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[[File:At Zia Fatehabadi.jpg|thumb|right|Rare 1965 photo-print of an informal gathering of poets/writers at the residence of [[Zia Fatehabadi]].Seen left to right :- [[Naresh Kumar Shad]], Kailash Chander Naaz, Talib Dehalvi, Khushtar Girami, Balraj Hairat, [[Saghar Nizami]], [[Talib Chakwali]], [[Munavvar Lakhnavi]], [[Malik Ram]], [[Jainendra Kumar]], [[Zia Fatehabadi]], [[Rishi Patialvi]], Bahar Burney, Joginder Pal, [[Unwan Chishti]] and [[Krishan Mohan]].]]<br />
'''Khushtar Girami''' (1902–1986)<ref>Urdu Authors: Date list corrected up to 31 May 2006, S.No. 1071 – Khushtar Girami > maintained by National Council for Promotion of Urdu, Govt. of India., Ministry of Human Resource Development {{cite web|url=http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-20 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301184839/http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/urdu_wrld/u_auth/index_all.htm |archivedate= 1 March 2012 |df= }}</ref> ([[Urdu]]: خوشتر گرامی, [[Hindi]]: खुश्तर गिरामी) born Ram Rakha Mal Chadda, was a renowned [[Urdu]] writer and poet. He is more remembered as the editor of the then India’s leading Urdu Monthly ''[[Biswin Sadi]]'' which he also owned. He started publication of this magazine from [[Lahore]] in 1937,<ref>[[Urdu literature]] ,</ref><ref>[[Sahir Hoshiarpuri]]</ref> and later shifted to [[Delhi]]. He is credited with having introduced numerous budding [[Urdu poetry|Urdu]] and [[Hindi poetry|Hindi]] poets, short-story writers, novelists, essayists and literary critics. All renowned Urdu poets and writers were proud regular contributors to Biswin Sadi. His service to [[Urdu]] language is unforgettable. In 1977 he sold this magazine to Rehman Nayyar, the erstwhile owner and editor of ''Ruby'', to lead a retired life. His book titled ''Sihat aur Zindagi'' published by Book Home in 1980 (reprinted in 2005),<ref>Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=X8fntgAACAAJ</ref> is a popular book on this subject.<br />
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Khushtar Girami is survived by 2 sons Krishan Kumar Chadda and Vijay Chadda both based in New Delhi. And a daughter Kamal Sabharwal based in California.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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