Martyr Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi

 Martyr Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi

 #Khincho don't draw bows, don't take out swords, when there is a cannon, take out newspapers. Regardless, the revolutionaries began publishing the newspaper as a mission. Due to the harsh policies and money of the British, the newspapers were also closed, but the publication of new newspapers did not stop. In this great work of liberating India from the British rule, where non-violent on the one hand

Agitators, revolutionaries, poets risked everything without caring about their lives, while those who fought the battle of freedom with the pen also did not allow the fire of freedom to be extinguished.  But on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, did anyone remember the martyred Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi??  You should know that in India's first war of independence, not only those Mujahideen were martyred who fought this war on the strength of weapons, a person who fought the war of freedom with a pen was also martyred and that person was martyred.  His name was Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi.  Maulvi Mohammad Bakar Dehlavi is the only journalist of India who was martyred in the revolution of 1857.  Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi belonged to a respectable family of Delhi, he was born in 1790 in Delhi.. Walid's name was Maulana Mohammad Akbar Ali.  Entered  After completing his studies, he took up the position of a teacher of Persian in Delhi College.. Then he worked as Tehsildar in the Income Tax Department, but he was not interested in all these.  The second Urdu newspaper of the sub-continent was published 'Urdu Akhbar Delhi'.  Calcutta on 27 March 1822 Jam e Jahan Numa Akhbar was the first Urdu newspaper of the Indian subcontinent. At that time Sultanul Akhbar, Sirajul Akhbar and Sadiqul Akhbar were Persian language newspapers. Maulvi Mohammad Baqir not only wrote on burning social issues in 'Urdu Akhbar Delhi' but also used this newspaper to create public opinion against British imperialist policies in and around Delhi. He wrote about the British in his newspaper.

He continued to write against the expansionist policy.  He was very popular among the common people due to his passionate writings.  A staunch supporter of Hindu-Muslim unity, this journalist continued to expose the attempts of the British to create a divide between the two nations.  In 1857, the freedom fighters blew the trumpet of rebellion against the British and Bahadur Shah Zafar was their leader. How could Maulvi Mohammad Baqir remain silent?  To give his support to Bahadur Shah Zafar, on 12 July 1857, he changed the name of his newspaper Urdu Akhbar Delhi to "Akhbar Uz Zafar" and started publishing it on Sundays instead of Saturdays in opposition to the British.  Heena Yunus Ansari, who is doing PhD at Delhi University, writes Rana Safavi:- On 24th May 1857, Maulvi Baqir, encouraging the rebels, wrote in the newspaper that whoever tried to capture Delhi was destroyed.  Be it Solomon or Alexander.. Genghis Khan

Either way, Nadir Shah has perished and these Firangi will also disappear soon. In the newspaper on 24th May 1857, Maulana Muhammad Hussain who is the son of Maulvi Baqir writes a poem "Tarikh e Inqlab Ibarat Afzan" which people  It gives me the revolution, some parts of that verse are like this:- Hai Kal ka abi zikr keh jo Qaum e Nasara thi Saheb e Iqbal o Jahan Bakhsh Jahandar.  Wrath... Sab jauhar e aqal be theirs sab taaq pae sab nakhun tadabeer o khird ho gayi bakar kaam ae na ilm o hunar hikmat o fitrat Purab took them all here Lord Kenning on June 13, 1857 about Maulvi Baqir Sahib.  It was written - 'During the last few weeks, under the guise of publishing news, the country's newspapers have created a spirit of revolt in the hearts of the people of India  Appealing to both nations, he writes:- Don't miss this opportunity, if you miss it, then there is no one to help you.. This is a good opportunity.  They started losing on many fronts which made Maulvi Mohammad Baqir's heart broken and which he mentioned in the last edition of "Akhbar Uz Zafar" (Urdu Newspaper Delhi) which was published on 13th September 1857. Now on Delhi.  was occupied by the British, 

#British arrested Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi as a high threat and sentenced him to death after a short trial.  On September 13, 1857, Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi, a soldier of the pen, was tied to the mouth of a cannon and blown up at the age of 67.  Considering this incident, Akbar Allahabadi wrote a Tanzia Sher:- Keep saying that Islam has spread with 'Teg', Yeh Na Ershad Hua What has spread with 'Cannon'??  It is unfortunate that this martyred journalist of the freedom struggle was never remembered by the history of the country and not by the journalism of the country.  This rare photograph of the martyrdom of Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi was created by Vasily Vereshchagin, a Russian war painter who visited India twice between 1876 and 1884 and published this photograph in the Magazine of Art in December 1887.  Before, Maulvi Mohammad Baqir Dehlavi said while addressing the Indians.

 #My countrymen, times have changed.  The system has changed.  The modes of governance have changed.  Now you need to change yourself.  Change the habits of living in your comforts since childhood!  Change your mindset of carelessness and living in fear.  This is the time.  Be brave and uproot the foreign rulers from the country!”