ISLAMABAD: Founder of Pakistan National Movement Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was remembered on his 65th death anniversary on Wednesday.
He is credited with creating the name “Pakistan” for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia.
He was born in a Muslim family in Hoshiarpur District of Indian Punjab in 1895. After graduating from Islamia Madrassa Lahore in 1918, he taught at Aitchison College Lahore before joining Punjab University to study law.
In 1930, he moved to England to join Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1931. In 1933, he published a pamphlet, “Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever”, coining the word Pakistan for the first time. In 1933, he founded Pakistan National Movement in England.
Subsequently, he obtained a BA Degree in 1933 and MA in 1940 from the
University of Cambridge. In 1943, he was called to the Bar, Middle Temple Inn, London. Until 1947, he continued publishing various booklets about his vision for South Asia.
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali died on February 3 1951 and was buried at Newmarket Road Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
