of the recipients of Ghalib Award</ref> edited by Shaikh Afzal azmi<br />
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== Work and contributions ==<br />
* ''Kaghzi Pairahan'' (1953): a collection of poetry, [[nazm]]s and [[ghazal]]s.<br />
* ''Naya Ahad Nama'' (1965): a collection of poetry, [[nazm]]s and [[ghazal]]s.<br />
* ''Nai Nazm Ka Safar'' (edited): a collection of Urdu poetry from 1936 to 1972 <br />
* ''Fikr-o-Fan'' (1956)<br />
* ''Zawiay-e-Nigah'' (1966)<br />
* ''Mazameen-e-Nau'' (1977): a work of [[literary criticism]]<br />
* ''Muqaddama-e-Kalam-e-Aatish'' <br />
* ''Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek'' (1965)<br />
* ''Urdu Mein Taraqqi Pasand Adabi Tahreek'' (1972)<br />
* zindagi ae zindagi ( 1983)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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*''Khaleel-ur-Rehman number'', ''Sha'ir'' (monthly)<br />
*''Jadeed Sha'iri ke Naye Chiragh'', [[Shakeel-ur-Rehman]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.urdupoetry.com/krazmi.html Urdu Poetry Archive]<br />
* [http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/book288-poet194 Urdu point, Urdu poetry of Khalil-ur-Rehman Azmi]<br />
* [https://www.alfaazerooh.in/2020/09/ek-tarfa-shayari-alfaaz-e-rooh.html - Shayari, Ghazals & Poetry]|date=September 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* http://www.urdupoetry.com/krazmi.html<br />
* http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Khalil-ur-Rehman-Azm<br />
* http://www.urduyouthforum.org/urduShayri_Khalil_ur_Rahman_Azmi.php?poet=Khalil%20ur%20Rahman%20Azmi<br />
* http://forum.urduworld.com/f863/<br />
* http://www.bestghazals.net/2007/05/khalil-ur-rahman-azmis-ghazal.html<br />
* http://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/book288-poet194<br />
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