Al-Hilal (newspaper)
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For the Egyptian magazine, see Al-Hilal (magazine).
Al-Hilal (Urdu: هلال "The Crescent") was a weekly Urdu language newspaper established by the Indian Muslim independence activist and first education minister of India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The paper was notable for its criticism of the British Raj in India and its exhortation to Indian Muslims to join the growing Indian independence movement. Al-Hilal ran from 1912 to 1914, when it was shut down under the Press Act.
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
Editor | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
Founded | 1912 |
Political alignment | Indian nationalism |
Language | Urdu |
Ceased publication | 1914 (shut down by the then British government) |
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