He belonged to an Arain (tribe) and was a direct lineal descendant of Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi, the freedom fighter against British Colonial rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

[citation needed] He gathered a large fighting force that drove the British out of not only Ludhiana but also Panipat.

[3] Ludhianvi was one of the founders of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, a nationalist movement that wanted an end to the British rule in India.

[citation needed] He chose to stay back in East Punjab, India to represent thousands of Muslims still remaining there, after the partition and the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947.

[citation needed] He argued, at that time, that the remaining Muslims in East Punjab should not be abandoned.