Amir Chand Bombwal

[2] Bombwal was the last editor of the short-lived Urdu-language Swarajya weekly newspaper, published between 1907 and 1911 by the Bharat Mata Society in Allahabad.

This newspaper pursued a scathing campaign against British Raj rule,[3] An active member of the Indian National Congress party, he was jailed for participation in the first Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921-24.

[citation needed] Upon release from jail, he worked to rehabilitate the refugees and victims of the 1924 Kohat riots.

Upon the death of Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, who was on friendly terms with them, assumed the reins of power in Pakistan.

Liaquat Ali Khan facilitated their release from jail, and transferred Bombwal to India in 1948, where he arrived on a flight carrying the ceasefire delegation of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 from Pakistan.

This photograph of Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal was taken after transfer from Peshawar Central Jail to Multan Central Jail while undergoing three years rigorous imprisonment under Section 40 Frontier Crimes Regulations , in connection with the Non-Cooperation Movement in the North-West Frontier Province of British India in 1921-23. Wooden identification tablet with the steel ring around the neck indicates the serial number of the prisoner in jail "884", the Section under which punished "40", and the period of imprisonment "3Y", showing from "22.2.21 to 21.2.24"
British India passport photo of Pandit Amir Chand Bombwal, Peshawar, 1946