88. Sirajul Millath A. K. A. Abdul Samad

Born	October 4, 1926(1926-10-04) Karaikal, Pondicherry
Died	November 4, 1999(1999-11-04) (aged 73) chennai Tamil Nadu
Political party	Indian Union Muslim League

ABDUL SAMAD, SHRI A.K.A., M.A. (Tamil: அப்துல் சமது) (October 4, 1926 – November 4, 1999) was a prominent Tamil politician, and an important leader of the Indian Union Muslim League

Association with Political Parties

, Tamil Nadu, All India General Secreatary Indian Union Muslim League

 Membership

Rajya Sabha, 1964–76; Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980–84; Ninth Lok Sabha 1989-91:, Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu, 1984–88;

Committee Experience

Member, Public Accounts Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 1985–86; Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha; Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House and Committee on Petitions, 7th Lok Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rajya Sabha, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajya Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry, 1990;

 Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading and writing, travelling, discussions;

 Publications

Sweet Memories of Sacred Haj (Tamil) 'Narpaniyatri Nabi Mani' (Prophet Muhammad's Biography in Tamil) 'An Introduction to Holy Quran' (in Tamil) Founder-Editor, Mani Chudar (Tamil Daily) and Mani Vilakkur (Tamil Monthly);

 Delegation to Foreign Countries

Member, IPD to Yugoslavia, 1971; Member, Govt. of India's Haj Delegation, 1971 and 1989;

Travels Abroad

Went round the world twice, visited all the Muslim and Arab Countries;

 Social Activities

Amelioration of the down-trodden, communal harmony; spread of higher education amongst Muslim minorities;

 Other information

Publisher, Crescent (Eng. Weekly); Member, Syndicate, Madras University and Senate, Annamalai University; President, Muslim Educational Association of South India; Chairman, Board of Islamic Studies, Madras University; Member, Court, AMU, April, 1990.


Source : Wikipedia

ABDUL SAMAD, SHRI A.K.A., M.A. [Congress (I)—Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 1989]:  s. of Allama A.K. Abdul Hameed Baqavi; b. at Karaikal, Pondicherry, October 4, 1926; ed. at Madras University; m. Nargis Banu, July 2, 1959; 3 s. and 2d.; Journalist, Editor, Author, Educationist, Businessman; President, Indian Union Muslim League, Tamil Nadu;

Previous Association with Political Parties: 

Rajya Sabha, 1964-76; Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980-84; Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu, 1984-88;

Previous Membership: 

Member, Public Accounts Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 1985-86; Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha; Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House and Committee on Petitions, 7th Lok Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rajya Sabha, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajya Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry, 1990;

Committee Experience: 

Reading and writing, travelling, discussions;

Favourite Pastime and Recreation: 

Publications: 

Delegation to Foreign Countries: 

Travels Abroad: 

Social Activities: 

Other Information: 

Publisher, Crescent (Eng. Weekly); Member, Syndicate, Madras University and Senate, Annamalai University; President, Muslim Educational Association of South India; Chairman, Board of Islamic Studies, Madras University; Member, Court, AMU, April, 1990.Amelioration of the down-trodden, communal harmony; spread of higher education amongst Muslim minorities;Went round the world twice, visited all the Muslim and Arab Countries;Member, IPD to Yugoslavia, 1971; Member, Govt. of India's Haj Delegation, 1971 and 1989;Sweet Memories of Sacred Haj (Tamil) 'Narpaniyatri Nabi Mani' (Prophet Muhammad's Biography in Tamil) 'An Introduction to Holy Quran' (in Tamil) Founder-Editor, Mani Chudar (Tamil Daily) and Mani Vilakkur (Tamil Monthly);

