Latifi Press was founded in 1933 inDelhi by Abdul Latif Khan. It printed several important publications for theMuslim League and most notably, first issue ofDawn newspaper,[1] the mouth piece of Muslim League and edited byMuhammad Ali Jinnah, was printed here on 12 October 1942.[2][3][4] The Press was partly burnt during the tumultuous partition ofIndia intoBharat andPakistan in 1947, and many of the machines were sold off mainly to Sanghites.[5] Abdul Latif Khan subsequently migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1948.Among the notable publications printed at Latifi press were "The Illustrated Weekly of India", works by Khawaja Hasan Nizami, S. M. Hussain[6]Zeki Velidi Togan,[7] and Quranic Translations[8]