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Reza was born in a Muslim family in a village named Gangauli,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chishti|first=Seema|title=It's 1947 still in Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza's Aadha Gaon|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-1947-still-in-rahi-masoom-raza-s-aadha-gaon/29768/2|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 April 2007}}</ref> located in [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in Northern India. He was the younger brother of educationist [[Moonis Raza]] and scholar Mehdi Raza. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref> | Reza was born in a Muslim family in a village named Gangauli,<ref>{{cite news|last=Chishti|first=Seema|title=It's 1947 still in Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza's Aadha Gaon|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-1947-still-in-rahi-masoom-raza-s-aadha-gaon/29768/2|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 April 2007}}</ref> located in [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in Northern India. He was the younger brother of educationist [[Moonis Raza]] and scholar Mehdi Raza. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref> | ||
Raza completed his early education in and around Ghazipur, from where he went to [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to complete higher studies. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hasan |first=Mushirul |author-link=Mushirul Hasan |title=Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Ghazipur&pg=PA159 |date=1997 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |isbn=978-1-85065-304-2 |page=159}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He wrote novels under the pseudonym, Shahid Akhtar, for an Urdu magazine ''Rumani Duniya'' from Allahabad. He then went on to become a Lecturer in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Bombay (now Mumbai). <ref>{{Cite web|title=Oh, For an Original Story : Review of Scene 75|url=https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/oh-for-an-original-story/|website=Book Review India}}</ref> | Raza completed his early education in and around Ghazipur, from where he went to [[Aligarh Muslim University]] to complete higher studies. His studies and life revolved around Muslim theology. He completed a doctorate in Hindustani Literature and pursued a career in literature.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hasan |first=Mushirul |author-link=Mushirul Hasan |title=Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Ghazipur&pg=PA159 |date=1997 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |isbn=978-1-85065-304-2 |page=159}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He wrote novels under the pseudonym, Shahid Akhtar, for an Urdu magazine ''Rumani Duniya'' from Allahabad. He then went on to become a Lecturer in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Bombay (now Mumbai). <ref>{{Cite web|title=Oh, For an Original Story : Review of Scene 75|url=https://www.thebookreviewindia.org/oh-for-an-original-story/|website=Book Review India}}</ref> | ||
===Literary career=== | ===Literary career=== | ||
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*Movie Lyrics | *Movie Lyrics | ||
** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977) | ** ''[[Alaap]]'' (1977) | ||
** ''Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand'' ([[Jagjit Singh]] & [[Chitra Singh]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever |title= | ** ''Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand'' ([[Jagjit Singh]] & [[Chitra Singh]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever |title=राही मासूम रज़ा : मेरे बिना किस हाल में होगा, कैसा होगा चाँद |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023926/http://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/famous-writer-and-poet-rahi-masoom-raza-will-be-remembered-forever |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||