To commemorate Chaudhry Rehmat Ali’s 125th birthday
On Wednesday, the nation honoured Chaudhry Rehmat Ali’s 125th birthday and honours were given to his active involvement in the history of the Pakistan cause.
On November 16, 1897, Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was born into a Muslim Gujjar family in the Indian Punjabi city of Hoshiarpur. He is credited with coming up with the term PAKISTAN for an independent Muslim nation in South Asia.
He taught at Aitchison College after earning his degree from the Islamia Madrassa in Lahore in 1918 before enrolling at Punjab University (PU) to pursue a legal education.
He relocated to England in 1930 to enrol at Emmanuel College in Cambridge (ECC). He released a booklet titled “Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?” in 1933. , who originally used the term “PAKISTAN” to describe the country.
He began the Pakistan National Movement (PNM) in England in 1933. He then graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA and an MA.
He was summoned to the Middle Temple Inn Bar in London in 1943.
He kept putting out publications detailing his plans for South Asia up until 1947.
On February 3, 1951, Chaudhry Rehman Ali passed away in Cambridge, England, at the age of 53. (UK).
