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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Indian Freedom Fighter

AZAD, ABUL KALAM (1888-1958)
He was born in Mecca.  His father was a great mystic and scholar of eminence.  His Arab mother was the daughter of the Mufti of Medina.  He had traditional education and was a great scholar of Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Islamic theology.  Adopted the pen-name of Azad at the age of 16.  In 1909 he took to journalism and published a number of papers, such as Al-Nadwah, The Vakil, Al-Hilal and Al-Balagh.  He was elected President of the INC when only 35, the youngest to hold that office.  In 1940, he was elected a second time and continued to hold that position until June, 1946.  After independence and until his death on 22nd February, 1958, Azad was Education Minister in Nehru’s cabinet.  Azad’s autobiographical narrative, India Wins Freedom, is both famous and controversial.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Indian Freedom Fighter

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