Besides witnessing the emergence of Pakistan after India’s partition in 1947, Gaffar was 5-yrs-old when World War I broke, at the age of 30 i.e. in 1939 he witnessed the World War II.
But at the end of year 2018 it was heart wrenching to see that the same pious pulpit of historical Jamia Masjid was desecrated by some vested interest miscreants who don't even know about the etiquette of Masjid.