87. ABDUS SATTAR

ABDUS SATTAR, SHRI, B.A., B.L., Cong. (West Bengal— Kalna-Katwa—1952): S. of Late Shri Shamsher Ali; B. at Tola, District Burdwan, 1912; ed. at City College, Calcutta and Calcutta University Law College; m. Shrimati Nurunessa Sattar, April 29, 1939; 3 S. and 1 D.; Member, Kalna Local Board; Member, Distract Board, Burdwan; 1942—51; Member, A.I.C.C. since 1936; General Secretary, Burdwan D.C.C., 1935—40 and 1945—51; Assistant Secretary, Bengal P.C.C., 1941—49; Secretary,  West Bengal P.C.C. since 1950; President, Burdwan D.C.C. since 1951; President, Khani Mazdoor Congress, 1948—50; Vice-President, Colliery Mazdoor Congress; President, Burdwag,District Primary Teachers' Association; President, Burdwan Bus Association; President, Bengal and Assam Post and Telegraph (including R.M.S.) Lower Grade Staff Union since 1951; Member, District School Board, 1944—51; Member, District Minority Board since 1950; Member, Regional Transport Authority, Burdwan; Suffered imprisonment in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1942, in connection with freedom movements; Interested in social uplift of Harijans and coal mine and industrial labourers and backward classes; Hindu-Muslim unity, mass literacy campaigns and establishing educational institutions in rural areas. Elected to the Provisional Parliament in September, 1950.

Accomplishments in Arts and Science: Humorist and critic in Bengali literature and a good speaker.

Special interest: Journalism.

86. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg

The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg, M.A. (Cantab), Barrister-at-Law; Born at Lucknow on 22nd February, 1913; son of the Hon'ble Mirza Samiullah Beg, former Chief Justice of Hyderabad State; educated at St. George's Summer School, Hyderabad (Deccan); Obtained a Gold Medal for a record performance securing first position in Senior Cambridge H.S.L.C. Examination, 1929; joined Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1931, and obtained Honours in Archeaological and Anthropological and Historical Triposes; took the B.A. (Honours) degree in 1934, and then the M.A. degree, of the Cambridge University, attended advanced classes in Economics, Public Finance, Political Theory and Organisation, Constitutional Law and International Law, at the London School of Economics, joined the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn; obtained a first class first in Hindu and Mohammedan Laws at the Bar Examinations held by the Council of Legal Education in England, was called to the Bar in February, 1941; practised at Meerut and Allahabad as an Advocate of the Allahabad High Court from 1942; Lecturer on Constitutional Law and on Equity at Meerut College, Meerut, from 1943 to 1946, and, at the Allahabad University, On the Law of Evidence and on Human Law and Ancient Law, from 1946 to 1963; enrolled as an Advocate of the Federal Court of India in 1949, and, subsequently of the Supreme Court of India, built up an extensive practice on all sides; was Standing Counsel to the Allahabad University, and to the U.P. Sunni Central Wakf Board, and appeared frequently for Municipal bodies; raised to the Bench of the Allahabad High Court on 11th June, 1963; sat both on the Criminal and Civil sides and then on the Tax Bench at the Allahabad High Court; appointed Company Judge of the Allahabad High Court and was also incharge of the matrimonial and testamentary jurisdiction of  the High Court from the middle of 1967 to 1970; appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in January, 1971; appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 10.12.1971; Member of the International Law Association and of the World Association of Judges.

• Appointed as Chief Justice of India on 29.01.1977.
• Retired on 21.02.1978.

85. M. A. Hannan

ALHAJ, SHRI M. A. HANNAN B.A., Janata (West Bengal—Basirhat—1977):  s. of late Shri Haji Abdul Monnaf; b. at Calcutta, 1929; ed. at Madarsha Alia, Dacca; Islamic Intermediate College, Dacca; Calcutta Mohammadan College; m. Smt. Noor Banu Kegum, September 19, 1948; 4 s. and 2 d.; Political and social worker; previously associated with Congress, Swatantra Party and Bhartiya Lok Dal; Participated in Quit India Movement and was imprisoned a number of times; launched an agitation for the release of I.N.A. imprisoned personnel; Took part in (i) relief work organised by Mahatma Gandhi at the time of Communal Disturbances in Independence days; (ii) Peasants Movement in West Bengal under the banner of Farmers Federation of India (iii) Hindustani Movement against smugglers and (iv) Jayaprakash Narayan's 'Total Revolution' Movement; General Secretary, (i) Swatantra Party, (ii) West Bengal State Committee; and (iii) Food and Relief Committee, West Bengal, 1967-68; Actively worked for the formation of Bhartiya Lok Dal in 1974; General Secretary, Bhartiya Lok Dal; Took leading part in the formation of Janata party in West Bengal and was elected as a Member of its Executive Committee; Founder and Rector of Academy of Islamic Studies; Founder Director Indo-Arab Cultural Forum; Founder Member, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature.

