The Vakil

Vakil
Typeweekly
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Sheikh Ghulam Muhammad
EditorMirza Heyrat Dehlavi
Insha Allah Khan
Abu Kalam Azad
Abdullah Minhas
Shujaullah
Founded1895
LanguageUrdu
HeadquartersAmritsar, British Raj

The Vakil (Urdu: وکیل) was an Urdu language newspaper published from Amritsar during the British Raj.[1] Initially it was bi-weekly newspaper but later it became three days. This newspaper was started by Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi's father Khan Ata Muhammad Khan in 1895 and published until about July 28, 1931.[2]

The first editor of the newspaper was Mirza Hairat Dehlavi but separated after editing two pamphlets. In October of the same year, Insha Allah Khan became the editor.[3] Abul Kalam Azad was associated with Vakil as one of the editor for five years, from 1903 to 1908.[4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Khan Ata & the Historic Newspaper, The Vakil Amritsar - The Kashmir Monitor". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ Nasim Yousaf, Pakistan's Freedom & Allama Mashriqi; Statements, Letters, Chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (Movement), Period: Mashriqi's Birth to 1947, page 3.
  3. ^ Aḥmad, G̲h̲ulām (1976). Tadhkirah: English Translation of the Dreams, Visions and Verbal Revelations Vouchsafed to the Promised Messiah on Whom be Peace by Muhammad Zafrullah Khan. Saffron Books. p. 178.
  4. ^ Yousaf, Nasim (2018-02-22). "Khan Ata Mohammad Mentored Abul Kalam Azad In His Early Days Of Activism". The Companion. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  5. ^ Minault, Gail (2010). The Khilafat Movement Religious Symbolism And Political Mobilization In India. Inc Recorded Books. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-231-51539-9. OCLC 945080017.
  6. ^ Qaiyoom, Nishat (2012). "Maulana Azad's Journalistic Crusade Against Colonialism". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73: 679, 680. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44156263.

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