The Devotion of Life — Page 168
168 The Promised Messiah as established a Committee for the administration of this school in 1897. The President of this Committee was Hadrat Maulvi Hakim Nooruddin Sahib Bhervi ra. The Accountant was Hadrat Mir Nasir Nawab Sahib ra. The Secretary was Respected Khawaja Kamaluddin Sahib ra , a High Court Lawyer, and the Joint Secretary was Hadrat Maulana Abdul Karim Sahib Sialkoti ra. The first meeting of this Committee was held on 27 th December 1897 in which the Committee recommended that the Madrassah should open on 1 st January 1898. However, on account of the Jalsa Salana activities, the Madrassah was formally declared open on 3 rd January 1898. In 1905, on the demise of two well known Scholars, Hadrat Maulana Abdul Karim Sahib Sialkoti ra and Hadrat Maulana Burhanuddin Sahib Jhelumi ra , it was proposed that a separate institution should be established for raising Scholars in the Jama’at. Accordingly, the Promised Messiah as delivered a heart-rending address on 6 th December 1905 regarding this subject. After deliberation, it was decided that in the prevailing situation a separate section should be opened in Madrassah Talimul Islam to prepare Religious Scholars and Missionaries. This actually was the founding stone of Madrassah Ahmadiyya Qadian, which was laid at the end of January 1906.