:  Reading and participating in religious activities.

Favourite pastime and recreation

:  Public service, social and cultural activities.

Special interests

Publications:

Sports and clubs

Travels abroad

:  Visited Saudi Arabia and part of Middle East.:  Member, (i) Mohammadan Sporting Club, (ii) East Bengal Club, (iii) Taltala Sporting Club, (iv) Baghbazar Gymnasium, (v) Sagar Sporting Club.Editor, Bengali Magazine 'DAMAMA' and 'PRAGATI'; Associated with English Journal Society, and 'Commerce'.

84. Imam Buhari @ Syed Abdullah

Syed Abdullah Bukhari, the grand old Shahi Imam of Delhi's historic Jama Masjid and for long one of India's most outspoken Muslim leaders.

Abdullah Bukhari, born in Rajasthan and educated in Delhi, was the 12th Shahi Imam.

The image he earned in later years as an aggressive Muslim leader often clouded the difficult role he played before and during August 1947 when he persuaded scores of Indian Muslims not to migrate to Pakistan.

 

During those troubled days, thousands of Delhi's Muslims, forced out of their homes by mobs, took shelter in the premises of the red-stone mosque under his care. Bukhari provided them food, clothes and medicines.

In the decades that followed, using his clout as the cleric of the country's best known mosque, Bukhari took keen interest in the social and economic issues linked to Muslims.

He took to the streets following communal violence in Delhi's Kishanganj area in 1974, leading to his jailing for 18 days in early 1975. The event triggered widespread protests.

He rose to national prominence in March 1977 when he joined national politicians in mobilising people to vote out the Congress government of Indira Gandhi, accusing it of displacing the poor from their homes and forcing their menfolk to undergo vasectomy.

Since then politicians used to make a beeline for him to seek his support in elections, giving him a larger than life image.

The senior Bukhari also played an active role in support of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya but his appeal started to wane after mobs destroyed the mosque in 1992, creating the worst Hindu-Muslim fissures since 1947.

83. Syed Mushtaq Ali

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	Indian
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	11	226
Runs scored	612	13213
Batting average	32.21	35.90
100s/50s	2/3	30/63
Top score	112	233
Balls bowled	378	9702
Wickets	3	162
Bowling average	67.33	29.34
5 wickets in innings	-	6
10 wickets in match	-	2
Best bowling	1/45	7/108
Catches/stumpings	7/-	160/-

Syed Mushtaq Ali  (December 17, 1914 – June 18, 2005) was a former Indian cricketer, and an aggressive Test batsman. Ali holds the distinction of scoring the first Test century by any Indian overseas, when he hit a ton for the team in 1936 at Manchester in England.
A Wisden Special Award winner, he scored four first class hundreds in the 1936 tour. He was an opening or middle order right-hand batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.

















Ali played extensively for regional team and private clubs when cricket was a young sport in India. He was not only a sporting legend, but a popular superstar of his time, and an icon for the younger generation of Indian youth. Combining with another legend, the cautious yet skilled Vijay Merchant, Ali's aggression and powerful strokeplay formed a dynamic and legendary opening partnership for the team for years.
He played for Holkar in the National Championship for the Ranji Trophy along with other stalwarts like C K Nayudu. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964 and made a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club for his contribution to the game. He died in his sleep, at the age of 90. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
He is a popular figure in Indian cricket.


