Malik Barkat Ali

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|death_place = Lahore, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
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'''Malik Barkat Ali''' (1 April 1886 – 5 April 1946) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim politician]], [[lawyer]] and [[journalist]].<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web|title=Remembering a freedom fighter|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/142946/remembering-a-freedom-fighter/|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|author=Malik Tariq Ali|date=5 April 2011|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Malik Barkat Ali was born in April 1885 in Lahore a city of [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]], to a lower [[middle class]] Kakazai Pashtun family. After education at the local high school, he won a [[scholarship]] to the famous [[Forman Christian College]], in [[Lahore]].<ref name=Who>''Who's Who in the Punjab'', 1937 ed, Lahore, p. 103</ref> After [[Graduation|graduating]] from there he remained an [[Professor|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 [[Resignation|resigned]] because he had developed differences on principles with the authorities there.<ref name=Tribune/>

He practiced law full-time afterwards<ref name=findpk>{{cite web|title=Profile of Malik Barkat Ali|url=http://www.cybercity-online.net/pof/malik_barkat_ali.html|work=Pakistani Heroes|publisher=Cybercity Online|accessdate=15 January 2018|author=Zia-ur-Rahman Zabeeh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927210014/http://www.cybercity-online.net/pof/malik_barkat_ali.html|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also edited ''[[The Observer]]'', an English daily newspaper from 1914 – 1918. This position of newspaper editor gained him prominence in Punjab politics.<ref name=Who/><ref name=Tribune/>

==Political career==
Malik Barkat Ali joined the [[Punjab Muslim League|Punjab Provincial Muslim League]] in 1916, and was inspired by the Muslim [[Nationalism|nationalist]] ideas of Allama [[Muhammad Iqbal]]. For many years, he remained a staunch member of the League.<ref name=PakistanToday>{{cite web|author=Malik Tariq Ali|title=Malik Barkat Ali – freedom fighter from Punjab|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/04/04/news/national/malik-barkat-ali-%E2%80%94-freedom-fighter-from-punjab/|date=4 April 2012|publisher=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly (British India)|Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1937 for the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] and alone represented the League in opposing the [[Unionist Party (Punjab)]] for 7 years in the assembly.<ref>''Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members'', Islamabad, Pakistan: National Archives of Pakistan, 1994, p.137 (Supplement)</ref><ref name=Tribune/>

===Bhagat Singh trial===
In 1929, when [[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.<ref name=Tribune/>

===Pakistan Resolution===
In March 1940, the now famous [[Lahore Resolution]] for the creation of Pakistan was approved under the leadership of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. Malik Barkat Ali also participated in that process as a member of [[All India Muslim League]]'s Working Committee.<ref name=findpk/>

In his later years, however, he was very impressed by [[Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari]] and he thus underwent a considerable change in his ideas, and joined the All India [[Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam]].<ref>''Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members'', 1993, p.137</ref> Barkat Ali also served as a secretary of the [[Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam]] for some time.

==Death and legacy==
Malik Barkat Ali died on 5 April 1946, at [[Lahore]] while addressing a special tribunal in the Burma Fraud Case.<ref>''Biographies of All India Muslim League Working Committee Members'', 1994, p.137</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/863964/malik-barkat-ali-a-tribute/ |author=Malik Tariq Ali|title=Malik Barkat Ali – a tribute|date=3 April 2015|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref>
At a Special Session of the Muslim League held in 1946, the [[Quaid-i-Azam]] paid him the tribute saying: {{Quote|text=“I am deeply grieved to hear the very depressing and sad news of the sudden death of Malik Barkat Ali. He was from the very beginning, a true and loyal member of Muslim League, and on all occasions, he rendered the greatest service to Muslim India. His advice and staunch support on all occasions was of greatest value to the League and myself. Muslim India has lost in him a great man, and I have lost in him not only a colleague, a collaborator, but also a friend. My deepest sympathies go out to his family in their bereavement for this irreparable loss.”<ref name=Tribune/><ref name=PakistanToday/>}}

===Commemorative postage stamp===
In 1990, [[Pakistan Post]] Office issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honour in its 'Pioneers of Freedom' series.<ref name=findpk/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927210014/http://www.cybercity-online.net/pof/malik_barkat_ali.html Malik Barkat Ali] at www.cybercity-online.net
* [http://tribune.com.pk/story/863964/malik-barkat-ali-a-tribute/ Malik Barkat Ali — a tribute]

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