Muhammad Din Fauq

Muhammad Din Fauq was a historian of Kashmir. He was a pioneer of journalism in Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2]

Mujadid e Kashamara Muhammad Din Fauq محمد دین فوق Fouq
Born	Muhammad Din Dar Sialkot
Died	Lahore, Punjab Province (British India), British Indian Empire, now Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	British Indian
Other names	Poet of the Kashmir
Notable work	Tareekh- e Aqwaam e Kashmir, Tareekh e Aqwaam e Poonch, Tareekh e Aqwaam e Jammu, Mukammal Tareekh- e Kashmir
Era	20th-century poetry
Region	British Indian Empire
Main interests	Kashmiri poetry, History Books Writer
Notable ideas	Two-nation theory, Conception of Muslim Conference
Influences Allama Iqbal, Dagh Dehlvi

To espouse the cause of the Kashmiris as well as to extend solidarity, various organisations were formed before Partition of India. Prominent among them were the All India Muslim Kashmiri Conference and the All India Kashmir Committee. The former was established at Lahore in 1908 with Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Din Fauq as its prominent leaders.[3]

He wrote extensively on the Valley's history, folklore and geography. He published a history of Kashmir in 1910. In 1936 Fauq published an exhaustive survey on the origins and histories of Kashmir's well known families and communities. The survey has been described as being of considerable interest from the anthropological point of view.[4]

References

1. "Mohammad-ud-din Fauq: Remembering first journalist of Kashmir". KashmirDispatch. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
2. well known, Mu-nshi (14 July 2010). "munshi fauq awarded". The Nation Archives, 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
3. "National Assembly of Pakistan". Pakistan National Assembly. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. Bamzai, P. N. K. (1994). Culture and Political History of Kashmir. M. D. Publications. p. 39. ISBN 9788185880310.