Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Short Biography

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Short Biography: Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad was an Indian independence activist, writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following India’s independence, he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a profound scholar, a great patriot and a veteran statesman. He was an outstanding Muslim whom no provocation and no pressure could deflect from the path of nationalism. He became the symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a revolutionary from his early days. After finishing his studies, he started ‘Al-Hilal’, an Urdu news magazine. He was eager to see the end of British rule in India and it was this eagerness that made him join the Bengal revolutionaries.

Born in Mecca in 1888, Maulana came to India in 1890 as a child. In 1916, he met Gandhi in Calcutta, and was greatly influenced by his speeches. Azad joined the freedom movement of India, and was arrested by the British for his seditious writings, and detained in jail at Ranchi for four years.

On his release in January, 1920 he met Gandhiji in Sabarmati Ashram, and became his ardent follower. Azad was highly respected by the Muslims, even when he was very young, as he was a great scholar of merit. He was a reputed scholar of the Quran.

As an orator in Urdu, he was unrivalled. He edited the famous paper Liasanus Side at the age of fifteen. Poet Hali described Azad as ‘an old head on young shoulders’.

He was the first education minister of independent India, who served from 15 August 1947 until 2 February 1958. Maulana Azad died of a stroke on 22nd February, 1958.

For his invaluable contribution to the nation, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992. His birth anniversary, 11th November is declared as National Education Day by the Government of India.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Short Biography

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