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{{Short description|Indian poet (1927–1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Naresh Kumar Shad
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Naresh Kumar
| birth_date = 11 December 1927.
| birth_place = [[Ahiyapur, Urmar Tanda]], District [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[India]].
| death_date = 1969
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]].
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Nazm]]s, [[Ghazal]]s , [[Journalist]], [[Qat'aa]]
| occupation = [[Journalism]], [[Government service]] }}
'''Naresh Kumar Shad''' (1927–1969) was a [[ghazal]], [[qat'aa]] and [[Ruba'i|rubai]] writer.

==Biography==
Naresh Kumar Shad was born in [[Ahiyapur, Urmar Tanda]], District [[Hoshiarpur]], on 11 December 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rekhta.org/ebooks/shaad-aur-uski-shayari-ebooks|title = Shaad Aur Uski Shayari}}</ref> His father, Nauhariya Ram ''Dard Nakodari,'' was a prominent and well-known Urdu journalist and poet writer, very famous back in those days. Born to a Bhalla family of [[Nakodar]], a small Kasba town in [[Jallandhar]], he inherited fluent use of [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] from his father. Naresh Kumar Shad did his high school from Govt. High School [[Chunian]]. His wife's name was Varsha Shad, and the couple had a son, Rakesh Shad. Kartik and Akash Shad are their grandchildren. He got a government job, was posted at [[Rawalpindi]], and was later transferred to [[Jallandhar]]. He was only 22 when his first poetry collection, Dastak, was published by a small publisher in Jallandhar in August 1950. Earlier on, he used to write under the pen name of Shad Nakodari, [[Nakodar]] being his hometown, but later on, as he explained in his book named Wijdan in 1966, he chose not to use his hometown in his pen name and chose Shad as his pen name. His first book, Dastak, was very popular in Urdu shayari circles, and Shad got an instant shot at popularity with its success. By far, his only close rival from Punjab was Sahir Ludhianvi.

==Literary career==

Naresh Kumar Shad was a disciple of Labhu Ram [[Josh Malsiyani]] (1883–1976), a disciple of Nawab Mirza [[Daagh]] Dehalvi.<ref>Google Books http://www.google.co.in Book titled – "Josh Malsiyani" written by Bhupinder Aziz Parihar, published in 2004 by Sahitya Akademi {{ISBN|8126019336}} Postscript by Dard Nakodari on page 57</ref> He wrote ghazals, which became very popular even when he was alive,<ref>" Master couplets of Urdu " Poetry by K.C.Kanda 2002 Ed. p.269 books.google.com</ref> but his forte was [[Qat'aa]] and [[Ruba'i|Rubai]]. His two collections of poetry, ''Qashen'' and ''Kalaam e Muntakhab,''<ref>Indian literature Vol.14 published by Sahitya Akademi p.64 books.google.com</ref> were published during his lifetime. After his demise, Naresh Kumar Shad Memorial Committee published ''Shad Namah'' in 1970, that contained his poems and articles appraising his literary output. Later on, ''Shad ki Shayari,''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shad |first=Naresh Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSX4GgAACAAJ |title=Shad Ki Shairi |date=1984 |publisher=Star Publications |language=en}}</ref> ''Shad aur Akhtar ki shayari,'' <ref>Published by Diamond Books {{ISBN|81-288-0646-7}}</ref> and ''Adabi latife'' <ref>Published by Hind Pocket Books</ref> came to light.

==Bibliography==
* ''Lalkar''
* ''Dastak''
* ''Qashen''
* ''Wijdan''
* ''Shad Namah''
* ''Shad aur uski Shayari''

==References==
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[[Category:Urdu-language Indian poets]]
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindu poets]]
[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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