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{{Short description|Indian poet (1926–2020)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Gulzar Dehlavi
| native_name = आनंद मोहन जुत्शी गुलजार देहलवी
| native_name_lang = hi
| image = Gulzar dehlvi.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_date = 7 July 1926<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/7111-pt-anand-narayan-zutshi-gulzar-dehlavi|title=Pt Anand Narayan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi }}</ref>
| birth_name = Anand Mohan Zutshi
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|06|12|1926|07|07}}
| birth_place = Old Delhi's Gali Kashmeerian
| occupation = Poet, ghazal writer.
| nationality = Indian
| genre = ''[[Ghazal]]''
| subject = Love, philosophy, [[mysticism]]
| spouse = Kavita Zutshi
| children = Anoop Zutshi, Meena Ugra
| signature =
| death_place = [[Noida]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
}}

'''Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi''' ([[Urdu]]: {{nq|آنند موہن زتشی گلزار دہلوی}}; {{langx|hi|आनन्द मोहन ज़ुत्शी गुलज़ार देहलवी}}) (7 July 1926 – 12 June 2020) was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/A-date-with-a-veteran-Urdu-poet/article15729340.ece|title=A date with a veteran Urdu poet |newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 March 2006 }}</ref> Born in [[Old Delhi]]'s Gali Kashmirian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/urdu-poet-gulzar-dehlvi-dies-days-after-recovering-from-covid-19/articleshow/76341857.cms|title=Urdu poet 'Gulzar' Dehlvi dies days after recovering from Covid-19|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 June 2020 | access-date=2020-06-12}}</ref>

He was honored by the [[Vice President of India]] on his 91st birthday for his contribution to [[Urdu poetry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/vice-prez-ansari-honours-veteran-poet-gulzar-dehlvi/story-g5uPU5t65TovFht8BZPdnI.html|title=Vice-Prez Ansari honours veteran poet Gulzar Dehlvi |date=8 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/vice-president-arrived-at-the-91th-birthday-of-gulzar-dehlvi-hindi-news|title=गुलजार देहलवी के 91वें जन्मदिन पर पहुंचे उपराष्ट्रपति }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/news-tags/veteran-poet-pandit-mohan-munshi-zutshi-gulzar-dehlvi|title=Vice President Ansari felicitates veteran Poet Gulzar Dehlvi on 90th b'day|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184548/http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/news-tags/veteran-poet-pandit-mohan-munshi-zutshi-gulzar-dehlvi|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He devoted his life to the service of Urdu, for which he was honoured by various personalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urduindia.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/gulzar-dehlvi-turns-82/|title=Gulzar Dehlvi turns 82 |date=5 September 2007 }}</ref> He edited the first Urdu science magazine, ''Science Ki Dunya'', which was launched in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/689395/in-conversation-with-gulzar-dehlavi/|title=In conversation with Gulzar Dehlavi |date=30 March 2014 }}</ref> [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru]] recited his poetry 'Zarurat Hai Un Naujawano Ki' on 15 August 1947 in [[Red Fort]]. His book 'Kulliyat-E-Gulzar' was launched by former Vice President [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari|Hamid Ansari]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Rinkal |title=Urdu Ke Nau Maharathi |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books |year=2020 |isbn=978-93-89807-30-1 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=28–39 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gulzar Dehlvi was from a [[Zutshi]] family of [[Kashmiri Pandits]]. He was born to Pandit Tribhuvan Nath (also known as Zar Dehlvi) a Professor and Brij Rani Zutshi. Gulzar Dehlvi attended the Ramjas School and BVJ Sanskrit School. He gained a Master of Arts degree from [[Hindu College, Delhi|Hindu College]]. His father, Pandit Tribhuvan Nath ‘Zar’ Dehlavi, received the public title of ‘[[Mawlawi (Islamic title)|Mawlawi]] [[Sahib]]’ for his dedication as a teacher of [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language]]s at the [[Delhi University]] for around 40 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/689395/in-conversation-with-gulzar-dehlavi/|title=In conversation with Gulzar Dehlavi |date=30 March 2014 }}</ref> He also influenced one of the most prominent political scientist of India, Devasya Verma. He was married to Kavita Zutshi and they had 2 children, a son named Anoop and a daughter named Meena.

== Death ==
Dehlvi died in his [[Noida]] home on 12 June 2020, from post COVID-19 complications, one month before his 94th birthday. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-12|title=Veteran poet Gulzar Dehlvi passes away, days after recovering from Covid-19|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/veteran-poet-gulzar-dehlvi-passes-away-covid-196455773/|access-date=2020-06-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Noted Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi passes away aged 93, days after recovering from COVID-19|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/noted-urdu-poet-anand-mohan-zutshi-gulzar-dehlvi-passes-away-aged-93-days-after-recovering-from-covid-19-8477861.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Firstpost|date=12 June 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Poetry}}
*[[List of Urdu language poets]]
*[[Urdu poetry]]
*[[Zutshi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://rekhta.org/poets/gulzar-dehlvi/video Rekhta Gulzar Video]
* [https://rekhta.org/poets/gulzar-dehlvi/couplets Rekhta Gulzar Couplets]

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[[Category:Writers from Delhi]]
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[[Category:Indian male poets]]
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[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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