Source: Wikipedia

82. AMJAD ALI, SHRI, B.A., LL.B.

AMJAD ALI, SHRI, B.A., LL.B., (Alig.), P.S.P., (Assam— Dhubri—1957): S. of late Maulvi Amiruddin Ahmed; B. Goalpara Town, September 26, 1903; ed. at Dhubri Zilla School; Cotton College, Gauhati; Muslim University, Aligarh; m. Nurjehan Begum, November, 1923; 3 S. and 3 D.; Advocate, Supreme Court of India; President, Goalpara District Students Conference, Abhayapuri (1938), Kamrup District Muslim Students Federation, Gauhati (1939) and All Assam Muslim Students' Federation, Sylhet (1944); Vice-President, Assam Provincial Muslim League (1939-41); Formerly member of the Socialist Party; Member, Dacca University Court (1939-45), Faculty of Arts and Law, Calcutta University; Fellow, University of Calcutta (1943-48); Served in the Partially Excluded Areas Conference, 1940; Served on the Editorial Board of the daily English man and Aligarh Daily Mail; Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (1937-45); Member, First Lok Sabha (1952-57).

Accomplishments in letters, art and Science: Winner of Ibn Khaldun Gold Medal for writing on "Louis XIV".

Hobbies: Reading and writing.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Visiting hill stations.

Sports: Football and tennis.

81.Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan

Mushtaq Ali Khan was born in Banaras (20 June 1911 – 21 July 1989) and an Indian aitar, surbahar (and pakhawaj) player. His father Ashiq Ali Khan was a renowned sitar player. His musical ancestor tree includes Masit Sen, the originator of Masitkhani Baaj (a slow tempo instrumental composition). He was recognized as the foremost representative of the Senia gharana (style, musical school) of sitar playing in the mid-20th century.










At first a court musician at Jaunpur, he left the court to pursue an independent career. He started playing for All India Radio in 1929, and performed at the 1931 Sangeet Sammelan (conference) in Allahabad. For all of the 1940s and most of the 1950s he was considered the most prominent sitar player in India, following the demise of Enayat Khan of the Etawah Gharana, and prior to the rise of the young Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan in the mid-1950s.. In 1968 he won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Being a purist, Khan-Saheb refused to yield to shifting popular tastes and to adopt the innovations introduced by Ravi Shankar on one hand and Vilayat Khan on the other, which lead to a gradual decline in his popularity . At the time of his death he was known as a "musicians' musician". Many of India's best known musicians expressed their appreciation of the purity of his style and musicality in a book published in Delhi after his death^.





Training and Lineage
Khan started his instruction at the age of 6. He learned from his father, Ashiq Ali Khan, who had learned sitar from the renowned 19th century player Barkatullah Khan, a descendant of Masit Sen of Delhi, the inventor of the Masitkhani gat (the major style of slow musical composition in sitar playing) ^[4] His name became synonymous with the Senia style  although he may actually have practiced an even more austere style than his predecessors in the gharana . He eschewed much of the ornamentation of modern sitar technique (such as murkhi and zamzama), and embraced a clean, pure sound. His alap was constructed along the lines of a dhrupad alap, and his jod and jhalla derived a lot from been (rudra vina) technique. Oddly enough, in spite of being a musical descendant of Masit Sen, he rarely played Masitkhani gats in public, and none of the commercially available examples of his music includes one. He opted to play the faster Rezakhani gats instead, feeling that playing Masitkhani gats to an undiscerning audience would cause them to be devalued.

