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Image Credit: Rahat Indori Facebook

Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who had tested Covid-19 positive, passes away

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 12, 2020, at 12:10 am

#RahatIndori #UrduPoet #COVID19

New Delhi/IBNS: Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who had tested positive for Covid-19, passed away on Tuesday.

He died after suffering a cardiac arrest at 5 pm.

???? ???? ?? Cardiac Arrest ?? ??? ?? ?? ??? 05:00 ??? ???????? ?? ??? ??.....

???? ???????? ?? ??? ??? ??????....
— Dr. Rahat Indori (@rahatindori) August 11, 2020

Indori on Monday night informed his followers on Twitter that he had tested positive for the deadly virus.

????? ?? ?????? ????? ????? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ???, ????? ??????? ???????? ??? ??.??????? ???????? ??? ????? ???
??? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ??? ???

?? ?? ??????? ??, ???? ?? ?? ?? ????? ?? ???? ?? ????, ???? ??????? ?????? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ?????.
— Dr. Rahat Indori (@rahatindori) August 11, 2020

Not just a poet, Indori was also a lyricist in a number of Bollywood films.

His poem 'Bulati Hai Magar Jaane Ka Nahi' had gone viral on TikTok and had started trending on social media in the Valentines week in 2020.

Mourning his death, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter, " ...Goodbye, Rahat Indori sir."

“?? ?? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ?????? ????,
??? ?? ????? ??? ????? ??? ?????? ????...”

??????, ???? ?????? ?????
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 11, 2020

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