Sanaullah Bhat

Sanaullah Bhat (14 November 1922 – 25 November 2009), also known as Khawaja Sonaullah Bhat,[1] was an Indian journalist, author and a columnist of Urdu language, who started Daily Aftab, a daily in Jammu and Kashmir, of which he served as the founding editor. He has been called a pioneer and father figure of journalism in Kashmir. He authored books including Ahd nāmah-yi Kashmīr.

Sanaullah Bhat
Born(1922-11-14)14 November 1922
Died25 November 2009(2009-11-25) (aged 87)
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India
OccupationJournalist
Notable workDaily Aftab

Life and career

Sanaullah Bhat was born on 14 November 1922.[2] He began his career in journalism career 1952 when he started publishing a weekly newspaper named Kashmir from Azad Kashmir.[1] In 1957, he started publishing daily Urdu language newspaper Aftab,[1] in 1957[2] and wrote a daily column for it, entitled, Khazar Sochta Hai Wular Ke Kinare (transl. Khizer thinks at the banks of Wular).[3] He registered the newspaper with the Registrar of Newspapers, India, in 1965 and was the first to use offset printing technology in Jammu and Kashmir.[1][4]

Bhat edited Aftab for over 40 years and introduced photo journalism in Jammu and Kashmir.[1][5] He has been described as a father figure of press in Kashmir. On 25 November 2022, while paying tributes to him, Farooq Abdullah stated that, "Bhat was devoted to objective journalism and he was the one who introduced street sale of newspapers." At the same time, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah called him a pioneer of journalism in Kashmir.[3] In 1975, Bhat was elected the first president of Kashmir Press Club.[6]

Bhat died on 25 November 2009 at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, in Soura, Srinagar.[1]

Publications

Bhat's works include:[7]

  • Kashmir In Flames: An Untold Story of Kashmirʼs Political Affairs. Srinagar: Ali Mohammad. 1981. OCLC 10149952.
  • ʻAhd nāmah-yi Kashmīr
  • Kashmīr, 1947 se 1977 tak [Kashmir, from 1947 until 1977] (in Urdu). Je. Ke. Āfsaṭ Prinṭar. 1980. OCLC 8689496.

References
  1. "Khawaja Sonaullah Bhat passes away in Srinagar". Indian Express. 25 November 2009.
  2. Molvi, Bilal (25 November 2021). "مرحوم ثناءاللہ بٹ صحافت کے اُفق پر ایک چمکتا ہوا تارہ". Daily Aftab.
  3. "NC pays tributes to Khawaja Sanaullah Bhat on his 13th death anniversary". Greater Kashmir. 25 November 2022.
  4. Showkat, Nayeem (October–December 2020). "Mapping the Mediasphere in Jammu & Kashmir". SAGE Open. 10: 4. doi:10.1177/2158244020968076.
  5. Moore, Molly; Anderson, John Ward (21 May 1995). "KASHMIR IN FLAMES: WHY INDIA HIDES FROM THE TRUTH". The Washington Post.
  6. "Forgotten story of Kashmir's first Press Club". The Dispatch. 11 February 2022.
  7. "Baṭ, S̲anāʼullāh 1922-". WorldCat. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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