 Instruments

MUSHTAQ ALI KHAN was an eminent Sitar player of Senia Gharana (Indian Music School). - And the only SURBAHAR player of India who used to play in BEEN-ANG with 3 MEZRABS (plectrum) and that too, with Pakhawaj as an accompanying instrument only in pure DHRUPAD STYLE.
In a rare exclusive interview in the Daily Telegraph on the 13 July 1985, Khan Sahab narrated the history of this instrument with historical references in which has cleared the myth of this instrument . Khan Sahab had his lineage with fifth vani, called Dhandvani named after one of the forefathers. The famous dhrupadiya of Shah Jahans Court, Nayak Dhundhu. It is also called Rasal Vani for its beauty . …." two of my ancestors, Jaggu Khan and Makku Khan. Since Makku Khan was childless, he adopted Waras Ali Khan a great name who learnt the art of playing Been from Bade Mohammed Khan. When my father Ashiq Ali Khan was six years old, my grand father Sadaq Ali Khan, son of Jaggu Khan died so his uncle Waras Ali Khan taught him all inticacies of Beena on the surbahar. That is why we play Surbahar with three Mezrabs. The Surbahar was originally designed to felicitate the playing of Alap . Those days Alap was the exclusive prerogative of the Beenkar. Ghulam Muhammed Khan and his son Sajjad Mohammed Khan the great SurBahar players used to stay at Calcutta in the earliest part of the 20th Century and taught many renowned players including Imdad Khan and Jnanoda Mukherjee. In this instrument two angas played are alap and talparan and that is why the knowledge of pakhawaj is essential to play the Talparan ….".

His 2nd Instrument: Pakhawaj

Mustaq Ali Khan also had to learn the art of pakhawaj playing in order to achieve perfection in the art of playing the surbahar with Pakhawaj.

Indian Music Conferences, Awards, Recognitions

Mushtaq Ali Khan was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1968 (equivalent to a National Academy Award). In 1973/74 he received the title of D.Litt from Rabindra Bharti University. The Indian government appointed him as the Professor Emeritus in Education and the Cultural Ministry and gave fellowship.
Some of the other musical awards were Sitar Sudhakar – 1932, Tantri Vilas – 1973, Sangeet Ratnakar – 1974, State Academy Award – 1974, Senior fellowship and Emeritus – 1986, Bhuwalka Award – 1987, Tansen Award – 1987, Special Honour University of Delhi – 1987.

Pupils and Followers

His foremost disciples are Nirmal Guha Thakurta, Netai Bose, Shipra Chaudhury and Dr. Debu Chaudhuri. Latter is now the only living and/or active amongst this quartet. He has started a cultural Centre in New Delhi under the name of "UMAK ( acronym of Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan ) CENTRE FOR CULTURE", with a view to have UMAK's music and his ideas alive, for the future generation those who will have regards for purity and tradition . Such great Masters are not understood well during their own time which is a sad story and reflection on our knowledge and understanding .

 KHAN’s (late) activities

A follower of rasal vani, Khan Sahab was the only surbahar player who not only maintained the purity of the Rasdal Vani but also kept its purity alive till his last days and never diluted to please the masses and that is why his music was not understood by the masses but respected by the contemporary Great Masters. On 1953 had a Subahar recital in Raga Purya, in the First National Programme of the All India Radio New Delhi. It may be recalled that in the year 1953 Pandit Ravi Shankar was instrumental of instituting this National Programme of All India Radio and was present on this memorable occasion (live Concert) and praised Kahn Sahab profusely for his superb exposition of Raga Purya in a pure Dhrupad style with three Mezrabs.
He was a musicians musician and that is why he always shied away from the commercial attention. Instead Mushtag Ali Khan organised conferences where old masters and new artists were introduced to the cognoscenti and the novice. Among the well known names, Pandit Ravi Shankar was first presented by him to the public in Calcutta. Ustad had his undisputed popularity and demand during the early thirties to late forties.
Even in the evening of his illustrious career, he and his wife Begum Kaneez Khatoon were actively involved in variety of projects for promotion of art and culture in our country. He died on 21 July 1989.


Source : Wikipedia

80.Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi

Born	14 February 1931 Hyderabad,  Hyderabad State
Died	29 September 2008
Political party	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (February 14, 1931 - September 29, 2008) was an Indian politician from the city of Hyderabad. He served as the Member of Parliament from Hyderabad for six consecutive terms until stepping down in 2004 in favour of his elder son Asaduddin Owaisi. Akbaruddin Owaisi the second son of Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency. Abdul Wahed owaisi was the president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen till his death. In 1976, Salahuddin Owaisi took over the presidency of the Majlis after his father's death.















































The Deccan College of Medical Sciences under the aegis of Dar-us-Salam Educational Trust, under the Chairmanship of ALHAJ SULTAN SALAHUDDIN OWAISI, EX. M.P., was started in the year 1984 with an intake of 100 seats in M.B;B.S. course. Keeping in view of the infrastructure facilities, state of the art equipment and highly qualified teaching staff, the intake capacity has been increased to 150 seats from Sept., 1995 with the permission of the Medical Council of India, New Delhi.


