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Also known as Ilmuddin, ilmudin, Ilmdin

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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  • Murder
  • Trial and execution
  • In popular culture
  • Books
  • Films
  • Bibliography
  • References

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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