Nazir Dekhaiya

Noor Mohammad Allah Rakha Dekhaiya (Gujarati: નૂરમહંમદ અલારખ દેખૈયા), better known by his takhallus Nazir Dekhaiya (Gujarati: નાઝિર દેખૈયા), was a Gujarati ghazal poet from Gujarat, India. His ghazal collections include Tushar (1962), Nazirni Ghazalo (part 1-2) and Soona Sadan (2006). He was born on 13 February 1921 in Bhavnagar to Allah Rakha Bhai and his second wife Dhan Bai. His father was a Bandmaster. He lost his parents during his childhood. He studied until 4th standard. He learned Clarinet and started to work in family-owned India Abhu Band as a bandmaster. His brothers died soon after and he became responsible for the rest of his family. In order to strengthen his finances, he joined the District Panchayat Board, Bhavnagar in 1956 as a peon where he served until retirement.