Professional Life
At the age of 19, he joined the Royal British Army as a commission officer in the engineering core on the 9 April 1930. A special certificate of education from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, was awarded to him along with the selection of “Voy cadet” in Military Academy. His tenure in the army was spent in the Roorki Cantt. He served the Royal Engineering Core for thirteen years only and was honorably discharged in 1945.
Religious visits to Khanqah-e-Sabir (the Holy Sanctuary of Hazrat Sabir) at Kalyar some 6 miles (9.7 km) away from Roorki Cantt was a regular habit of Barkat Ali. He would often spend the night there in worship whilst employed in the army.
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