Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

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Indian independence activist Islamic scholar education minister human journalist orator politician writer

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a prominent Indian scholar, freedom fighter, and senior Congress leader who became independent India’s first Minister of Education and a key architect of its secular, democratic framework.

Aliases (1)

Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence activist → Islamic scholar → education minister → human → journalist → orator → politician → writer →
awardReceived	Bharat Ratna →
awardReceivedYear	1992 →
burialPlace	Jama Masjid, Delhi →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	British India → India →
commemoratedBy	National Education Day in India →
countryOfBirth	Ottoman Empire →
dateOfBirth	1888-11-11 →
dateOfDeath	1958-02-22 →
detainedBy	British colonial authorities →
detentionReason	participation in civil disobedience movement → participation in non-cooperation movement →
edited	Al-Balagh (Urdu weekly) → Al-Hilal (Urdu weekly) →
ethnicGroup	Indian Muslim →
father	Maulana Khairuddin →
founded	Jamia Millia Islamia (as a key founder-supporter) →
fullName	Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad →
givenName	Abul Kalam →
headOfGovernmentServedUnder	Jawaharlal Nehru →
honorific	Maulana →
ideology	Indian nationalism → secularism →
influenced	Indian education policy → secular framework of the Indian Constitution →
knownFor	advocacy of secularism → contribution to India’s education policy → first Minister of Education of independent India → opposition to the partition of India → promotion of Hindu–Muslim unity → role in Indian independence movement →
language	Arabic → English → Hindi → Persian → Urdu →
mother	Zulaikha Begum →
movement	Indian independence movement →
nationalEducationDayDate	11 November →
nationality	Indian →
notableWork	Ghubar-e-Khatir → India Wins Freedom → Tarjuman-ul-Quran →
officeEnd	1958-02-22 →
officeStart	1947-08-15 →
placeOfBirth	Mecca →
placeOfDeath	New Delhi →
politicalParty	Indian National Congress →
positionHeld	Member of the Constituent Assembly of India → Minister of Education of India → President of the Indian National Congress →
pseudonym	Azad →
religion	Islam →
residence	Calcutta → Delhi →
spouse	Zulaikha Begum (wife) →
supported	University Grants Commission of India → establishment of Indian Institutes of Technology → expansion of primary education in India →
workedWith	Jawaharlal Nehru → Mahatma Gandhi → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
August Kranti → Indian National Congress movement → Indian independence movement → Quit India movement →	leader
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ("Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad") →	fullName
Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress (1920) →	hasKeyFigure
Non-Cooperation Movement →	keyFigure
Constituent Assembly of India →	notableMember