Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Born: November 11, 1888
Place of Birth: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Parents: Muhammad Khairuddin (Father) and Alia Muhammad Khairuddin (Mother)
Spouse: Zulaikha Begum
Children: None
Education: Homeschooled; Self-taught
Association: Indian National Congress
Movement: Indian Nationalist Movement
Political Ideology: Liberalism; right-winged; Egalitarian
Religious views: Islam
Publications: Ghubar-e-Khatir (1942-1946); India Wins Freedom (1978);
Passed Away: February 22, 1958
Memorial: Abul Kalam Azad tomb, New Delhi, India
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the most influential independence activists during India’s freedom struggle. He was also a noted writer, poet and journalist. He was a prominent political leader of the Indian National Congress and was elected as Congress President in 1923 and 1940. Despite being a Muslim, Azad often stood against the radicalizing policies of other prominent Muslims leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Azad was the first education minister of independent India. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’, India’s highest civilian honor, in 1992.


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