ALIGARH: “Come out of your schools and colleges, whether you lose one year or not — that does not matter. Come out and support the Muslim League. I want every student to show that he is really fighting for the freedom of the Muslim nation,” declared Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan while addressing the students of Aligarh University last night [Sept 22] in Strachey Hall.

“This is only the beginning of the struggle. Time may come when the supreme sacrifice might be necessary to obtain the freedom of the nation. What good will the degrees be to you if the future is dark and gloomy? No sacrifice is too great at the moment.”

The Nawabzada further said: “If this University can render such magnificent services for a war fought for the freedom of others, what services can it not render for the freedom of their own nation and their country? You are, as the Qaid-e-Azam has said, the arsenal of Muslim India and any big move for emancipation which is to affect the Muslim Youth must emanate from this University. I want you to realise that the forthcoming elections are a matter of life and death to Muslims…”

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2020