Salahuddin Owaisi, also known as “Salar-e-Millat” (commander of the community), has repeatedly alleged in his speeches that the Indian state has “abandoned” the Muslims to their fate. Therefore, “Muslims should stand on their own feet, rather than look to the State for help'’, he argues. Owaisi was considered to be the strongest person in Hyderabad politics as his power extended till the borders of Andhra Pradesh as Muslims in the State rally behind him and he was considered to be the man who can tilt the Muslim vote bank in Andhra pradesh to whichever Party he feels like. He is considered to be the most Prominent Muslim Leader in Hyderabad.

Political career

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi stepped into politics at a very early age and was active when his father was jailed.

Other roles

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi addressing MIM party workers at MIM Headquarters Darussalam.

To work for the economic development and educational advancement of the minorities; Owaisi established minority Engineering College, Medical College, Pharmacy, Degree College and Colleges for hospital management(www.dshm.co.in), MBA, MCA and Nursing, a Co-operative Bank, an Industrial Training Institute, and two Hospitals and Urdu Newspaper Etemaad; evinced keen interest in espousing the cause of promotion and protection of Urdu language, literature and culture.

• 1985-96—Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
• 1996-97—Member, Committee on Home Affairs
• 1996-97—Member, Committee on Industry
• 1996-97—Member, Committee on Finance
• 1998-99—Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committee-I

Source : Wikipedia

79. Chief Justice MM Ismail

The former Acting Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.


M. M. Ismail (February 8, 1921 - Jan 17, 2005) was an Indian politician who served as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu and a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court


Early life
Ismail was born in Nagore, Tamil Nadu on February 8, 1921. He studied at the Madras Law College in 1945, after completing his mathematics (honours) degree from the Presidency College, Chennai.

 Work life

He was appointed as an additional judge at the Delhi High Court in February 1967 and was transferred to the Madras High Court in November 1967. He became Chief Justice of the court on November 6, 1979. On July 8, 1981 he tendered his resignation, following his transfer to the Kerala High Court as its Chief Justice.
On October 27, 1980, Ismail was sworn-in as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu in the place of Prabhudas Patwari.

 Legacy

Ismail was a learned Tamil scholar of Kamba Ramayana. As the president of the Kamban Kazhagam, he was responsible for organising literary festivals focussing on classical Tamil literature.

 Death

Ismail died at Chennai on Jan 17, 2005 after a long illness leaving behind him two sons and a daughter.


Source : Wikipedia

78. Mulana Mazharul Haque

Born	Mazharul Haque 1866 Barhampur, Maner, Bihar
Died	January 1930

Known for	Home Rule Movement
Political party	Indian National Congress

Mulana Mazharul Haque(Urdr مولانا مظہرالحق، Hindi मौलाना मजहरुल हक; 1866-1930) was born to a rich landlord, Sheikh Ahmedullah, in Bihar in December 1866. An only son, he had two sisters Ghafrunisha and Kaneez Fatma.
His primary education was delivered at home by a Maulvi, but he passed his matriculation from the Patna Collegiate in 1886. He then traveled to Lucknow for higher studies, where he was admitted to Cannig College. However, it is said that he found it difficult to adjust to circumstances and instead, chose to leave for England the same year to pursue a course in law. He returned to India qualified in law in 1891 and set up a legal practice in Patna. He even joined the judicial service as a Munsif, on the advice of a foreign friend. It is perhaps not surprising though, that he soon developed differences with the District & Sessions Judge and had to resign. Subsequently, he started a practice at Chapra.
He is said to have made a significant contribution to relief efforts launched during the famine in Saran district of Bihar in 1897. But Maulana Mazharul Haque's public life actually commenced with the creation of the Bihar Provincial Conference, a move he supported as he believed in the need for the constitution of Bihar as a separate province.
In 1906, he moved to Patna to continue to practice law. It was also in 1906 that Maulana Mazharul Haque was elected Vice Chairman of Bihar Congress Committee.





