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Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi, pen name Sahar, was an Indian Urdu poet. The Times of India called him a "noted Urdu poet".
Personal life
Sahar was born in Chak Bedi, Montgomery District, Punjab, British India on 9 March 1909. Montgomery District fell in Pakistan after partition of India-Pakistan and his family shifted to Fazilka, India. Montgomery District was later named as Sahiwal District.
Career
His poetry is varied and includes traditional themes of love and yearning but also themes of unity, peace between India and Pakistan and humor. His poetry is considered to belong to the same transreligious and transnational tradition as that of other well-known poets from the Indian subcontinent such as Muhammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Ahmad Faraz.
Sahar's first book of poetry was T̤ulūʻ-i-Saḥar (1962) (translation "Advent of Daybreak"; the title is a play on words as pen name "Sahar", in Urdu means daybreak). In 1983, he published a collection of autobiographical poetry titled Yādon̲ kā Jashn ("A Celebration of Memories").
An international event to celebrate his poetry, called Jashan-e-Sahar ("A celebration for Sahar"), was held in the UAE in 1992.
= Poetry
=An example of his use of humor to make a serious point is the following ruba'i:
Movies
Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi was also involved in the Indian film industry and produced three movies:
Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973) (Kunawar Mohinder Singh Bedi also had an acting cameo in this movie as D C Sahib)
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974)
Charandas (1977)
Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Award
An award was created in his honor known as the Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Award, presented by Haryana Urdu Akademi. In 2023 it carried a cash prize of INR 21,000, a shawl, a memento and citation.
Winners
1990: Yusuf Nazim
1991: Narendra Luther
1992: Raza Naqvi Wahi
1997: Mujtaba Hussain
2006: Ibn-e-Kanwal
2008: Dharmadev Swami
2009: Himmat Singh Sinha
2010: Kumar Panipati
2013: S P Sharma Tafta
2017: Krishna Kumar ‘Toor’
2018: Sultan Anjum
2019: Naseeruddin Azhar
2020: Qamar Raees
See also
List of Indian poets
List of Urdu language poets
Bibliography
T̤ulūʻ-i-Saḥar, 1962 ("Advent of Daybreak")
Yādon̲ kā Jashn, 1983 ("A Celebration of Memories")
References
External links
Fazilite Kanwar Mohinder Sing Bedi "Sahar" - A Tribute
مہندر سنگھ بیدی سحر - ۔پروفائل اور سرگزشت | ریختہ