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Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi (Urdu:منطورالحق صدیقی; 12 April 1917 – 27 July 2004). He was a renowned educationist, historian and an author. He served in Cadet College, Hassan Abdal from 1954 until his retirement in 1980. He served as President Muslim League Rohtak during Pakistan movement in 1940's. Founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Quaid-Azam (Greatest Leader) visited Rawalpindi in 1945, only one time in his lifetime on the invitation of Prof. Manzoor ul Haq Siddiqi. Acknowledging his services during Pakistan Movement, he was recipient of Gold Medal by Punjab Govt. He had a large collection of books and among them included rare books also. His personal library remained attractive for researchers and historians. In Punjab region of Pakistan, in private and personal libraries was the only one got place in directory of world libraries by United Nations. In retirement, Siddiqi's work authoring several books and educating youngsters for different boarding institutes of Pakistan was distinguished. He suffered a debilitating paralysis stroke on 24 July 2001, and died on 27 July 2004 at the age of 87. == Background == M.H.Siddiqi's ancestors migrated to India during the rule of Qazi Qawam-ud-din.〔Syed Qasim Mehmood (1998). ''Encyclopedia Pakistanica'', p. 905. Qadir Printers, Karachi.〕 During the rule of Tughlaq and Mughals, many of his patriarchs were appointed on higher and honourable designations. In 1857, during the Indian Rebellion, many of his antecedents were arrested and hanged for treason and their properties were confiscated by the British because of taking part in the war against them.〔〔Asad Saleem Sheikh (2011. ''Encyclopedia Tehreek-e-Pakistan'', p.1119. Sang-e-meel Publications, Lahore. (ISBN 978-969-35-0998-4)〕 Siddiqi mentioned about all the history of these incidents in his book ''Maatherul Ajdad''.〔 His family was known for converting the Rajput's of Haryana to Muslims.〔Asad Saleem Sheikh (2011). ''Encyclopedia Tehreek-e-Pakistan'', p.1119. Sang-e-meel Publications, Lahore. (ISBN 978-969-35-0998-4)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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