Moulana Muhammed Ali Johar was an influential Indian leader, journalist, and activist in the early 20th century. He helped establish newspapers to spread his political ideas, worked to expand educational institutions, and served as the president of both the Indian National Congress and Muslim League. Johar played a key role in the Khilafat Movement opposing British rule in India and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, for which he was imprisoned for two years. He advocated for Hindu-Muslim unity and supported Gandhi's non-cooperation movement while also representing Muslim political interests.

1. Role of Moulana
Muhammed Ali
Johar in
Journalism

2. Moulana Mohammad Ali Johar (10December
1878 – 4 January 1931) was an Indian leader,
activist, scholar, journalist and poet.
He was born on 10 December 1878 in Rampur. He
belonged to a pathan tribe of Khyber Pakhtoon
Khawa.
He studied at the famous Muslim institutes, Darul
Uloom Deoband and Aligarh Muslim University. He
studied modern history from Oxford University in
1898.

3. On his return to India he became the
educational director of Rampur state.
He attended the first meeting of the Muslim
League in 1906.
He was a brilliant writer both in English
and Urdu.
He started his own newspapers called
Hamdard and Comrade in 1911.

4. He worked hard to expand the
Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College. He
was also a co-founder of Jamia Millia
Islamia.
He became the president of Muslim
League in 1918 and worked with it till
1928.

5. He travelled to England in 1919 to stop the
declaration of the Turkish Sultan, Mustafa
Kamal who was the Caliph of Islam. The
rejection of British started the Khilafat
Movement by the Muslims. In 1921 he
actively brought Muslims together against
the British rule and was thus put in jail for 2
years.

6.  He became president of Indian National
Congress in 1923. He opposed the Nehru
Report as he did not want British or Hindu
leadership and thus supported the Fourteen
points of Quaid-e-Azam.
 He attended the famous Round Table
Conference in 1930 for Muslim League.
 He fell ill and died soon afterwards in London
on 4 January 1931. He was buried at Baitul
Muqaddas in Jerusalem upon his will

7. After his return to India, he took charge as
education director for the Rampur state.
He possessed extraordinary brilliance as a
writer and speaker, He wrote articles in
various newspapers like “The Times”, “The
Observer” and “The Manchester Guardian”
as well as other major English and Indian
newspapers, in both English and Urdu.

8. He was man of genius and played a great
part in the events against the British
colonial rule. He was a great orator and
still greater Journalist. He became firm
challenger of British rule under the
combined shock of the Balkan wars and
Kanpur Mosque incident in 1913.
His firm determination and dedication,
cause the freedom of India.

9.  From the explanation above, it is clear that
Muhammad Ali Jauhar has significant roles in
Indian politics and Khilafat Movement. In term of
India politics, Muhammad Ali has the idea of the
unity of Hindus and Muslims and supported non
cooperation movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi.
Because of those similarities in mission and
thought to bring Indian in freedom life from British
colonialism, Muhammad Ali was very close to
Gandhi. Since Muhammad Ali who brought his
idea of federation of faith, failed and Khilafat
Movement, opposed Nehru Reports.

10. On the issue of Khilafat Movement,
Muhammad Ali was one of the important
leader who believed in Islamism. He spent
his life for the interests of Muslims since he
wanted to keep khalifahat movement.
He believed in the principles of Islam
within the political system and life.

11. The End
Prepared By:
Arif Husaain Sapar