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Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin, better known as Maulana Azad and sometimes referred to as Abul Kalam Azad, was an Indian writer, activist of the Indian independence movement and statesman. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, following India's independence, he became the first and the longest serving Minister of Education in the Indian government. His contribution to establishing the edu…
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culture · Indian politician and writer (1888–1958) · politician · journalist · writer · scholar · freedom fighter · journal editor · also Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Azad, Maulana Sayyid Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Aḥmad Abū al-Kalām al-Dahlawī, Azad
Born 11 November 1888 · Died 22 February 1958 · Q196617
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I am proud of being an Indian. I am part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality. I am indispensable to this noble edifice and without me this splendid structure is incomplete. I am an essential element, which has gone to build India. I can never surrender this claim.
s demand for Pakistan would be buried and the concerns of the Muslim community would be assuaged. Under Azad and Patel
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“I am proud of being an Indian. I am part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality. I am indispensable to this noble edifice and without me this splendid structure is incomplete. I am an essential element, which has gone to build India. I can never surrender this claim.”
“s demand for Pakistan would be buried and the concerns of the Muslim community would be assuaged. Under Azad and Patel”
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Dhaka Tribune: Death-row convict Abul Kalam Azad surrenders to ICT
Dhaka Tribune: RAB arrests ex-MP Abul Kalam Azad
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Awarded Bharat Ratna (1992).
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Government of India honoured by giving posthumously Bharat Ratna
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On the occasion of his birth centenary to promote education amongst educationally backward sections of the Society
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Died 1958-02-22.
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Re-contested Rampur and also dually contested the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat in Punjab (modern-day Haryana), where he won on both seats
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Served as president of the UNESCO General Conference held in Delhi
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And the University Grants Commission in 1953
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Career landmark: Minister of Education (1947–1958).
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Career landmark: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947).
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Career landmark: member of the Steering Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947).
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Career landmark: member of the Negotiating Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946).
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Career landmark: Member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950).
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And Azad led the Congress in the elections for the new Constituent Assembly of India, which would draft India's constitution
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Gave all these letters to his friend Ajmal Khan who let it published for the first time in 1946
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Azad criticised Gandhi's move as counter-productive and ill-advised
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Azad was elected Congress president in its session in Ramgarh
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Following the inclusion of India in World War II
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Azad served as an intermediary between the supporters of and the Congress faction led by Congress president Subhash Bose, who criticised Gandhi for not launching another rebellion against the British and sought to move t
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At the consternation of many conservative Congressmen
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And helped head the party's efforts to organise elections and preserve co-ordination and unity amongst the Congress governments elected in different provinces
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And emerged as one of the most important national leaders of the time, prominently leading the causes of Hindu–Muslim unity as well as espousing secularism and socialism
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Azad was amongst millions of political prisoners released
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Azad organised and led the nationalist raid, albeit non-violent on the Dharasana salt works to protest the salt tax and restriction of its production and sale
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Azad endorsed the Nehru Report, which was criticised by the Ali brothers and Muslim League politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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With nationalist outrage against the Simon Commission appointed to propose constitutional reforms
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At an age of 35, he became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress
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Became the youngest man to be elected Congress president
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Started the weekly Paigham which was also banned by December 1921
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Which severely restricted civil liberties and individual rights
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Under the Defence of India Regulations Act and he was arrested
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Was founding member of the Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala, which would become the Jamiat Ulema-e-Bangala branch of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1921
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Called Al-Hilal from Calcutta, and openly attacked British policies while exploring the challenges facing common people
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Took a trip of Egypt, Syria, Turkey and France where he came into contact with several revolutionaries such as followers of Kamal Mustafa Pasha, members of Young Turk Movement and Iranian revolutionaries
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And became increasingly active in revolutionary activities, to which he was introduced by the prominent Hindu revolutionaries Aurobindo Ghosh and Shyam Sundar Chakravarty
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Brought out a monthly journal, Lissan-us-Sidq
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At the age of eleven he started publishing a poetical journal Nairang-e-Aalam at Calcutta and was already an editor of a weekly Al-Misbah in 1900
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Born 1888-11-11.
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