Ahmed Shah Bokhari ( Patras) was born in Peshawar on 1st October 1898. His early education was in Peshawar. In 1916 he moved from Islamia College, Peshawar to joinGovernment College [1], Lahore. In 1922 he completed his M.A. in English from Government College [1], Lahore, and was appointed as lecturer at Government College [1], Lahore. He did this job from 1922 - 1925. In 1923 he married Zubaida Wanchoo, a Punjabi-speaking Kashmiri lady, and daughter of a Superintendent of Police. They had three children - two sons Mansoor & Haroon, and a daughter Roshan Ara. Roshan Ara died as a child. From 1925 - 1927 he studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University to complete a Tripos in English, with a first class first From 1927 - 1939 he was a Professor at Government College [1] Lahore. During this period his literary pursuits and teaching skills flourished. In 1927 he published his famous essays "Patras Kay Mazameen [2]", which had been written a few years earlier. In 1939 he was appointed Deputy Director-General of All-India Radio in Delhi. From 1941 - 1947 he remained Director General, All India Radio, Delhi 1947 - 1950 he was Principal, Government College [1] Lahore. During this time he resurrected the Government College [1], and these years came to be known as the golden years of Government College [1] Lahore. From 1951 - 1954 he served as Pakistan's first Permanent Representative at the United Nations. From 1954 - 1958, he worked with the Secretary General [3] of the United nations [4], as the Under-Secretary of the United Nations, Head of Information He passed away on 5th December 1958 in New York and is buried in Valhalla Cemetery, New York. |
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[1] http://www.gcu.edu.pk
[2] https://www.patrasbokhari.com/patras_ke_mazameen
[3] http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scpres1950.htm
[4] http://www.un.org