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iii About the Author Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan ra (1893-1985) a companion of the Promised Messiah as ; a man of phenomenal intelligence and memory; a great orator; a prolific writer and a great scholar of comparative studies of religion was born to Ch. Nasrullah Khan at Sialkot. He initiated into Ahmadiyyat, alongwith his parents, at the most blessed hands of the Promised Messiah as in 1904. He was educated primarily at Municipal Board School, and then American Mission High School. Though indisposed, he secured first position in the school in matriculation examination when he was only fourteen years of age. He graduated (in first grade) from Govt. College Lahore in 1911 and was the first Indian student who topped London University in LLB final in 1914. He started his career as a lawyer at Sialkot in 1915. Though young for his age and experience, he was elected as a lecturer at Law College Lahore in 1919. He started his political career with selection as a member in Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1926. He successfully pleaded the cause of Muslims with the Indian Round Table Conference held in London in 1930, 1931 and 1932. He was elected as the President of The Indian Muslim League in 1931. For six years he remained member of the Governor- General’s Executive Council of British India and served in various fields such as health commerce, archaeology, railways and law etc. During this period he represented undivided India in numerous conferences abroad and had the opportunity to put forth the Two-Nation theory to numerous heads of