The Declaration of Pakistan (titled Now or Never, Do We Live or Die forever? ) is a written pamphlet and published by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, on January 28, 1933, where the word Pakstan (without the letter "i") was used for the first time and presented at the Round Table conference in 1933.
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The declaration was circulated with a cover letter dated January 28, 1933 signed by Rahmat Ali himself, and addressed from 3 Humberstone Road. It reads as follows:
3, Humberstone Road,
Cambridge, Inggris 28 Januari 1933Dear Sir atau Madam,
I am attaching this to an appeal on behalf of the thirty million Muslim PAKISTAN, who live in the five Northern Units of India - Punjab Province, Northwest Frontier (Afghanistan), Gujarat, Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan. It embodies their demands for recognition of their national status, different from other Indians, by grants to Pakistan from the Federal Constitution apart on religious, social and historical grounds.
I would be glad if you kindly introduce me with your valuable opinion about the proposed solution of the great Hindu-Muslim problem. I believe that, very interested because you are in a fair and permanent solution of that complex problem, the objects described in the appeal meet with your full consent and active support.
Sincerely, Rahmat Ali (Choudhary). (Founder, Pakistan National Movement)
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Now or Never; Are We Living or Dead forever?
The pamphlet starts with this famous phrase:
At this quiet moment in Indian history, when British and Indian statesmen laid the foundations of the Federal Constitution for the land, we present this petition to you, in the name of our common heritage, on our behalf the thirty million Muslim we live in the PAKSTAN - which we mean are five units of Northern India, Viz: P , the Western-North Border Province ( A K ashmir, S ind and Baluchis tan .
The pamphlet asked that "five units of North India" - P unjab, West-North Frontier Province ( A fghan), K ashmir, < b> S indh and Baluchis tan (or Pakstan) being independent of the proposed Indian Federation.
Professor KKAziz writes that "Rahmat Ali himself drafted this declaration" The word Pakstan was used for the first time in this pamphlet "To make him" representative, "he sought out those who would sign him with him.This difficult search among the strong grips of 'Indianism' on young intellectuals in British universities took him over a month to find three young men in London who offered to support and sign it. "Chaudhry also suggested the establishment of two other Muslim countries within the British Raj; Bangalistan and Osmanistan. He advised former East Bengal Muslim provinces and Assam in East India to become an independent Muslim country to speak Bengali, Assam and Bihari while suggesting the kingdom of Hyderabad into an Islamic monarchy called Osmanistan.
After the publication of the pamphlet, Hinduism strongly criticized it, and the word 'Pakstan' was used in it. Thus this word becomes a hot topic of debate. With the addition of "i" to improve pronunciation, the name Pakistan became more popular and led to the start of the Pakistan Movement, and consequently the establishment of Pakistan as an independent state in 1947.
Author
The author of this famous pamphlet was Chaudhary Rahmat Ali (16 November 1897 - 3 February 1951), a Muslim nationalist from Punjab, who was one of the early supporters of the formation of the state of Pakistan. He is credited with creating the name "Pakistan" for a Muslim homeland separate from the Presidency and the provinces of British India. He spread the Pakistani Scheme with missionary zeal since it was founded in 1933. He also later established the Pakistan National Movement to spread his ideas. Being a political thinker and an idealist, wanted more than to accept a smaller Pakistan in 1947 and save every Indian Muslim from the so-called "Hindu domination".
After the formation of Pakistan he returned to Pakistan in April 1948, planning to stay in the country, but he was ordered by Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan to leave the country. His belongings were confiscated, and he left empty-handed for England in October 1948.
He died on February 3, 1951 and was buried on February 20 at Newmarket Road Cemetery, Cambridge. Since there was no immediate family to be responsible for his burial, Emmanuel College Master Edward Welbourne, who had been Tutor Rahmat Ali, himself set up a funeral in Cambridge on February 20, 1951.
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External links
- Working related to Current or Never; Will We Live or Die forever? on Wikisource
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