Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI, known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar.
19 Facts About Jamiluddin Aali
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Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi, British India on 20 January 1925.
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Jamiluddin Aali's father Amiruddin Ahmed Khan was the Nawab of Loharu and his mother Syeda Jamila Begum was a direct descendant of Khwaja Mir Dard and was the fourth wife of Amiruddin Khan.
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Jamiluddin Aali's paternal grandfather was a disciple of Mirza Ghalib, who is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Urdu language.
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Jamiluddin Aali earned a BA in Economics from Anglo Arabic College, Delhi in 1944.
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In 1947, just before the partition of India, Jamiluddin Aali migrated to Karachi on 13 August with his family and started his career as an assistant in the Ministry of Commerce.
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Jamiluddin Aali was the Officer on Special Duty at President House from 1959 to 1963.
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Jamiluddin Aali joined the National Bank of Pakistan in 1967 and remained its vice president until his retirement in 1988.
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Jamiluddin Aali was a former member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and was compelled to contest the 1977 National Assembly elections from NA-191, but lost to Munawwar Hasan of Jamaat-e-Islami.
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In 1997, Jamiluddin Aali was elected as a member of the Senate for a six-year term with support from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
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Jamiluddin Aali was never very clear nor comfortable answering the question as to why he drifted briefly into politics.
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Jamiluddin Aali started composing poetry at an early age and wrote many books as well as songs.
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Jamiluddin Aali wrote the song "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" during the 1965 Indo-Pak war which became highly popular.
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Jamiluddin Aali wrote the song "Jo Nam Wohi Pehchan, Pakistan, Pakistan" at the request of former Pakistani President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1986.
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Jamiluddin Aali wrote the song "Mera Inam Pakistan" that was sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Jamiluddin Aali died of a heart attack on 23 November 2015 in Karachi.
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Jamiluddin Aali was buried in an army graveyard at Bizerta Lines, Karachi on 23 November 2015.
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Jamiluddin Aali could be given credit for playing a major role at the Urdu Lughat Board when this 22-volume Urdu dictionary was being developed in Pakistan.
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Jamiluddin Aali showed his real potential and creativity in his dohas.