Mazarul Haq and his contribution

[Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav]

Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav

Senior Gandhian Scholar

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Mazarul Haq and his contribution

 

 

Maulvi Mazarul Haq (1866-1930); in 1888 established “Anjuman Islamia”, an association of Muslims in England where he had gone for higher studies; appointed Munsiff in Audh in 1893 but resigned in 1896; one of the founders of the Muslim League, later became its secretary and presided over its Bombay session in 1915; elected to the Central Legislative Council under the scheme of Separate Electorates in 1910; member of the 1914 Congress delegation to England; in 1916, helped to bring about Congress-League accord at Lucknow; supported Gandhiji during the 1917 Champaran campaign and took active part in the non-co-operation movement in 1920; founded The Motherland and went to jail for his writings in 1921; one of the founders of Bihar Vidyapith and the Sadaqat Ashram.