Lahore (Web Desk): The 61st death anniversary of founder of Khaksar Thehreek, and writer, religious scholar and prominent mathematician Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi is being observed today.
Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi was born on August 25, 1883 in Amritsar.
He graduated from Cambridge University in England with distinction in mathematics and physics.
Mashriqi was a scholar of great stature and author of several books.
In 1931, Allama Mashriqi established a party called Khaksar Tehreek whose manifesto was discipline, service and obedience.
Soon the movement became a formidable political organisation across India.
Allama Inayatullah died in Lahore on this day in 1963.