Mazharul Haque helped organize the Home Rule Movement in Bihar and was its President in 1916. He actively participated in the Champaran Satyagraha for which he was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment.
Subsequently, when the Non Cooperation and Khilafat Movements were launched, Mazharul Haque gave up his lucrative legal practice and his elected post as member of the Imperial Legislative Council and turned all his efforts to the freedom struggle. By now, he was a firm believer in complete Independence being "the birthright of every Nation"�.
Mazharul Haque was also a fervent believer in democratic decentralization and he organized the Panchayats in Saran district towards meeting this vision. He also made many requests for better educational facilities in Bihar, especially for free and compulsory primary education.
Maulana Mazharul Haque is known to have stayed with his maternal uncle Dr. Saiyyad Mahmood in Siwan during the anti-purdah movement launched in Bihar in response to the Non Cooperation Movement of 1920. Mahatma Gandhi sought to bring women also into mainstream politics, to strengthen the resistance against British rule as well as empower them to play a more active role in society. Literally, purdah means "veil" and the system involves women being confined indoors or wearing a protective veil whenever they venture outdoors. The purdah system espoused by Muslim and many Hindu families, especially in Bihar, meant that women remained behind men in all spheres of life. Around this time, he was approached by students of the Patna University desiring to support Gandhi's call to boycott Government run institutions. The Bihar Vidyapeeth, then headquartered at an ashram he constructed on the Patna-Danapur road thus came into being. The ashram became well known as the Sadaquat Ashram, it now serves as the headquarters of the Congress party in Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar.
An avid writer and poet, in 1921, he started "The Motherland" an English weekly journal (later bi-weekly) which was used to propagate thoughts and ideals of the Non Cooperation Movement.
While Maulana Mazharul Haque's birthplace was village Brahmpur, Thana Maner of Patna district, by 1900 his affinity to village Faridpur of district Siwan (then Saran district) where his family held a lot of land was well established. Here he constructed a home and named it "Ashiana". Ashiana was visited by a number of India's leaders of the times, such as Pandit Motilal Nehru in 1927, Sarojini Devi in 1928 and afterwards over the years Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, K.F. Nariman and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad.
Mazharul Haque retired from politics during the last years of his life. He died in his home, "Ashiana" in January 1930.
In remembrance of this worthy freedom fighter and educationalist, in April 1988, the Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University was founded at Patna.


Source: Wikipedia

Maulana Mazharul Haque, the man who was a firm believer in complete Independence being "the birthright of every Nation", has his birth place in office of a government run school that doubles as food storage.

Maulana Mazharul Haque was born to a rich landlord, Sheikh Ahmedullah, in Bahpura, Thana Bihta of Patna district on December 22nd, 1866. His primary education was at home by Maulvi Sajjad Hussain, but he passed his matriculation from the Patna Collegiate in 1886. He joined Canning College in Lucknow for higher studies but same year left for England to pursue a course in Law. He started legal practice in Patna after his return from England in 1891.

He made a significant contribution to relief efforts launched during the famine in Saran district of Bihar in 1897. Maulana Mazharul Haque's public life actually commenced with the creation of the Bihar Provincial Conference, a move he supported as he believed in the need for the constitution of Bihar as a separate province.

