Malik Barkat Ali

Malik Barkat Ali (1886 – 1946) was a Muslim Indian politician, lawyer and journalist.[1]

Early life and career

Malik Barkat Ali was born in April 1885 in Lahore a city of Punjab, British India, to a lower middle class family. After education at the local high school, he won a scholarship to the famous Forman Christian College, in Lahore.[2] After graduating from there he remained an Assistant Professor at this college from 1905 to 1907 and then passed the LLB Law examination,[3] and was selected as a Junior Magistrate in the Punjab Service in 1908, working there until 1914, when he resigned.

He practiced law full-time afterwards[4] and also edited The Observer daily from 1914-1918.[5]

Political career

Malik Barkat Ali joined the Punjab Provincial Muslim League in 1916, and was inspired by the Muslim nationalist ideas of Allama Muhammad Iqbal.[6] For many years, he remained a staunch member of the League.[7] He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1937 for the Muslim League.[8] In his later years, however, he was very impressed by Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari and he thus underwent a considerable change in his ideas, and joined the All India Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam.[9] Barkat Ali also served as a secretary of the Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam for some time.

Death

Malik Barkat Ali died on 5 April 1946, at Lahore.[10]

References

  1. "Remembering a freedom fighter". The Express Tribune News. The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. Who's Who in the Punjab, 1937 ed, Lahore, p. 103
  3. Malik Tariq Ali (5 April 2012). "Malik Barkat Ali" (Article). The Daily Times. Daily Times. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. Zia-ur-Rahman Zabeeh. "MALIK BARKAT ALl" (Biography). Pakistani Heros. CYBER CITY ONLINE. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. Who's Who Punjab 1937
  6. "Malik Barkat Ali – Forgotten Freedom fighter from Punjab". Intelligence. http://int-history.blogspot.com. Retrieved 11 May 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. "Malik Barkat Ali". Pakistan Today. Pakistan Today. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  8. Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members, Islamabad, Pakistan: National Archives of Pakistan, 1994, p.137 (Supplement)
  9. Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members, 1993, p.137
  10. Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members, 1994, p.137

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