Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari

Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari (Urdu قاضی عبد الرحمن امرتسری) was a school teacher and Urdu language author and poet. He was born in 1908 in Amritsar British India. He was the person who proposed the name of the new capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, in 1959.[1] According to a history book by Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh, Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari proposed the name of the city.[2][3] The Government of Pakistan confirmed on 11 March 1960 that the name of Islamabad is proposed by Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari in a letter sent to him by the Federal Capital Commission.[4]

GOP letter confirming Name

[5] He received his primary education in the government high school in Amritsar and then studied at the Government Islamia College in Lahore. After migration in 1947 he worked as a school teacher in the Sahiwal district.

He retired in 1968 and died on 25 April 1990 in Arifwala, Punjab, Pakistan.

writing career

He used yo write in daily nawaiwaqat newspaper.

Books
  • Hawaiy Taibba نعتیہ شعری مجموعہ ’ہوائے طیبہ‘

See also

References
  1. BBC Urdu Pakistan.
  2. Capital Talk (6 February 2020). "Islamabad Ka Naam Kisney Rakha Tha, Qaum Be-Khabr Kyun?" [Who Named Islamabad, Why Is the Nation Unaware?]. YouTube (Video) (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 26 June 2020 – via Geo News.
  3. https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-60496544
  4. Newspaper.
  5. CSS Forum Pakistan.


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