Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (26 September 1876 – 16 October 1952) was a distinguished

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and

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leader. He was the Deputy Leader of the

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from 1938 to 1942, and was appointed to the

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in April, 1950.

Friendship with Allama Iqbal

He was close friends with

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, a college hostel-mate and a fellow poet. Nairang had sketched Allama Iqbal's personality as a college student and had described the exact location of his college hostel room in an article that he wrote at that time. Allama Iqbal had resided in that hostel room between 1895 and 1900. In 2016, the evidence mentioned about Iqbal's hostel room in Nairang's article helped the Government College's staff in tracing the exact location of his room.Iqbal's cubicle identified in Government College University
Dawn (newspaper), Published 10 January 2016, Retrieved 22 May 2018

Early life and career

Ghulam Bhik Nairang was born in Daurana, near

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in 1876. He received his BA degree from Government College,

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. He also joined the editorial staff of a magazine, ''Makhzan''. Nairang was politically active and became an important leader of Muslim India. He was a member of the

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from 1936 to 1942. Nairang also was actively involved in the

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, played a protective and key role in resisting the anti-Muslim

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by some Hindu leaders in British Punjab where they were trying to reconvert Muslims back to

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. After migrating to Pakistan, he also was a member of the first

Books

* ''Kalaam-e-Nairang'' - Nairang's compilation of poetry was published in 1982 from

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(first edition in 1907, second edition in 1917, third edition with detailed introduction by Moinuddin Aqeel in 1982)

References

External links

Nairang.org official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nairang, Ghulam Bhik 1876 births 1952 deaths Pakistani writers Pakistani male poets People from Ambala district Poets from Haryana Government College University, Lahore alumni All India Muslim League members Leaders of the Pakistan Movement Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954