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38 but they submitted to the Divine will with steadfast resignation and comported themselves with sorrowful dignity. His holy remains were taken to Qadian. I was one of the melancholy company in attendance. On the afternoon of 27th May, the members of the Movement who had by then gathered at Qadian, numbering approximately twelve hundred, acclaimed Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddeen as Khalifatul-Masih and swore alle- giance to him as such. He led the funeral Prayer and the holy remains were consigned to the earth. My last two years at college 1909–1911 were a very happy period. I was no longer handicapped by eye trouble, kept good health, and was able to follow a well-planned, regular programme of studies which soon put me at the head of the class. My profes- sors were satisfied with my progress and I enjoyed their goodwill. In September 1909, father went to Murree for part of his summer vacation and took me with him. This was my first experience of a hill station and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip. I made arrangements along with a fellow student to spend the summer vacation of 1910 at Abbottabad, preparing for my degree examination. I returned to Sialkot towards the end of the vacation. It was the month of Ramadan. told me that my father had wondered whether I had observed the fast at Abbottabad. She had expressed her confidence that I would not have neglected my religious duties. I assured her that her confidence had been jus- tified, and that—in fact—I was observing the fast even that day. I was not then aware that observation of the fast is not obligatory in the course of a journey. At the end of the academic year, I won first prize in all my subjects. I passed the university examination in the First Division