Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii

Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii (c. 1901 – 21 August 1973) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and independence activist, known for designing the national flag of Pakistan. He began his political career in the Khilafat movement, helped draft the "Pakistan Scheme" at Aligarh, migrated to Lahore in 1947, practised law and taught at the University of the Punjab's law college, and was a founding member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. ^{1 2}

He was born in 1901 in Barabanki, in the North-Western Provinces of British India, and completed his LL.B. at Aligarh University. ^{1 3}

He started his political career as an activist of the Khilafat movement: he was a member of the Khilafat Committee and was later made one of its chief leaders, and Maulana Shaukat Ali used to call him "My Lieutenant". After the Khilafat movement ended, Shaukat Ali founded the Khuddam-e-Ka'aba Association, of which Kedwaii was appointed president of the United Provinces branch. In 1922, under the leadership of Allama Raghib Ahsan, he created the All India Muslim Youth League, of which he was secretary-general. He then became a member of the All India Muslim Conference, and later its secretary. He joined the All-India Muslim League in 1936 and became a member of its council in 1938, and with his companions at Aligarh he drafted the "Pakistan Scheme" on the basis of which the League developed the Lahore Resolution in 1940. ¹

Kedwaii is credited with designing the national flag of Pakistan, the work for which he is remembered in the country's national memory. ^{1 2 3}

Kedwaii migrated to the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Lahore. He was a faculty member of the University of the Punjab's law college and practised law as a senior advocate. He was one of the founding members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and took part in its meetings as its vice-president. The Urdu article adds that a medical college in Lahore, Amiruddin Medical College, is named after him. ^{1 3}

The English article reports that he had a strong spiritual attachment to Data Ali Hajveri of Lahore, and that because of this attachment he remained in Lahore until his death; this is a detail of personal devotion, not a recorded school affiliation. ¹

He died in Lahore on 21 August 1973. In honour of his services in the Pakistan Movement, the Government of Pakistan posthumously awarded him the Pakistan Movement Gold Medal in 1991. ^{1 2}

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