A poet, scholar, historian, critic and novelist, he was credited with the revival of Urdu literature, especially from the 18th and 19th centuries. He died of Covid-19.A poet, scholar, historian, critic and novelist, he was credited with the revival of Urdu literature, especially from the 18th and 19th centuries. He died of Covid-19.Read MoreFaruqi, Shamsur Rahman (1935-2020), Deaths (Obituaries), Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), India, Urdu Language