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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Umaru Pulavar<br />
| honorific_suffix = Tan Sri Dato' Yang Berhormat Umaru Pulavar<br />
| birth_date = 4 December 1642<br />
| birth_place = Nagalapuram, Thoothukudi District, India<br />
| death_date = 28 July 1703<br />
| death_place = Ettayapuram, Thoothukudi District, India<br />
| known_for = Poetry<br />
}}<br />
'''Umaru Pulavar''' was a [[Tamil Muslim]] poet from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Umaru Pulavar was born in 1642 in the town of [[Nagalapuram]] in [[Thoothukudi district]]. He is celebrated as one of the greatest Islamic poets of India.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thoothukudi.tn.nic.in/umaru.html |title=Umaru Pulavar |publisher=Thoothukudi.tn.nic.in |access-date=2012-11-16}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
The forefathers of the poet came to Tamil Nadu to sell perfumes and settled in Nagalapuram, before moving to Ettayapuram where the poet was born. Umaru Pulavar’s literary talents flourished under Kadikai Muthu Pulavar that is only in Tamil language ({{lang-ta|கடிகை முத்து புலவர்}}), court poet of the [[Ettayapuram]] Zamin. At the age of 16, Umaru Pulavar stole the national limelight by winning a literary debate with Vallai Varundhi, a renowned poet from North India. Umaru Pulavar was then made the court poet of the Ettayapuram Zamin. But he was not able to learn Arabic grammar. While learning the Arabic language his master went for his essential work for earning money. His family and heirs were awarded with Pulavar title by government of Tamil Nadu, and they carry the initial before their bio initial. Pulavar died in 28 July 1703.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Narayanan|first=Vasudha|title=India's Islamic Traditions, 711-1750|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-568334-X|editor-last=Eaton|editor-first=Richard M.|location=New Delhi|pages=393–408|chapter=Religious Vocabulary and Regional Identity: A Study of the Tamil Cirappuranam ('Life of the Prophet')}}</ref> PF Nazeer, one of his last heirs with some unpublished work poems died recently of cancer. His family has set up a trust for education and social reforms for poor people on his anniversary.<br />
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==Literary works==<br />
He was commissioned by Seethakaathi, the altruist son of entrepreneur [[Periya Thambi Nainar Marakkayar]], to pen ''Seerapuranam'' considered to be one of the best works in [[Tamil Muslim#Literature|Tamil Muslim literature]] till date, depicting the biography of [[Muhammad|Nabi]]. It contains 5,027 poems in three ‘Kandams’ (parts), which are Vilathathu Kandam, Noobuvathu Kandam and Hijurathu Kandam. Each of the ‘Kandams’ narrates various stages of the life of Nabi.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><br />
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''Muthu Mozhil Malai'' and ''Sethakathi wedding poems'' are among his other literary works.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
His memorial at Ettayapuram in Tuticorin district was renovated by the government of Tamil Nadu and was declared open by the then Speaker of legislative assembly and the then ministers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/30/stories/2007103059860600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031224051/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/30/stories/2007103059860600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-31 |title=Tamil Nadu / Tuticorin News : Umaru Pulavar memorial inaugurated |date=2007-10-30 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2013-02-23}}</ref> The Umaru pulavar Tamil language center in [[Singapore]] named after the scholar strives for providing quality education in Tamil language in Singapore. A social welfare trust established by Professor Muhammadu Sathik Raja on 14 August 2014 named as "Omar - Bharathi Educational Trust" is constituted at [[Thirupuvanam, Sivaganga|Thirupuvanam Pudur]] in the regard of both the poets from Ettayapuram. The trust has also opened branches in [[Ariyalur district]] and in [[Theni district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uptlc.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1150673 |title=Our Mission & Vision |publisher=Uptlc.moe.edu.sg |access-date=2013-02-23}}</ref> The Islamiya ilakkiya kazhagam gives award every year to eminent Tamil scholars in the name of Umaru Pulavar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2007/05/23/umaru-pulavar-award-for-karunanidhi-1179929762.html |title='Umaru Pulavar' award for Karunanidhi - Oneindia News |publisher=News.oneindia.in |date=2007-05-23 |access-date=2013-02-23}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Cite news<br />
| title = Umaru Pulavar memorial inaugurated<br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| date = 2007-10-30<br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article1939400.ece<br />
}}<br />
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{{cite journal<br />
| author = Sanjay Subrahmanyam<br />
| title = The Diversity in Indian Islam<br />
| year = 2002<br />
| url = http://www.international.ucla.edu/southasia/article.asp?parentid=27779<br />
| access-date = 2008-06-09 }}<br />
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[[Category:Tamil-language writers|Swaminatha Iyer, U.V.]]<br />
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