Kh Ghulam Haider Gagroo, also known as Qaiser Kishtwari, was a Magistrate in Kashmir who composed poetry in the Kashmiri and Urdu languages.
Education
Kh Ghulam Haider Gagroo completed his basic education from High School Kishtwar, Interence from Saint High School Kishtwar, FA from Purtab College Srinagar, and Bachelor from Prince Wales College Jammu. After graduation he joined Alighar Muslim University and completed an Bachelor of Laws in law. He was the first Muslim student among the 40,000 Muslim inhabitants of Udhampur Jammu & Kashmir who achiheved this degree.
Career
Doctor Zaheer Uddin describes Qaiser Kishtwari as "a popular Kashmiri and Urdu poet. He wrote a number of poems and articles, including Islamic books" He started law practice in Kishtwar. His success as an attorney attracted the attention of the Government and was appointed as a prosecutor at Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir.
His hard work and hard struggle made him the first registrar and then Munsif.
He was transferred to Mirpur Jammu and Kashmir where he was working and the promoted as Magistrate to Mirpur where he remain until partition. During the partition in 1947 as he was with his family in Mirpur now known as Azad Kashmir, he did his duty in different areas of Asad Kashmir as a Magistrate until his force retirement in 1958 due to his honesty, integrity, and uprightnous.
After his retirement he was also appointed as a Settlement deputy Commisoner at Okara Pakistan for a few months and again started law practise at Muzaffrarabad, the capital of Azad Kashmir. When in 1935 the Anjuman-Adab Kishtwar was formed, Kh Ghulum Haider Gagroo became the first nominated president of this Anjuman.