Hamidi Kashmiri was a Kashmiri poet in Kashmiri and Urdu language and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir.
[1][2][3] Hamidi Kashmiri is credited with 50 books, Iqtishafi Tanqeed Ki Sheryat, Ainame Ibraaq, Mahasir Tanqeed, Riyasati Jammu Aur Kashmir Urdu Adab, Jadeed Kashir Shayeri and Shiekh–ul-Aalam Aur Shayeri being some of the notable ones.
[4][2][5] Kashmiri is a recipient of the Ghalib Award and Sahitya Akademi Award (2005).
[2] In 2010, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian award.
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