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.
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Indian independence activist
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Islamic scholar ⓘ education minister ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Bharat Ratna ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jama Masjid, Delhi ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
British India
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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
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participation in non-cooperation movement ⓘ |
| edited |
Al-Balagh (Urdu weekly)
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Al-Hilal (Urdu weekly) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian Muslim ⓘ |
| father | Maulana Khairuddin ⓘ |
| founded | Jamia Millia Islamia (as a key founder-supporter) ⓘ |
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| givenName | Abul Kalam ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentServedUnder | Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ |
| honorific | Maulana ⓘ |
| ideology |
Indian nationalism
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secularism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian education policy
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secular framework of the Indian Constitution ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of secularism
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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
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English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
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Urdu
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| mother | Zulaikha Begum ⓘ |
| movement | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| nationalEducationDayDate | 11 November ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ghubar-e-Khatir
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India Wins Freedom ⓘ Tarjuman-ul-Quran ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1958-02-22 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1947-08-15 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mecca ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New Delhi, India
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New Delhi
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| politicalParty | Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
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Minister of Education of India ⓘ President of the Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Azad ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Calcutta
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Delhi ⓘ |
| spouse | Zulaikha Begum (wife) ⓘ |
| supported |
University Grants Commission
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University Grants Commission of India
establishment of Indian Institutes of Technology ⓘ expansion of primary education in India ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ |
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