Date:01/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120154370400.htm

New Delhi

Renowned Urdu poet passes away

NEW DELHI: Well known Urdu poet Rifat Sarosh passed away in neighbouring Noida on Sunday after a prolonged illness.

He was 84.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters, including Shaheena Khan, a journalist with All India Radio.

He has authored 55 books and was a scholar in Urdu literature.

His last rites would be performed at Panji Peran burial grounds at Nizamuddin on Monday.