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Chaudhri Rehmat Ali

Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was an important early advocate for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia. In 1933, he published a pamphlet called "Now or Never" where he first proposed partitioning India and establishing an independent state for Muslims called "Pakistan". This was the first concrete proposal for a separate Muslim state. Though initially rejected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League, his idea of Pakistan gained popularity and support. He worked tirelessly in London to promote his vision of an independent Pakistan and persuade Muslim leaders of the necessity of partition and a separate homeland.

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Chaudhri Rehmat Ali

Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was an important early advocate for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia. In 1933, he published a pamphlet called "Now or Never" where he first proposed partitioning India and establishing an independent state for Muslims called "Pakistan". This was the first concrete proposal for a separate Muslim state. Though initially rejected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League, his idea of Pakistan gained popularity and support. He worked tirelessly in London to promote his vision of an independent Pakistan and persuade Muslim leaders of the necessity of partition and a separate homeland.

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Chaudhry Rehmat Ali

Q: How important was Chaudhry Rehmat Ali? [4]


Q: Why was Chaudhry Rehmat Ali an important influence on the struggle for a separate
homeland for Pakistan? [7]
Ans: Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was extremely important in Pakistan movement for giving a name
(Pakistan: P for Punjab, A for Afghanistan, K for Kashmir etc) and a concrete goal towards which
Muslims must strive. However it is true that Muslim League didn’t support his views for many
years and Jinnah even refused to meet Rehmat Ali in 1934. Rehmat Ali wrote a pamphlet ‘Now
or Never’, Are we to live or perish forever, also known as Pakistan declaration in 1932. Rehmat
Ali had never thought that his pamphlet would become so popular and would create such a big
impact on the hearts of thousands of Muslims living in India. His thinking was too mush far
away from those of Sir Syed and Allama Iqbal as he was the first Muslim to struggle for a
separate homeland.
He tossed the name of Pakistan over 30, 000 Muslims living in north India now called as
Pakistan. He was in London while the RTC’s were held. He attended all of them and tried to
persuade all the Muslims leaders specially Jinnah to demand for nothing more than a separate
homeland. At this time Jinnah was of thinking that Muslims could get their rights more as being
part of the federation. It was 10 years later when the ML accepts the ideas of Rehmat Ali and
acknowledged them with great enthusiasm. He was in London when he organized the Pakistan
National Movement to high light the vitality of a separate homeland for the Muslims and do
struggle for getting a separate homeland for the Muslim state. He formed a Pakistan National
Movement to fight for the idea of Pakistan.
Q: Who was Chaudhry Rehmat Ali? [4]
Ans: Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was born on 16 November 1895, like other Muslim Leaders he studied in
Islamia College. In 1930 he left India to study at Cambridge, while he was there Round Table
Conferences were held in 1930-1932. As a young Muslim leader he attended all of the RTCs in London
on Hindu-Muslims relationships. He asked Jinnah not to take any other compromise than a separate
homeland for the Muslims as he believed in the partition and separate homeland for the Muslims. At
that time Jinnah was of thinking that Muslims would be better off in a federation and united India and
even Jinnah refused to meet Rehmat Ali. He in 1933 wrote a pamphlet “Now or Never” in which he
presented his idea of a separate homeland to be called Pakistan and argued in the favour of partition.
Due to this he tossed the name of Pakistan over 30 million people and became popular during 1930s.
After ten years League also accepted the idea of Rehmat Ali with great enthusiasm. After his too much
contribution for the Muslims state he passed away on 12 February 1951.

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