Background
Kalim Ajiz was born in 1920 at Telhara, a small village which had been home to an ancient Buddhist monastery in Nalanda district of the Indian state of Bihar.
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Kalim Ajiz
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He secured his graduate and master"s degrees in Urdu from Patna University after which he obtained his doctoral degree in 1965. His doctoral thesis, Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar, has since been published as a book After retirement, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, Government of Bihar, a post he held till his death.
Ajiz began writing poems at the age of 17 and started appearing in mushairas from 1949.
His first book of ghazals was published in 1976 and the book was released at Vigyan Bhawan by the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. This was followed by several publications such as Jub Fasle Baharan Aai Thi (When the spring arrived), Woh Jo Shayri Ka Sabab Hua, Jab Fasl Bahar Aayei Thi and Jahan Khushboo Hi Khusboo Thi.
His mushairas have been hosted in many places including Dallas, United States. After the funeral at Gandhi Maidan, Patna which was attended to by thousands of people, his mortal remains were buried at Telhara, his native place.
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Ajiz continued his association with Patna University by joing the institution as a member of its Urdu faculty and retired as a professor of the department.
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February 14, 2015 (aged 95)