Malik Barkat Ali
| Malik Barkat Ali ملک برکت علی |
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| Born |
Malik Barkat Ali April 1, 1886 Lahore, Punjab, British India |
| Died | April 5, 1946 (aged 61) Lahore, Punjab, British India |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer, journalist |
| Known for | Pakistan Movement activist |
Malik Barkat Ali (1 April 1886 – 5 April 1946) was a Muslim Indian politician, lawyer and journalist.
Malik Barkat Ali was born in April 1885 in Lahore a city of Punjab, British India, to a lower middle class family. After education at the local high school, he won a scholarship to the famous Forman Christian College, in Lahore. After graduating from there he remained an Assistant Professor at this college from 1905 to 1907 and then passed the LLB Law examination, and was selected as a Junior Magistrate in the Punjab Service in 1908, working there until 1914, when he resigned because he had developed differences on principles with the authorities there.
He practiced law full-time afterwards and also edited The Observer, an English daily newspaper from 1914 – 1918. This position of newspaper editor gained him prominenece in Punjab politics.
Malik Barkat Ali joined the Punjab Provincial Muslim League in 1916, and was inspired by the Muslim nationalist ideas of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. For many years, he remained a staunch member of the League. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1937 for the Muslim League and alone represented the League in opposing the Unionist Party (Punjab) for 7 years in the assembly.
In 1929, when the renowned martyr Bhagat Singh was tried in Lahore, Allama Iqbal, Malik Barkat Ali, Nanka Chand and Norang jointly moved a resolution in the Lahore High Court's Bar condemning this trial. Malik Barkat Ali was a vigorous supporter of Allama Iqbal until Iqbal's death in 1938.
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