The charismatic personality of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar is well known all over the sub-continent. He was an eminent journalist, intellectual, orator and poet. He had a great command over both English and Urdu languages. To serve in the field of Politics and Journalism he left the government service. He brought out English and Urdu newspapers; The Comrade and The Hamdard. Through his newspapers he raised strong voice against British imperialism and informed the common people of the imperialistic atrocities and the value of freedom. He also conveyed the same message in his sensational poetry. The aim of this article is to describe how he faced the British ruler in India and rallied the Indian Muslims for freedom.

Footnotes:

1.    Mahatma Gandhi, Talash-e-Haq, Trans. By Dr. Syed Abid Hussain, (Delhi: Maktaba-e-Jamia, n. d.), p. 166

2.    Syed Rais Ahmed Jafri, Mataibat-e-Muhammad Ali, (Hyderabad Deccan: Idara-e-Isha’at-e-Urdu, 1945), p. 14

3.    Dr. Sami Ahmed, Urdu Sahafat aur Tehreek-e-Azadi, (Delhi: Modern Publishing House, 2009), p. 78

4.    Syed Rais Ahmed Jafri, Mataibat-e-Muhammad Ali, p. 13

5.    Ibid

6.  Prof. Khaleeq Ahmed Nizami, Hindustan Ki Siyasi Baidar mein Maulana Muhammad Ali ka Hissa, in Jauhar Nama, ed., Hakeem Muhammad Irfan-ul-Hussaini, (Calcutta: Muhammad Ali Library, 1987), p. 22

7.   Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Kalam-e-Jauhar, ed., Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, (Delhi: Maktaba-e-Jamia, 1936), p. 13

8.   Shakeel Rehmani & Others, ed., Aks-e-Sha’ur (Ba yadgaar Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar), (Najeebabad: Ghalib Academy, 1985), p. 42

Sources:

1.   Ahmed, Sami, Dr., Urdu Sahafat aur Tehreek-e-Azadi, Delhi: Modern Publishing House, 2009

2.   Gandhi, Mahatmai, Talash-e-Haq, Trans. By Dr. Syed Abid Hussain, Delhi: Maktaba-e-Jamia, n. d.

3.   Jafri, Rais Ahmed, Syed, Mataibat-e-Muhammad Ali, Hyderabad Deccan: Idara-e-Isha’at-e-Urdu, 1945

4.   Jauhar, Muhammad Ali, Maulana, Kalam-e-Jauhar, ed., Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Delhi: Maktaba-e-Jamia, 1936

5.  Nizami, Khaleeq Ahmed, Prof., Hindustan Ki Siyasi Baidar mein Maulana Muhammad Ali ka Hissa, in Jauhar Nama, ed. Hakeem Muhammad Irfan-ul-Hussaini, Calcutta: Muhammad Ali Library, 1987

6.    Rehmani, Shakeel & Others, ed., Aks-e-Sha'oor (Ba Yadgaar Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar), Najeebabad: Ghalib Academy, 1985