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A life devoted to
Urdu letters.

The digital archive of Professor Afaque Husain Siddiqui—educator, critic and chronicler of Urdu literature in Madhya Pradesh.

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BHOPAL · 1944 —

01 / Life

From a village school
to a lifetime of teaching.

Born on 1 August 1944 in Bhopal, Professor Siddiqui was the eldest of six children and the only son of Hamid Husain, a government school teacher, and Aziza Bi.

He studied at Ubaidia Middle School and Hamidia Boys Higher Secondary School, completed his bachelor’s degree at Safia College in 1965, and earned his master’s degree in Urdu as a merit student from Hamidia Arts and Commerce College in 1968.

An academic journey

Thirty-eight years
in the classroom.

  1. Lecturer

    Appointed to the postgraduate Department of Urdu at Madhav College, then affiliated with Vikram University.

  2. Professor

    Promoted after nearly two decades of teaching and scholarship.

  3. Head of Department

    Led the postgraduate Department of Urdu at Madhav College.

  4. Retirement

    Retired as professor on 31 July, leaving a distinguished academic legacy.

02 / Honours

Best Teacher Award

Madhav College Shatabdi Samaroh Committee

Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan Award

Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy

Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Sammelan Award

Bhartiya Bhasha Sadbhavna Sammelan

Buzurg Takhliqkar Award

Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, Sanskriti Parishad

03 / Works

Books & selected articles

A recovered bibliography from the original 2023 website. Search by title, subject, publication or year.

1987Jan Nisar Akhtar:
Shakhs aur ShairRead on Rekhta ↗ 2017Azadi ke Baad Madhya Pradesh Mein Urdu ki Tanqeed-o-TahqeeqRead on Rekhta ↗ 2013Abdul Qavi Dasnavi:
Hayat aur KhidmaatRead on Rekhta ↗ 2002Nisab-e-Urdu AdabRead on Rekhta ↗
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  • Nazr-e-Takhallus, Nasim Book Depot, Lucknow
  • Iqbal ke Saleeb-e-Fikr, Masood Ahmed, Paharpur, Machhli Sheher

Articles

32 recovered entries

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