Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani

Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani (27 February 1883 – 15 March 1956) was an Indian prose writer and poet of Sindhi language works. He wrote very vauable books on the history and archaeological sites of Sindh. He was also a scholar of Arabic and Persian.

Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani
Born (1883-02-27) 27 February 1883
Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died15 February 1956(1956-02-15) (aged 72)
India
OccupationWriter, poet, historian
NationalityIndian

Biography

Sobhraj Nirmaldas was born in a literary Hindu family of Hyderabad, Sindh on 27 February 1883. His father Nirmaldas Fateh Chand was a renowned scholar of Arabic, Persian and Sindhi languages, who wrote a number of historical novels in Sindhi. Sobhraj got early education from Hyderabad and passed matriculation examination with first class first position. He started his career as a Mukhtiarkar and retired as a Deputy Collector in 1937.[1]

He died on 15 March 1956.[2]

Contributions

Sobhraj began to compose small poems at the age of 10. He has used his pen name "Fani" in his poems. He was one of the best Ghazal poet during the 1920s to 1950s.[3] Like his father, he was a scholar of Arabic, Persian, Sindhi and Sanskrit. As an essayist, he has mainly written reflective and thought provoking essays. He collected history of 80 cities and towns of Sindh and wrote very valuable scholarly articles on historical sites of Sindh.[1] Most of his articles are scattered in various magazines which are needed to be collected and compiled in book from.

In 1940, G.M. Syed, the then Education Minister of Sindh constituted Central Advisory Board for Sindhi Literature. There were 12 members of this Board. Sobhraj Nirmaldas was one of those board members (from 1940 to 1947).[4]

Published Books

Some of his published books (all in Sindhi language) are listed below:[4]

  • Khayali Jhalka (Glimpes of Thought), 1941
  • Chita Phulwari (Flower Bed of Consciousness)
  • Roohani Tajala (Spiritual Splendors)
  • Tarjuma-e-Gulstan (Translation of Gulstan from Persian)

References
  1. Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, Volume 5. New Delhi, India: Sahitya Academy. p. 4125. ISBN 8126012218.
  2. Das S.K., A History of Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, ISBN 81-7201-006-0, 1991.
  3. Qadri, A.; Sindhi Ghazal Ji Awsar, Part II, Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, pp. 31
  4. "سنڌي ادبي بورڊ". Encyclopedia Sindhiana (in Sindhi). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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