BOMBAY: Noted Hindi and Urdu Poet, Novelist, and leading screen play dialogue writer of Hindi films, Dr Rahi Massom Raza, died at the Hinduja Hospital here, following a heart attack. He was 64.

Hailing from Alamgir in the Northern State of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Raza stated his career as a professor of Urdu Literature in the Muslim dominated Aligarh University.

Article extracted from this publication >> March 27, 1992