Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah

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Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah (1890-1949)[1] was a pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent.


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[edit] Early Life

He was born on 6th August 1890 in Lahore, Punjab, India (now Pakistan) to Maulvi Mohammd Ziaullah and Alam Jan.[2]

[edit] Training

He studied under Asa Don Dickinson in 1915 at the University of the Punjab.

[edit] Career

In 1916, he became the first qualified librarian of the Government College in Lahore.[3] He then became the librarian of MAO College (now Aligarh Muslim University) in 1919.[4] In 1921, he joined the Imperial Secretariat Library in New Delhi and Simla, a post he held for 8 years.[5]

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.[6] While there he started the library training programme.[7]

[edit] Pakistan

In 1947, he decided to opt for Pakistan. He was made officer on special duty in the Ministry of Education.[8]


[edit] Indian Library Association

In 1933, he was one of the founding members of Indian Library Association.[9] He was its first Secretary from 1933 to 1947.[10]

[edit] Honours

He was honoured with the title of Khan Bahadur in 1935.[11]

[edit] Death

He died on 23rd November 1949[12] at Lahore. He was buried in his family section of the Ferozpur Road graveyard, Lahore.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan Pg 3, Online at: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011342/01/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf
  2. ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, Institute for Research in Biography, Inc, New York, NY, USA 1st edition, 1940
  3. ^ :.GC University Lahore
  4. ^ Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan Pg 4, Online at: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011342/01/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf
  5. ^ Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan Pg 4, Online at: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011342/01/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf
  6. ^ History of the National Library, India
  7. ^ Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, Edited by: Allen Kent, Harold Lancour and Jay Daly vol 21 1977 Pg 257
  8. ^ Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan Pg 4, Online at: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011342/01/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf
  9. ^ Ila-india.org
  10. ^ Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan Pg 4, Online at: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011342/01/PJLIS_1_Haider.pdf
  11. ^ :.GC University Lahore
  12. ^ World Libraries: The Pioneers: Abdul Moid


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