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Agha Shorish Kashmiri

1917 – 1975

Pakistani politician

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Lived 1917 – 1975 (aged 58). Agha Shorish Kashmiri was a Pakistani and Indian journalist, politician, writer and editor.

Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975; ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, journalist and author, who was a senior leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam.

He was a figure of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the chief editor of the weekly Chattan magazine launched from Lahore in Pakistan on 1 January 1949.

Kashmiri died in 1975 at Lahore, Pakistan.

Kashmiri was impressed by Chaudhry Afzal Haq as well, who was a political leader of the Indian sub-continent, so he joined All-India Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam and the struggle for Ahrar Party. Kashmiri was also impressed by his religious and political teacher (teacher meaning murshad in the Urdu language) Ameer-e-Shariyyat Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari.

Kashmiri was elected as Secretary-General of All-India Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam in 1946. He played a role in Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat in 1974 during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's regime in Pakistan.

Death Agha Shorish Kashmiri died in 1975 at Lahore, Pakistan.

Books Qaid-i farang, Maulānā Ẓafar ʻAlī K̲h̲ān̲ ke ayām-i asīrī, on Zafar Ali Khan قیدِ فرنگ -مولانا ظفر علی خان کے ایامِ اسیری Kulliyyāt-i Shorish Kāshmīrī, کُلیاتِ شورش کاشمیری his poetry collection Iqbāl aur Qādiyāniyat, اِقبال اور قادیانیات on the relations between Muhammad Iqbal and the Ahmadiyya al-Jihād va al-jihād الجِہاد والجِہاد, poetry about the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war Iqbal, payāmbar-i inqilāb اقبال پیامبرِ اِنقلاب, Collection of addresses and articles about Muhammad Iqbal Hindustān men̲ Ibn-i Taymiyah ہندوستان میں ابن تیمیہ, author's reminiscences on the life and eminence of Abul Kalam Azad Qalmī cihre قلمی چہرے, articles chiefly on literary and political personalities from South Asia Tahrik i khatm-i nubūvvat, 1891 se 1974 tak تحریکِ ختمِ نبوّت ۱۸۹۱ سے ۱۹۷۴ تک, on the history of the movement defending the finality of prophet-hood (1891–1947) Cih qalandarānah guftam, چہ قلندراں گفتم poetry Nau ratan : Lāhaur ke nau ṣaḥāfiyon̲ kā ijmālī taz̲kirah نو رتن: لاھور کے نو صحافیوں کا اجمالی تذکرہ, biographical study of nine journalists from Lahore Maẓāmīn-i Shorish مضامینِ شورش : Āg̲h̲ā Shorish Kāshmīrī kī g̲h̲air mudavvin adabī aur tāʼas̲s̲urātī taḥrīren̲ آغا شورش کاشمیری کی غیر مدون ادبی اور تاثراتی تحریریں, collection of literary articles by the author Mirzāʻīl; Qādiyāniyat kā siyāsī maḥāsabah مِرزائیل؛ قادیانیت کی سیاسی مہا بھاشا, on the Ahmadiyya Iqbāliyāt-i Shorish اِقبالیاتِ شورش, criticism and interpretation on the works of Muhammad Iqbal Sayyid ʻAt̤āʼullāh Shāh Bukhārī : savāniḥ va afkār سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بُخاری: سوانح و افکار, on the life and work of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Abūlkalām Āzād : savāniḥ o afkārابوالکلام آزاد: سوانح و افکار, on the life and works of Abul Kalam Azad Buay Gul Nala-E-Dil Dood-E-Charagh-E-Mehfil by Shorish Kashmiri Pase Diwar E Zindan by Shorish Kashmiri

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Who was Agha Shorish Kashmiri?

Pakistani politician (1917–1975)

When was Agha Shorish Kashmiri born?

Agha Shorish Kashmiri was born on 14 August 1917 in Lahore.

When did Agha Shorish Kashmiri die?

Agha Shorish Kashmiri died on 6 November 1975 in Lahore.

What was Agha Shorish Kashmiri's occupation?

Agha Shorish Kashmiri was a journalist, politician, writer and editor.

What nationality was Agha Shorish Kashmiri?

Agha Shorish Kashmiri was Pakistani and Indian.

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