Bashir Badr, celebrated Urdu poet and Padma Shri recipient, passes away at 91

29 May,2026 09:05 AM IST |  Bhopal  |  Agencies

He was 91. During the Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan in 1972, Badr wrote the famous couplet ‘Dushmani jam kar karo lekin ye gunjaish rahe, jab kabhi hum dost ho jayein to sharminda na hon’.

Bashir Badr


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Legendary poet Bashir Badr, a Padma Shri awardee who wrote famous couplets like ‘Ujale apni yaadon ke hamare saath rehne do', passed away at his home in Bhopal on Thursday.

He was 91. During the Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan in 1972, Badr wrote the famous couplet ‘Dushmani jam kar karo lekin ye gunjaish rahe, jab kabhi hum dost ho jayein to sharminda na hon'.

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