Latifi Press was founded in 1933 in Delhi by Abdul Latif Khan. It printed several important publications for the Muslim League and most notably, first issue of Dawn newspaper, [1] the mouth piece of Muslim League and edited by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was printed here on 12 October 1942.[2] [3] [4] The Press was partly burnt during the tumultuous partition of India into Bharat and Pakistan in 1947, and many of the machines were sold off mainly to Sanghites.[5] Abdul Latif Khan subsequently migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1948. Among the notable publications printed at Latifi press were "The Illustrated Weekly of India", works by Khawaja Hasan Nizami, S. M. Hussain[6] Zeki Velidi Togan,[7] and Quranic Translations[8]

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  1. ^ Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1943). The All-India Muslim league, Karachi session, December, 1943. Presidential address by ... M.A. Jinnah. Delhi: Latifi Press. OCLC 26406992.
  2. ^ Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1976). Plain Mr. Jinnah. Vol. 1. Royal Book co. p. 236. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ Inani, Rohit. "The forgotten Delhi home of a historic Pakistani newspaper". The Caravan. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ "Setting up the Muslim mouthpiece | ePaper | DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ^ Govind Sahai (1956). A critical analysis of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Naya Hindustan Press. p. 49.
  6. ^ "Poetry". Pennsylvania: Arabic Department University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  7. ^ R. B. S (1944). "Reviewed work: Biruni's Picture of the World, A. Zeki Validi Togan". The Geographical Journal. 103 (6). JSTOR: 284–285. doi:10.2307/1789622. JSTOR 1789622.
  8. ^ "Catalogue". catalogue.bl.uk.