{{Short description|Pakistani writer, teacher and government official}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Tajal Bewas | native_name = تاجل بيوس | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = "بيوس" | birth_name = Taj Mohammed Samoo | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|09|22}} | birth_place = Village Dargah Pir Hayat Shah, Taluka Sobho Dero, Khairpur, Sindh | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|12|13|1938|09|22}} | death_place = Karachi, Sindh | occupation = Poet, Prose Writer and Journalist | nationality = | citizenship = | education = Master of Arts, Economics | alma_mater = University of Sindh, Jamshoro | period = | genre = Aesthetic | subject = Poetry, Journalism | movement = Progressive | notableworks = Poetry Books | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Tajal Bewas''' (original name Taj Mohammed Samoo) ({{langx|sd|تاجل بيوس}}) was born on 22 September 1938 in Village Dargah Pir Hayat Shah, Taluka Sobho Dero, Khairpur, Sindh. He was a Sindhi- and Urdu-language poet, novelist, short-story writer, teacher and government official.<ref name=jktb/> He died on 13 December 2008 due to brain hemorrhage in Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%20%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3|title=تاجل بيوس : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)|website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org|accessdate=16 March 2024}}</ref>
==Life== Bewas was born in Pir Hayat Shah village, Khairpur district. His received his education from local schools and the Gambat High School before completing a Master of Arts degree in Economics as an external candidate with Sindh University.{{Citation needed|date= July 2012}} After completing his education, he taught English in his home town.<ref name=tntb>No byline, [https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Dec-2008/tajal-bewas-dies-at-70 "Tajal Bewas dies at 70"], article, ''The Nation'', 15 December 2008, retrieved 14 December 2008.</ref>
Bewas also served as a government official before his retirement, and was registrar for several companies. He was also a secretary for the Pakistani government and registrar of companies for the government of Sindh province.<ref name=jktb>Khaskheli, Jan, [http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp? id=151776 "Tajal Bewas passes away"], ''The News'', 14 December 2008, retrieved same day.</ref>
He was a resident of Karachi when he died at 70. A week before his death, he had a stroke and was sent to at Liaquat National Hospital, where he died. Bewas had arranged musical programs at Chowkundi graveyard, a historical cemetery, and was buried there, as he had wanted.<ref name=ntobit/>
Upon his death, ''The Nation'' called Bewas "legendary"<ref name=tntb/> and ''The News International'' called him "renowned".<ref name=jktb/>
His poem, "Sindh Munhji Aman Soonh Tuhinji Mathan Chha Likhi Chha Likhan" is considered "the national anthem of Sindhis in India", according to ''The Regional Times'', which reported after his death: "He was known across Pakistan and India and many singers of both countries sung his poetry for radio and television".<ref name=ntobit>Turk, Niaz, [http://regionaltimes.com/14dec2008/backpagenews/sindh.htm "Renowned Sindhi poet Tajal Bewas passes away"], ''The Regional Times'', 14 December 2008, retrieved same day.</ref> Bewas was the author of 44 books, 34 of them published, including ''Andaz-e-Bayan Aur'', a collection of Urdu poetry.
"He tried to experiment in all native and modern forms of poetry" and was called a Sindhi classical form "Bait", ''The News International'' of Karachi reported upon his death.<ref name=jktb/> Fellow Sindhi poet Naseer Soomro said after his death that "I always saw Tajal Bewas not only as a great poet but a generous human being too. He was aware of the techniques of the poetry and rhythms of music."<ref>"[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/150532-Contempt-notice-issued-to-Punjab-IG-Prisons-in-detention-case Tajal Bewas passes away]," The News International, 14 December 2008.</ref>
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