Bio Data
COMPREHENSIVE BIO DATA – 1930s – 1980s
1930
Born in Amroha, UP, India.
1935
Admitted to ancestral school, Imam-ul-Madaris in Amroha.
1940
Demonstrated early signs of artistic talent.
1941
Manually inscribed and duplicated entire textbook of geography.
1942
Manually drew the contents of a world atlas.
1943
Painted on the walls of neighborhood homes a world map tracking troop movements of World War II.
1945
Composed a 46 “bund” marsia in commemoration of the death of his sister.
Completed high school, appointed art teacher at his alma mater.
Drew a portrait of Mr. Naqvi.
1945
Composed, inscribed, compiled more poetry.
1947
Inscribed for All India Radio, the poetry collections of classical Urdu poets and sketched their portraits for official catalogs.
1948
Graduated from Agra University in Art History and Geography.
Migrated to Pakistan.
1949
Stayed at Sujawal with his brother. Composed inscribed, compiled, and bound the collections of ghazal, nazm and marsia, later privately published entitled, Juz-way-Bosida.
1950
Worked at Agricultural College in Sakrand as an illustrator in Botany Department.
1951
Stayed in Quetta for several months with his brother and sketched pen and ink portraits of Baluchi nomads and landscape drawings.
1952
Worked at Radio Pakistan Karachi as an assistant program producer.
