By TCN News,
New Delhi: Professor Mujeeb Rizvi, founder of the Hindi Department at the Jamia Millia Islamia and served as its head for nearly forty years, passed away on here after a short illness and kidney failure.
Rizvi, around 80, died at the Max Hospital on Sunday, May 24, 2015.
He left behind his wife, Azra Rizvi and two daughters, Meera Rizvi and noted film director and screenwriter Anusha Rizvi.
Professor Rizvi was the son-in-law of renowned Urdu poet Ghulam Rabbani Taban. He had been the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Proctor and Pro Vice Chancellor of Jamia. He was also the first teacher to introduce NCC to Jamia.
Rizvi, an expert of medieval Awadhi and Braj poetry with a focus on Sufi Kavya-Akhyans of the pre-Mughal era, wrote at length on Kabir Das, Tulsi Das and Ameer Khusro. He was an authority on Malik Muhammad Jayasi, a renowned Hindi poet of 16th century.
His Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral prayer) was held on Monday at the Jama Masjid of the University.
Meanwhile, the Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association, Riyadh, has offers its sincere condolences on the sad demise of Professor Rizvi to his family members. “May the Almighty bless him with a choicest place in Jannat and grant patience to his family members,” Ghizal Mahdi, president of the Association, said.