Forty-ninth death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and writer, Nazar Muhammad Rashid, commonly known as Noon Meem Rashid, is being observed today. He was born on August 1, 1910, in Alipur Chattha District, Gujranwala and earned a master's degree in economics from the Government College Lahore. He was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry. Along with Miraji, N M Rashid is considered as father of modernism or free verse in Urdu poetry. Noon Meem Rashid's first collection, Mawra, was published in 1941. He died in a London hospital on October 9, 1975. Source: Radio Pakistan