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A Cambridge University student, Rahmat Ali, coined the name "Pakistan" and launched a movement for its realisation on January 28, 1933. His demand for Pakistan -- the Pakistan Declaration titled "Now or Never" -- led to the Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution seven years later, and to the "creation" of Pakistan on August 14, 1947.

THE HISTORY MAN


CAMBRIDGE Iqbal's Cambridge Centenary.   The Cambridge Scheme.   Independence Day in Cambridge. Churchill, Cambridge an British India. Cambridge Remembers IqbalIH Qureshi in CambridgeCambridge Remembers Rahmat Ali. The Cambridge ConnectionFrankenstein RevisitedThe Three MusketeersThe secret Maharajah.

PAKISTAN:  Who are the Paks?   A Grand Tour of PakistanThe home called Pakistan.  Wake up to the past (Lahore) . Whither Nur Jahan's Light?  Daata Ganj Baksh, LahoreLawrence CollegeEat, Sleep and be MerryWah the beautifulLife before 1947.

INDIA:   Churchill in IndiaTE Lawrence in India.  The Lyalls in India.   Gordon's Passage to India.   Alexander in India.   The Batala PhenomenonBatala revisted.   Bollywood's Kargil.  Time Travel.  Aamir Khan's Rising.

BIOGRAPHYKardar remembered.   Abdullah Yusuf Ali remembered.   Remembering Arafat.   Jullundar Boy (Dr Iftikhar Ahmad) .   Salam the romantic.   Zamir Niazi's torch.   KK Aziz is unwell.   KK Aziz is out of the woodsRahmat Ali: a grave matter.   Rahmat Ali remains in Cambridge.   A grave issue.   Rahmat Ali.

ISLAMYusuf IslamSchimmel 1Schimmel 2.   Islamic history month


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Ihsan Aslam is a Cambridge based writer interested in public history and biography. 
 
His writings revolve around Cambridge and the history of the subcontinent. Biographical sketches abound.
 
The History Man column was published regularly in Pakistan's broadsheet Daily Times.
 
Presented here are a selection of those columns.