Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet.
He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter.
Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DAVV.
Indori was born on 1 January 1950, in Indore to Rafatullah Qureshi (a cloth mill worker), and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Begum.
He was their fourth child.
Rahat Indori did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he completed his Higher Secondary.
1973
He completed his graduation from Islamia Karimia College, Indore in 1973 and has passed his MA in Urdu literature from Bhopal University (known as Barkatullah University now) with a gold medal.
1975
(Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) in 1975.
1985
Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled "Urdu Main Mushaira".
Indori performed in Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan for 40 – 45 years.
He traveled widely internationally to recite poetry.
He attended poetic symposiums in almost all the districts of India and has traveled multiple times to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal etc.
2016
In 2016, a book on Rahat Indori 'Mere Baad' was released at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place, Delhi.
This book is a compilation of his Ghazals and Shayari.
On 1 January 2021, his 71st birthday, songdew.com unveiled a unique tribute titled Dr Rahat Indori - Ek Alag Pehchaan.
As part of this unique tribute 9 famous artists of India and ( Indie musicians came together to compose 9 of the famous ghazals written by Dr Indori and create paintings inspired by his writing.
2017
First, on 1 July 2017 episode of Season 1 along with Kumar Vishwas and Shabinaji; and second time with Ashok Chakradhar on 21 July 2019 episode of Season 2.
Indori was also invited in the show Wah! Wah! Kya Baat Hai! on SAB TV.
2020
He tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India on 10 August 2020, and was admitted to Aurobindo Hospital in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
He died from cardiac arrest a day later on 11 August 2020.
Indori was invited as a guest in The Kapil Sharma Show twice.
His couplet Bulati Hai Magar Jaane Ka Nahi became viral and started trending on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during 2020 Valentines week.
People started using this phrase as a meme.
Another popular couplet, Kisi Ke Baap Ka Hindustan Thodi Hai, became viral on social media.
