Zamindar (newspaper)

Zamindar was an Indian Muslim newspaper in the Urdu language. The founding editor of this newspaper was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, a poet, intellectual, writer, Muslim nationalist and a supporter of All India Muslim League's Pakistan Movement.[1]

Zamindar newspaper was the mouthpiece of Indian Muslims, Muslim Nationalists and the Pakistan Movement during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was the most popular newspaper of Muslims of India and played a key role in crafting the journalistic traditions of Pakistan and the Urdu language.[2][3] Zafar Ali Khan is named 'Baba e Sahafet' (Father of Journalism) in Pakistan.[2] This newspaper was headquartered at Lahore and continued to publish from there after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Zafar Ali (19 November 2012). "Pakistani writers show renewed interest in Zafar Ali Khan's works". Dawn News. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Maulana Zafar Ali Khan – the history maker". Nation.com.pk. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Markus Daechsel (1 June 2002). Politics of Self-Expression. Routledge, Google Books. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-134-38371-9. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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