Altaf Husain

Altaf Husain - Fouding editor of Dawn

Altaf Husain was an eminent journalist from Pakistan. He was born on January 26, 1900 in Sylhet (today in Bangladesh). He got his early education from Calcutta and jointed Dhaka University for higher education and topped in M.A. (English).

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah appointed him Editor of Dawn Newspaper and played an important part in Pakistan movement. Hussain also translated some of Iqbal's work into English. In 1959, Government of Pakistan confirmed Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam upon him.

Altaf Hussain passed away on May 25, 1968 in Karachi.

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Creation of Pakistan
History:	General History - British East India Company - Indian rebellion of 1857 - Aligarh Movement - Urdu movement - Partition of Bengal - Lucknow Pact - Khilafat Movement - Nehru Report - Fourteen Points of Jinnah - Allahabad Address - Now or Never pamphlet - Two-Nation Theory - Indian Round Table Conferences - Pakistan Resolution - Indian Muslim Nationalism - Cabinet Mission - Indian Independence Act - Radcliffe Line - Pakistan - Objectives Resolution - Yaum e Azadi
Organisation:	Muslim League - Unionist Muslim League - Jamaat-e-Islami - Khaksars
Leaders:	Sir Syed - Iqbal - Quaid-i-Azam - Liaquat Ali Khan - Bahadur Yar Jung - Abdur Rab Nishtar - Fatima Jinnah - Choudhary Rahmat Ali - Muhammad Ali Jouhar - Shaukat Ali - A. K. Fazlul Huq - Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan - Zafar Ali Khan - Khawaja Nazimuddin - Abdul Qayyum Khan - Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy - Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan - more...
Activists:	ZA Suleri - Hameed Nizami - Altaf Husain - Yusuf Khattak - Shaukat Hayat Khan - more...