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'''Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah''' (6 August 1890 – 23 November 1949)<ref name="haider3">Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pg 3, Online at: [http://eprints.rclis.org/10348/1/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan] Retrieved 10 April 2018</ref> was a [[wikt:pioneer|pioneer]] of the [[library]] movement in the [[Indian subcontinent]] before 1947. He was also the first prominent librarian to opt for [[Pakistan]] at the time of independence in 1947.<ref name="haider3"/><ref name=geocities>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/pakistani_librarian/1999/qarshi.pdf |title=Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah: A Pioneer of Library Movement in South Asia |date=5 November 1999|author=Afzal Haq Qarshi|publisher=Pakistani Librarian (magazine)|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born on 6 August 1890 in [[Lahore]], [[British India]] (now Pakistan) to Maulvi Mohammd Ziaullah and Alam Jan of [[Simla]].<ref>Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, Institute for Research in Biography, Inc, New York, NY, USA 1st edition, 1940</ref> He received his basic education in Lahore and graduated from [[Forman Christian College]], Lahore in 1913.<ref name=geocities/>

==Marriage and family==
In 1908, he married Hameeda Begum in Lahore and fathered 14 children. His sons included Khalifa Mohd Iftikharullah [[Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam|TQA]], Khalifa Mohd Naseemullah, Khalifa Mohd Hameedullah, Khalifa Mohd Ihsanullah, Khalifa Mohd Zafarullah (Commander Pak Navy), Khalifa Mohd Aminullah. His sons-in-law included [[Air Vice Marshall|AVM]] [[Saeedullah Khan]] and Pakistani [[diplomat]], [[Enver Murad]]; his daughters-in-law included [[Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah]] and his great granddaughters include the [[Pakistan]]i [[novelist]], [[Uzma Aslam Khan]].

==Training==
He studied under the American librarian Asa Don Dickinson in 1915 at the [[University of the Punjab]].<ref name=GoogleBooks>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KXVrsPSzeNAC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=K.+M.+Asadullah&source=bl&ots=e0hTABcE7s&sig=ZVjnOL5ZVItrrlcVlcEe0pM3p6I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCuOXo4a_aAhWC44MKHargBSwQ6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=K.%20M.%20Asadullah&f=false Libraries and Librarianship in India on GoogleBooks website] Retrieved 10 April 2018</ref><ref name=geocities/>

==Career==
In 1916, he became the first qualified librarian of the [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College]] in Lahore.<ref name=GCU>[http://www.gcu.edu.pk/About.htm First Librarian at Government College University, Lahore in 1916 (Read about Mohammad Asadullah on website under Libraries)] Retrieved 10 April 2018</ref> He then became the librarian of MAO College (now [[Aligarh Muslim University]]) in 1919.<ref name="haider3" /> In 1921, he joined the Imperial Secretariat Library in [[New Delhi]] and [[Shimla|Simla]], a post he held for 8 years.<ref name="haider3" /><ref name=geocities/>

In 1930, he was appointed the Librarian of the Imperial Library (now [[National Library of India]]) in [[Calcutta]], a post which he held for about 17 years from 1930 – 1947.<ref name=GoogleBooks/> While there, he started the library training programme.<ref>''Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science'', Edited by: [[Allen Kent]], Harold Lancour and Jay Daly vol 21 1977 Pg 257</ref>

==Pakistan==
In 1947, after the [[independence of Pakistan]], he was made officer on special duty in the Ministry of Education.<ref name="haider3" />

==Indian Library Association==
In 1933, he was one of the founding members of [[Indian Library Association]] and was its first Secretary from 1933 to 1947.<ref name="haider3" /> He had served as the Librarian and a Director from 1930 – 1947 of the ''Imperial Library of India'' in [[British India]].<ref>[http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html K. M. Asadullah listed as Director and Librarian of the Imperial Library of India (1930 – 1947)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617023911/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |date=17 June 2016 }} National Library of India website (Historical Background), Retrieved 10 April 2018</ref>

==Honours==
He was honoured with the title of [[Khan (title)|Khan Bahadur]] in 1935.<ref name=GCU/><ref name=GoogleBooks/><ref name=geocities/>

==Death==
He died on 23 November 1949 due to a stroke at [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name="haider3"/> He was buried in his family section of the Ferozpur Road graveyard, Lahore.<ref name=geocities/>

==References==
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