Muhammad Din Fauq
Appearance
Mujadid e Kashamara Muhammad Din Fauq محمد دین فوق Fouq | |
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Born | Muhammad Din Dar February 1877 Sialkot |
Died | 14 September 1945 (aged 68) |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Poet of the Kashmir |
Notable work | Tareekh- e Aqwaam e Kashmir, Tareekh e Aqwaam e Poonch, Tareekh e Aqwaam e Jammu, Mukammal Tareekh- e Kashmir |
Era | 20th-century poetry |
Region | British Raj |
Main interests | Kashmiri poetry, History Books Writer |
Notable ideas | Two-nation theory, Conception of Muslim Conference |
Muhammad Din Fauq (February 1877- 14 September 1945) was a historian of Kashmir. He is the pioneer of journalism in Jammu and Kashmir.[1] [2] To espouse the cause of the Kashmiris as well as to extend solidarity, various organizations were formed before Partition of India and Pakistan. Prominent among them were the All India Muslim Kashmiri Conference and the All India Kashmir Committee. The All India Muslim Kashmiri Conference was formulated at Lahore in 1908 and Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Din Fauq were its prominent leaders.[3]
References
- ^ "Mohammad-ud-din Fauq: Remembering first journalist of Kashmir". KashmirDispatch. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ well known, Mu-nshi (July 14, 2010). "munshi fauq awarded". The Nation Archives, 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". Pakistan National Assembly. Retrieved 9 September 2016.