Al-Hilal (newspaper) The Al-Hilal (Urdu:'The Crescent') was a weekly Urdu language newspaper established by the Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The first issue came out on 13 July 1912.
To encourage Muslims to join independence movement, which Mecca (Saudi Arabia) born Indian freedom fighter established an Urdu weekly newspaper 'Al-Hilal' in 1912 ?