ISLAMABAD: The death anniversary of dynamic national political leader, a courageous journalist and a poet Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar is being observed on January 4.
Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was a known politician, educationist, journalist and a very strong supporter of a separate homeland, Pakistan.
Maulana Muhammad Ali was born in Rampur (India) and was educated at Aligarh Muslim University and the Oxford University (1898-1902). First of all, he served in the Education Department of the Rampur State, then he joined the Gaekwad Civil Service.
Except for a few years he remained active in the affairs of the All India Muslim League from 1906 to 1928.
He launched his famous English weekly "Comrade" from Calcutta in 1911 and his Urdu weekly "Hamdard" from Dehli in 1913.
For four years after 1911, he remained involved in the Kanpur Mosque affair, The Pan-Islamic movement and the Aligarh University movement. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment (1911-15) for his fearless championing of the Turkish (Khilafat) cause and violation of the Defence of India Rules.
Upon his release he became a principal leader of the Khilafat Movement. He led the Indian Khilafat delegation to London in 1920.
In 1928 he left the Indian National Congress, opposed the Nehru Report tooth and nail, supported the fourteen points of the Quaid-e-Azam and advised the Muslims to dissociate themselves from the Civil Disobedience movement of 1930.
Although seriously ill he attended the Third Round Table Conference in 1930. He died in London on January 4, 1931 and was buried in Jerusalem according to his wish.
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