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Indian artist and poet (1926–2023)

Inderjeet Singh (26 January 1926 – 22 December 2023), also known as Imroz, was an Indian visual artist and poet.

He was the partner of the poet, novelist, and writer Amrita Pritam, and they lived together until Amrita's death in 2005. He ran a monthly literary magazine Nagmani along with Amrita for 33 years.^[1]

Biography

Inderjeet Singh was born in 1926 at Chak number 36 in Lyallpur of undivided Punjab.^[2]

Birth as Imroz

His journey from Inderjeet to Imroz was started when Amrita Pritam came into his life as an independent women.

He loved her so much that Amrita wrote many couplets dedicated to him. Although the love story of Amrita and Sahir Ludhianvi was famous at that time. Both were open about their love towards each other. Sahir was a famous poet and lyricist in Hindi Cinema.

Paintings by imroz

He never lived with her. He was too busy in his professional and personal life. A new women singer Sudha Malhotra ca