Choudhry Rahmat Ali
Politician
1895 – 1951
Who was Choudhry Rahmat Ali?
Choudhry Rahmat Ali was a Pakistani Muslim nationalist who was one of the earliest proponents of the creation of the state of Pakistan. He is credited with creating the name "Pakistan" for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia and is generally known as the founder of the movement for its creation. He is best known as the author of a famous 1933 pamphlet titled "Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever", also known as the Pakistan Declaration. The pamphlet started with a famous statement:
"At this solemn hour in the history of India, when British and Indian statesmen are laying the foundations of a Federal Constitution for that land, we address this appeal to you, in the name of our common heritage, on behalf of our thirty million Muslim brethren who live in PAKSTAN – by which we mean the five Northern units of India, Viz: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan."
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1895
Balachaur - Nationality
- Pakistan
- Profession
- Education
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Lived in
- Nawanshahr
- Died
- Feb 3, 1951
Cambridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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