Now or Never; Are we to live or perish forever? (published on January 28, 1933, at Cambridge) was a pamphlet by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in which he presented the idea of the creation of a Muslim state in Indian subcontinent and where for the first time used the term Pakistan to refer to the Muslim homeland that he envisioned in Northern India, as well as Bang-i-Islam for a Muslim homeland in the Bengal, and Usmanistan for a Muslim homeland in the Deccan.

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{|style="border:1px; border: thin solid white; background-color:#f6f6FF; margin:20px;" cellpadding="10" "At this solemn hour in the history of India, when British and Indian statesmen are laying the foundations of a Federal Constitution for that land, we address this appeal to you, in the name of our common heritage, on behalf of our thirty million Muslim brethren who live in PAKSTAN - by which we mean the five Northern units of India, Viz: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province (Afghan Province), Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan - for your sympathy and support in our grim and fateful struggle against political crucifixion and complete annihilation."Now or Never; Are we to live or perish forever?, Pakistan History Website

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