Hamidi Kashmiri


Hamidi Kashmiri is a poet in Urdu and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir. Hamidi Kashmiri is credited with 50 books, Iqtishafi Tanqeed Ki Sheryat, Ainame Ibraaq, Mahasir Tanqeed, Riyasati Jammu Aur Kashmir Urdu Adab, Jadeed Kashir Shayeri and Shiekh–ul-Aalam Aur Shayeri being some of the notable ones.
Hamidi Kashmiri is a recipient of the Ghalib Award and Sahitya Akademi Award. The Government of India honored him in 2010, with the third highest civilian award of Padma Shri.
Hamidi Kashmiri was born in 1932 in Bohri kadal of Shehri Khass.