Sikander Ali Wajd

Sikander Ali Wajd was born on 22nd January, 1914, at Bijapur in Aurangabad District. After passing Matric and Intermediate from Aurangabad College, he took admission in the Osmania University. In 1935, he graduated and was selected for Hyderabad Civil Service. Later, he was appointed as the Munsif Magistrate in Judicial Service. 

After the trifurcation of the State of Hyderabad he was allotted to Maharashtra State. At the time of his retirement, he was a sessions judge. He devoted himself to literary and poetical activities on his retirement. He was President of the Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu, Maharashtra and was awarded Padma Shri for his literary services. In 1972, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra State. He enjoyed access to the Nehru family. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru released Wajd’s third collection Awarq-e-Mussavar”. Prior to this collection his other poetical works “Laho-Tarung”, “Aftab-e-Taza” and “Bayaz-e-Maryam” were published in 1944, 1952 and 1974 respectively.

Wajd was a talented Urdu poet, skilled in the composition of gazals and poems, as well as a skilled singer. He died on 16th June, 1983 at Aurangabad.