Chaudhry Afzal Haq

Chaudhry Afzal Haq
Chaudhry Afzal Haq
Born	Afzal Haq; 1891; Hoshiarpur, British India
Died	8 January 1942 (aged 50–51); Lahore, British India
Occupation	Writer, humanitarian, political activist, historian
Nationality	British Indian
Subject	Islam
Literary movement	Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
Website
	chaudhryafzalhaq.com

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Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–8 January 1942) was born in a Muslim family, a writer,^[1] humanitarian, leader and co-founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam,^[2] and a senior political figure in the history of Indian subcontinent. He worked to help the poor and unrepresented in the Punjab. He founded Ahrar with Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari. He was elected three times for the Punjab Assembly. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of India.

He was known as Mufakkir-e-Ahrar "Thinker of the Ahrar Party". He wrote many books such as Zindagi, Mehbub-e-Khuda, Deen-e-Islam, Azadi-e-Hind, Mera Afsanah, Jawahraat, Mashooqa-e-Punjab, Shaoor, Dehati rooman, Pakistan and untouchability, Taareekh-e-Ahrar, Dunya may dozakh, Islam and Socialism, etc. He died on 8 January 1942, in Lahore.

References[edit]

↑ Attaul Haq Qasmi (1 September 2012). "Chaudhry Afzal Haq marhoom aur punjab hakumat". PakColumnist. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
↑ Tanwar, Raghuvendra (1999). Politics of sharing power: the Punjab Unionist Party, 1923–1947. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-7304-272-0.

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[1] Attaul Haq Qasmi (1 September 2012). "Chaudhry Afzal Haq marhoom aur punjab hakumat". PakColumnist. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

[2] Tanwar, Raghuvendra (1999). Politics of sharing power: the Punjab Unionist Party, 1923–1947. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-7304-272-0.

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