chaudhary rehmat ali

THE HISTORY MAN: Bringing Rehmat Ali home - Ihsan Aslam...chaudhary rehmat ali was in interesting figure...ihsan aslam is a big fan of him and has dedicated some web sites to his memory... also k k aziz has written on rehmat ali too...chaudhary rehmat ali co signed a pamphlet Now or Never first published it on 28th January 1933 in...(historical context: presiding over the All India Muslim League session in 1930 at Allahabad allama iqbal voiced the first cogent appeal for an independent Islami State in the sub continent that culminated in the Pakistan or Lahore Resolution of 1940 calling for muslim states...) ...in which the first mention of the newly coined term PAKSTAN was made...no this is not a typo...there was no I in the original pamphlet...one of the original four signatories to this pamphlet is still alive...aslam khattak...chowk writer zeejah's uncle...he must be in his 90s...

...sometime between 1935 and 1949...he developed a history of mental illnesses...depression and temporary insanity...little is known of that period of his life...

...after that first pamphlet that coined PAKSTAN...he wrote several others...declaring India Dinia ( check out other interesting links from here)...

...his illness and depression was enhanced when he lost his family property at the time of partition...Rehmat Ali did return to Pakistan after 1947 and as aslam points out was 'hounded' out...actually he was deported back to UK...he roamed the streets of Karachi rambling obscenities against quaid e azam...

...in UK he reportedly died a pauper...

...Chaudhary Rehmat Ali has a place in our history...but i disagree with those who want to restore his rightful place...whatever it means...yes he coined the word...and at one point was a leading proponent of Pakistan in the UK he did not return back to india to participate in the freedom struggle...his efforts should be put in perspective...