c. 1922
13.60x
8.70cm
Shaukat Ali was charged with sedition in Karachi for encouraging Indian army troops to not serve in the British army, and sent to prison in Karachi's central jail. Shaukat Ali’s oft-quoted words at his trial in the city’s Khaliq Dina Hall rang across the subcontinent: “Damn this Court, damn this Government, damn this prosecution and damn this whole show.”