Rasheed Sandeelvi Biography

Rashid Sandelvi was born on January 1,1959 in Sandilianwali town of Toba Tek Singh District.He is the elder brother of well known Urdu poet Mr. Rafiq Sandeelvi. His father Mr. Ghulam Ghos Gham was a sufi urdu punjabi poet. He passed matric from DC High School Sandilianwali in 1974, he received his inter education from Government Degree College, Faridabad Chak No.333 Gb'in 1977. Passed BA in 1981 and MA in Urdu from Punjab University in 1983. He Joined Education Board Rawalpindi from 31st May 1979. Later on 20th April 1982 he posted as Senior Auditor in AGPR Office Islamabad. He Married on 31st January 1987. Allah Almighty blessed him with three sons and a daughter. In the beginning, he became interested in writing poetry, later on writing stories, which were published in the monthly magazine 'Salaam Araz'. After Mirza Shabbir Baig Sajid, he became the honorary editor of this paper. On 23rd December 2007, his respected father passed away. Retired from the service on 31st December 2018. On March 1,2021, he was diagnosed with Corona and recovered in July 2021. Then he brought his ghazals to the public. The collection of poetry ' Hairat' was published on January 2023 as an e-book. The highlight of this collection was that it contained 88 ghazals and each ghazal consisted of 4 verses.