The Urdu weekly journal 'Al-Hilal', started in Calcutta in 1912, was founded by:

"Al-Hilal" ("The Crescent") was an Urdu weekly journal started by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in Calcutta (Kolkata) in July 1912.

About Al-Hilal:

• It was written in a powerful style and carried articles on religion, politics and nationalism.
• It criticised British rule and also criticised the loyalist attitude of some Muslim leaders towards the British.
• It encouraged Indian Muslims to join the national movement and promoted Hindu-Muslim unity.
• It became very popular, with a large circulation for its time.
• The British government took action against it under the Press Act of 1910, and it was closed in 1914.
• Azad then started another weekly, "Al-Balagh" (1915), which was also closed when he was externed from Bengal in 1916.

About Maulana Abul Kalam Azad:

• He was born on 11 November 1888 in Mecca and died on 22 February 1958.
• He was a scholar of Arabic, Persian and Urdu, and a leading figure of the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
• He became one of the youngest presidents of the Indian National Congress, at the Delhi special session in 1923, at the age of 35.
• He was again Congress president from 1940 to 1946, during the Quit India Movement and the negotiations with the Cripps and Cabinet Missions.
• He was independent India's first Minister of Education (1947-1958).
• His birthday, 11 November, is celebrated as "National Education Day".
• He received the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1992.
• His famous book is "India Wins Freedom".

Other journals of the national movement:

• "Comrade" (English) and "Hamdard" (Urdu): Muhammad Ali Jauhar.
• "Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq": Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Muhammad Ali Jauhar edited "Comrade" and "Hamdard".
• ✗Sir Syed Ahmad Khan published "Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq".
• ✗Hakim Ajmal Khan was a physician and a founder of Jamia Millia Islamia.