After the publication of his "Patras Key Mazameen [1]" in 1927, he is recognized as a new and distinct force in Urdu Literature. |
In 1945 Patras Bokhari is awarded the Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) Award. |
Accompanied Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan on his first visit to the United States as the Prime Minister's speech writer. |
During his tenure at the United Nations, he is declared the best speaker at the United Nations. |
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Road named after him in Islamabad, Federal Capital of Pakistan. |
Editorial appears in the New York Times on 6th December 1958, a day after his demise, in which he is described as a "Citizen of the World" [2]. |
Dr. Anwar Dil, a well known Pakistan writer based in the US published a book on Patras Bokhari in 1998 called "On This Earth Together [3]" in 1998, after 20 years of painstaking research in the US and Pakistan. |
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In 2000 the Bokhari English Prize at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England is launched through the efforts of, and sole funding by Professor K.K. Aziz, a student of Patras Bokhari. |
August 14, 2003 President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharaf announces the conferment of Hilal-e-Imtiaz, posthumously Patras Bokhari, the country's second highest Civilian Award. In vesture ceremony takes place at President’s House, Islamabad on 23rd March 2004. |
Links:
[1] http://patrasbokhari.com/patras_ke_mazameen
[2] https://patrasbokhari.com/Articles/bytheway
[3] http://members.aol.com/iforum/Bokhari/OnEarth.htm
[4] http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/philately/stamps98/syedahmed.html