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'''Khalish Dehlavi''', who was born Kanwar Krishan Singh Bhayana,<ref name=Ode>{{cite web|url= https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/An-odyssey/article15925573.ece|title= Ode to an odyssey|accessdate=4 June 2012|author=S. M. Aamir|publisher= The Hindu, 24 November 2009}}</ref> is a successful engineer and well-known [[Urdu]] [[poet]] of [[India]].<ref name="Ode"/> ''The Hindu'' highlighted the fact that, unusually, he has excelled in two very different fields: "Khalish is also a civil engineer who has designed the Sahar International Airport in Mumbai, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, and the election commissioner's office on the city's Ashoka Road. Poetry is Khalish's passion. Though he thanks his construction business for providing him with the luxuries of life, it is at a poetic soiree that Khalish comes into his own."<ref name="Ode"/><br />
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He was born in 1935 in the state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]. He graduated from [[Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya]] (also called Indore University) with a [[academic degree|degree]] in [[civil engineering]], but prior to that he obtained his first degree from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} His late father Shri Mohan Lal Bhayana, an [[Urdu]] [[scholar]] himself, advised him to study [[Urdu literature]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} After joining Aligarh Muslim University, he mastered the Urdu language and Urdu literature and [[poetry]]. He became deeply involved in [[Urdu poetry]] and actively participated in ''[[Mushaira]]s''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}<br />
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He adopted the [[pen name]] ''"Khalish"'' and came to be known popularly as ''"Khalish Dehlavi"''. He has written for almost all Urdu [[literary magazine]]s in [[India]], including ''[[Biswin Sadi]]''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} He also has many [[Hindi]] publications to his credit.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}<br />
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Khalish Dehlavi has been writing for the last fifty years and has now occupied an honourable position in Urdu and Hindi literature. He has received many awards and citations from eminent personalities like the former [[President of India]] [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], the former [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Sri|Shri]] [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], along with [[scholar]]s, [[poet]]s, [[editing|editor]]s and music personalities including Padmashree Saghar Nizami, [[Jan Nisar Akhtar]], Makhmoor Sayeedi, Rehman Nayyar, and [[Naushad]].{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
Khalish Dehlavi's most recently published book is ''Khalish: An anthology of Urdu couplets'' (AuthorHouse, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1425940218}}). This book also contains [[English language]] [[translation]]s of his [[couplet]]s.<br />
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Khalish Dehlavi’s other published books include:<br />
* ''Hasraten''<br />
* ''Yeh Qurbaten yeh Dooriyan''<br />
* ''Kuch Baaten Unki''<br />
* ''Chandni Ka Dhuan''<br />
* ''Mauj-e-Saba''<br />
* ''Harf-e-Nawan''<br />
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[[Category:Urdu-language poets from India]]<br />
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