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Obaidullah Khan Azmi

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Obaidullah Khan Azmi
Member of Rajya Sabha
In office
1990–2008
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1949-03-11) 11 March 1949 (age 75)[1]
Khalispur, United Provinces, India
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
(2023-present)[2]
Other political
affiliations
SpouseSyeda Razia Obaid Khan
ChildrenThree sons and five daughters[1]
Residence(s)Village: Khalispur, District: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
ProfessionPolitician

Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an Indian Politician and Islamic scholar belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam.[5] He joined Janata Dal (Secular) on 13 March 2023.[6][7][4][8] He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from Janata Dal party. During 1992–1996, he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President.[1][9] From 2002 to 2008 he represented Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress.[10][11][12][13][14]

He is the founder member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) since 1973 and later went against it to form All-India Muslim Personal Law Conference (AIMPLC) with Arshadul Qadri in 1986 but the newly formed organization didn't work and later became a board member of AIMPLB.[15][16][17]

He was known as a great speaker of his time.[18]

Shah Bano case protest

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Obaidullah Khan Azmi became popular by his public speeches against Supreme Court Judgment in Shah Bano case. The audio cassettes of his speech were widely circulated and sold. He, at the time, had become a most sought-after speaker for anti-Shah Bano case meetings in Mumbai. Mumbai police filed case against the Maulana and expelled him from Mumbai declaring his speeches inflammatory.[19][20]

Scholarly works

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  • Khutbaat-e-Azmi (Aazadi-e-Hind Aur Allama Fazle Haq Khairabadi)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d WebPage of Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi Former Member Of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA) Archived 29 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan
  2. ^ "Ex-MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi to join JD(S)". deccanherald.com. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ Parsai, Gargi (11 January 2010). "One more SP leader quits". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Obaidullah Khan Azmi joins NCP Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine www.thefirstmail.in
  5. ^ "Islamic scholar Azmi joins Cong". The Hindu. 16 October 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  6. ^ Shifa (15 March 2023). "Senior politician Ubaidullah Khan Azmi joins JDS". The Hindustan Gazette. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  7. ^ "ದೇವೇಗೌಡ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬೈದುಲ್ಲಾ ಖಾನ್ ಅಜ್ಮಿ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ." ETV Bharat (in Kannada). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  8. ^ "The First Mail | Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan Joins NCP". thefirstmail.in. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. ^ Brief Bio-Data 1952-2003 Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine http://rajyasabha.nic.in Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise) Archived 26 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine rajyasabha.nic.in
  11. ^ "Madhya pradesh(Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 23/07/2015 | DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER MPLADS". mplads.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  12. ^ General information relating to Parliamentary and other matters Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine parliamentofindia.nic.in | Monday, 1 January 2001
  13. ^ Gaur, Mahendra (2005). Indian Affairs Annual. Gyan Publishing House. p. 53. ISBN 9788178354347.
  14. ^ Sisodia, Yatindra Singh; Chattopadhyay, Pratip (7 August 2024). Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-040-10120-9.
  15. ^ "AIMPLB members assail Barelvis". The Times of India. 18 December 2004. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  16. ^ Rizvi, Syed Haider Abbas. "New challenges face AIMPLB". www.milligazette.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  17. ^ Muslim India. Muslim India. 2007. p. 23.
  18. ^ Alam, Arshad (29 November 2020). Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-08366-8.
  19. ^ "NOV.20, 1985: HUGE MUSLIM PROTEST & BANDH IN MUMBAI | Bhindi Bazar". bhindibazaar.asia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  20. ^ Akhbar e alam, Urdu weekly
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