Ilm-ud-din
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Ilm Deen, also written as Alimuddin (4 December 1908 – 31 October 1929), was an Indian Muslim carpenter who assassinated a book publisher named Mahashe Rajpal Malhotra for publishing the book Rangila Rasul, which was deemed derogatory towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Muslims. He was executed for this crime.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Lahore
- Occupation
- carpenter
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1908-12-04
- date of death
- 1929-10-31
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- عِلم دین
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Ilm Deen, also written as Alimuddin (4 December 1908 – 31 October 1929), was an Indian Muslim carpenter who assassinated a book publisher named Mahashe Rajpal Malhotra for publishing the book Rangila Rasul, which was deemed derogatory towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Muslims. He was executed for this crime.
In Pakistan, a full-length feature film has been produced on the life of Alimuddin and screened on television worldwide.
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