In 1906 Maulana was elected Vice Chairman of Bihar Congress Committee. Mazharul Haque helped organize the Home Rule Movement in Bihar and was its President in 1916. He actively participated in the Champaran Satyagraha for which he was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment.
Subsequently, when the Non Cooperation and Khilafat Movements were launched, Mazharul Haque gave up his lucrative legal practice and his elected post as member of the Imperial Legislative Council and turned all his efforts to the freedom struggle. By now, he was a firm believer in complete Independence being "the birthright of every Nation".
Mazharul Haque was also a fervent believer in democratic decentralization and he organized the Panchayats in Saran district towards meeting this vision. He also made many requests for better educational facilities in Bihar, especially for free and compulsory primary education.
Maulana Mazharul Haque actively participated in anti-purdah movement launched in Bihar in response to the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920. Mahatma Gandhi sought to bring women also into mainstream politics, to strengthen the resistance against British rule as well as empower them to play a more active role in society. The purdah system espoused by Muslim and many Hindu families, especially in Bihar, meant that women remained behind men in all spheres of life.

In 1919, he gave up and burnt his western attire to adopt traditional Muslim attire. He was given title of “Desh Bhushan Faqir Mazharul Haque”.

1920, he donated his 16 bigha land on Patna- Danapur road for Sadaqat Ashram and Vidya Peeth which served as college for students who left government colleges in response to Non-Cooperation Movement. Sadaqat Ashram played important role in Independence movement in Bihar.
Maulana also launched his weekly magazine “The Motherland” from Sadaqat Ashram. He also jailed for his articles in this magazine. Sadaqat Ashram continues to serve as headquarters of Bihar Congress. But it is a tragedy that even Congress do not remember the person who has given so much to the party. Till few years back, even Maulana picture was now where to be seen in the ashram.
Maulana was firm believer of Hindu-Muslim unity. His famous quote sums up his conviction, “Wheather we are Hindu or Musalmaan we are in the same boat, we must sail or sink together”.
When in London, Maulana established Anjuman Islamia. This brought Indians of various religion, region and sects under one umbrella. This was also place to discuss about India’s problem. Mahatma Gandhi first met Maulana Mazharul Haque in Anjuman Islamia, London.
Person who gave everything for the country has not got due recognition. Maulana donated the house where he was born, to start Madrasa and middle school within same compound in 1926. Idea behind establishing both in one campus was to promote communal harmony.

Now the very place where he was born is a principal office of government middle school. On the entrance door of principal office, a line is written in Hindi “Janam Kachh Maulana Mazharul ”(Birth place of Maulana Mazharul Haque). If you enter in the office apart from a picture of Maulana Mazharul Haque along side Dr. Rajender Prasad picture will not give any indication of place being birthplace of a person of such stature. Principal office house the ration for mid day meal scheme for the school apart from general school office stuff.

But this is an improvement from before. Before this school structure was build in 2004, place he was born was used as a toiler for villagers after original structure fell down. Because of the effort for few locals, this place was cleaned up and school building was build and place was marked as birth place.

On December 22nd politicians do come to shower words of praise on Maualana’s contributions but the pity condition of place has not moved anyone. Their promise has remained promise till date.

While talking to TwoCircles.net, Md. Yusuf Khushidi, former HOD Urdu department, Patna University said, “Locals have been demanding to build Library or Technical Institute in that place to commemorate but so far nothing has materialised.”
Yusuf Khhurshidi who belongs to Bahpura added, it is unfortunate that for a person, who sacrificed every thing for the country has been forgotten so fast. Maulana foresightedness can be judged by the fact that Maulana had emphasized on the communal harmony, democratic decentralization and education right from early stage of his life. Maulana was also in the forefront in establishing Bihar state which was carved out of Bengal.
Echoing Yusuf Khurshidi sentiments, Dananjay Yadav also demanded a memorial should be built for the one of the tallest visionary leader of Bihar.
Maulana’s family is living a struggling life in obscurity. It is disheartening to see family of a person who sacrificed everything from career to wealth for the sake of county is left high and dry.
Next birthday of Maulana Mazharul Haque is a month away. I am sure VIPs will be lining up to pay respect especially in election year. Few fascinating speeches will be delivered and few promises will be made. Politicians are known to have short term memory. So those promises will be forgotten sooner than later.
People in India too have selective memory, only very few are remembered for their part in freedom struggle and rests are still struggling to get freedom from obscurity.