Zindagi (Life) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499324785)

As a British Indian Police Sub-Inspector, who was stationed in Amritsar, Officer Afzal Haq and his young wife were witness to the Amritsar massacre on April 13, 1919. These actions led by General Dyer and his British troops drove Sub-Inspector Afzal Haq to resign his police post in protest, and to join the non-cooperation movement to free India from British Colonial rule. He went on to help organize the founding of Majlis-e-Ahrar, which represented Punjab in the non-cooperation movement of British India throughout the 1920's, 30's and early 40's. Thus began his lifelong fight for the freedom of his people. The Indian and British authorities were afraid of him and they knew they needed to silence him and the Ahrar movement in The Punjab and Kashmir. He knew that there lay a monumental struggle ahead of him and all who were with him. He and the others in the movement were in and out of British run prisons for the next two decades for openly defying British rule. During this time, Ahrar rose to become the largest Muslim political movement in The Punjab. They gave their lives for the cause of justice and freedom both in Punjab and Kashmir. He and many of those with him would never live to see the day of their children and grandchildren living in a free subcontinent.