LAHORE(National times)- The birth anniversary of historic leader Chaudhry Rehmat Ali is being observed on Sunday (today) across the country, with tributes for his active role in Pakistan Movement and coining word ‘Pakistan’ for a separate homeland of the subcontinent, which is now Pakistan. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was born in a Muslim Gujjar family in Hoshiarpur District of Indian Punjab on November 16, in 1897. He is credited with coming up with the name for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia, PAKISTAN. After graduating from Islamia Madrassa, Lahore in 1918 he taught at Aitchison College before joining Punjab University (PU) to study law. In 1930, he moved to England to join Emmanuel College Cambridge (ECC). In 1933, he published a pamphlet titled ‘Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?’, coining the word ‘PAKISTAN’ for the first time. In 1933, he founded the Pakistan National Movement (PNM) in England. Subsequently, he obtained a BA and MA degree from the University of Cambridge. In 1943, he was called to the Bar Middle Temple Inn London. Until 1947, he continued publishing various booklets about his vision for South Asia. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali is one of the most dynamic and active politicians of the subcontinent who played a unique and exemplary role in the establishment of Pakistan. At the age of just 18, he first proposed the transformation of the northern regions of India into a Muslim state at the inaugural session of Bazm Shibli at Islamia College, Lahore in 1915, and then in 1928 he was appointed as a lecturer at Aitchison College. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was also associated with journalism. In 1933, he obtained degrees in law and politics from Cambridge University. During this time, he used the word “Pakistan” for the first time to refer to a separate Muslim state in the famous pamphlet “Now or Never” at the Third Round Table Conference in London. Finally, on August 14, 1947, the name suggested by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was realized and Pakistan came into being. Chaudhry Rehmat Ali visited Pakistan in April 1948, but after the death of the Quaid-e-Azam, he returned to England, where he died on February 3, 1951 and was buried in Cambridge.