Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar being remembered today

Lahore: The 92nd death anniversary of veteran Muslim political leader and one of Pakistan’s heroes of the freedom movement, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar is being observed across the country on Wednesday.

It's been 92 years since Freedom movement leader Muhammad Ali Jauhar’s passed away but his legacy is proof that he may be gone but never forgotten. 

Muhammad Ali Jauhar was a dynamic national political leader, educationist, journalist and a poet.

Born in 1878, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar served as education director for the Rampur state, and later joined the Baroda civil service. 

Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar was a firm supporter of a separate homeland Pakistan. He also played a leading role in Khilafat Movement.

He represented the Muslim delegation that travelled to England in 1919. However, British rejection of their demands resulted in the formation of the Khilafat committee.

He launched his famous English weekly “Comrade” from Calcutta in 1911 and his Urdu weekly “Hamdard” from Dehli in 1913.

He became a brilliant writer and orator, and wrote for major English and Indian newspapers, in both English and Urdu. 

Mohammad Ali worked hard to expand the AMU, then known as the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, and was one of the co-founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920, which was later moved to Delhi. 

The legend had attended the founding meeting of the All India Muslim League in Dhaka in 1906, and served as its president in 1918. 

The veteran leader remained active in the League till 1928. 

Muhammad Ali Jauhar died of a stroke on January 4, 1931 in London and was buried in Jerusalem according to his wish.