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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 

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Prime Minister pays tribute to Maulana Azad on his birth anniversary

About Maulana Azad(1888-1958)

  • He was born on 11th November 1888 in Mecca(presently in Saudi Arabia)
  • His other names-Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin also called Maulana Abul Kalam Azad or Maulana Azad
  • He was an Islamic theologian and one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement against British rule in the first half of the 20th century.
  • Azad was influenced by the Indian educator Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan and his ideas of English knowledge
  • Maulana Azad began his journalism by publishing a weekly Urdu-language newspaper in Calcutta, Al-Hilal (“The Crescent”) which influenced the Muslim community for its anti-British stance
  • He joined INC in Calcutta and became president of INC in 1923 and 1940-46
  • He was an active participant in the Khilafat movement(1920-24)
  • During this Khilafat movement, Gandhi and Azad became closer and he was involved in Gandhi’s various civil-disobedience campaigns, including the Salt March (1930) and Quit India campaign.
  • Maulana Azad advocated for a single India that would embrace both Hindus and Muslims while strongly opposing the partition of British India into independent India and Pakistan.
  • Post Independence he served as minister of education in the Indian government of Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947 until his death.
  • In 1959 his autobiography India Wins Freedom, was published posthumously.
  • He was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year 1992
Source: PIB & Britannica
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