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The Indian Independence
Movement is one of the longest
freedom struggles in the World
History. It took nearly 90 years for
the leaders of India to achieve 
independence from British Empire. Share with your friends:
Although various tribes and rulers of
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princely states did revolt from time to
time against the British Empire their
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revolt was in a specific area and not
for the nation as a whole. The first
major revolt that was mobilized 
throughout the Indian mainland was
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the Revolt of 1857 when most of the

northern part of India united under
the banner of Bahadur Shah Jafar-II.
Indian National Congress was
founded in 1885 and a huge wave
of nationalism and freedom began in
1905 (after Banga Bhanga Movement
or The Partition of Bengal ).
Indian National Congress demanded
complete freedom from British rule
in 1930 and finally, India achieved its
independence in 1947. Almost every
section of society participated in the
freedom struggle and after
independence, Indian Government
honored the contribution of almost
every individual.
Islam is the second largest religion in

India and thousands of Muslims
fought along with Hindus during
these years but over a period of time,
the names of Muslim Freedom
Fighters have been omitted from
the history as well as from the
textbooks. Muslims are also blamed
for the partition of India and the 
creation of Pakistan. After 70 years of Share with your friends:

Independence, if we ask three Shares
Muslim Freedom Fighters of
India, then most of the people won’t   
be able to answer this question. Even
the History Text Books covers only a

few leaders like Ashfaqulla Khan, Sir
Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Khan Abdul
Ghaffar Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam

Azad and few others. When I
searched Google there were hardly
few websites that list the Muslim
Freedom Fighters of India in detail
and even the Wikipedia Page doesn’t
display any result when searched for
Muslim Freedom Fighters. Now the
question arises why there is no
specific data for this or is it true that
the contribution of Muslims is very
less in Indian Independence
Movement? I started searching the
various lists, websites, books related
to Indian Independence movement
and magazines and finally came up
with the list of Muslim Freedom
Fighters of India. I hope this article
will break the myths about the
contribution of Muslims in the
freedom struggle of India and would
enlighten those who even see the
Independence Movement through
the lens of Religion and Caste.
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Which Muslim Share with your friends:
Freedom Shares
Fighters are   
Included in this 
List
While compiling the list I have

included the Muslim Freedom
Fighters of India from the year 1857
to 1947. The leaders prior to 1857 are
not included as prior to 1857 the fight
with British Empire was primarily for
their own kingdom or specific area.
For example, I have not Included
Nawab Siraj Ud-Daulah as he fought
for the province of Bengal and not
India. Similarly, Tipu Sultan is also
not included as he fought for the
Mysore Province. One more reason
why the rulers prior to 1857 are not
included, as it would help us know
the exact names of Freedom Fighters
thereby making the article well
within the era of Indian
Independence Movement.
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Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin
Quadri: Syed Mohammad
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Sharfuddin Quadri was born in the
year 1901 in Nawada district of Bihar
and he was Unani Physician by

profession. When Mahatma Gandhi
announced the Salt March of 1930,
he joined the Indian Independence
Movement. Syed Mohammad
Sharfuddin Quadri was in the same
Cell of Cuttack Jail where Gandhi was
imprisoned. Syed Quadri with the
help of his father treated the Frist
President of India Dr. Rajendra
Prasad when we were ill due to
respiratory issues. In the year 2007,
Government of India awarded him
the Padma Bhushan. He died on 30th
December 2015, at the age of 114.
The government of India awarded Syed

Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri the Padma
Bhushan
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Zakir Husain: Dr. Zakir Husain
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served as 3 President of India and
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he was also the first Muslim
President of India. He was born
  
th
on 8 February 1897 and founded
Jamia Millia Islamia University of

Delhi. He was deeply influenced by
the Gandhi’s doctrine of Non-
Violence and believed that India’s

struggle for freedom would only be
successful when Indian Society is
educated with value-based education.
He acted as the Vice Chancellor of
Jamia Millia Islamia for 22 years
(1926-48) and made it one of the
finest educational institute in India.
He died on 3rd May 1969 while
serving as President of India and he
was the first president to die in office.
He was awarded The Bharat
Ratna, India’s highest National
Honor.
Peer Ali Khan: Peer Ali Khan was

one of the most important Muslim
Freedom Fighter of India who took
part in the rebellion of 1857 but the
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stories of his bravery are forgotten Share with your friends:
and he is omitted from the history
books. Peer Ali Khan was born in Shares
Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh

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and at the age of seven he ran away
from his home and reached Patna
where he met Zamindar Nawab Mir 
Abdullah. Peer Ali was falsely
arrested by British and he was very

angry on this incident. He decided to
attack the British Regiment and to
execute his plan he managed to get
50 guns and distributed it among his
group. The attack was unsuccessful
as British came to know about this
and British hanged few of his friends
without any trials. This incident
further increased the hatred and he
planned a bigger attack which
included the attack on Administrative
Headquarter of Gulzar Bagh. On the
day of attack i.e. 3rd July, Peer Ali
Khan along with his 200 supporters
raised the flag of revolution and
attacked the building. British
Superintendent Dr. Llyoal ordered
his men to open fire at the mob. The
cross-firing resulted in the death of
many protesters as well as of Dr.
Llyoal. A search operation was
ordered and many revolutionaries
were arrested, tortured and hanged
without any trial. Most of the
followers of Peer Ali Khan were
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hanged but he survived the tortures Share with your friends:
and didn’t reveal any information. He
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was hanged till death on 7th of July on
the charges of Murder of Dr. Llyoal.   
One of the famous sayings of Peer Ali
Khan was

“There are
some occasions on which it is
good to give up life and that if I

sacrificed; thousands of others,
every day will fill their place.”
Bakht Khan: Bakht Khan was

another important Muslim Freedom
Fighter of India who took part in the
rebellion of 1857. Bakht Khan was
born in the Bijnor district of Uttar
Pradesh (then United Province) in
the year 1797. At the time of
rebellion, he was serving as Subedar
in the Army of East India Company.
He was a shrewd military
commander and knew about the
military formations and artilleries.
When the rebellion started the
rebellion forces declared Bahadur
Shah Jafar-II as the King of India but
they lacked fighting skills. Bakht
Khan took the command of rebel
forces and under his leadership, the
position of rebel forces improved
drastically. Bakht Khan lacked Arms
and Ammunitions as well as a steady
supply of food and other important
things required for carrying out 
rebellion. When Bahadur Shah Jafar Share with your friends:
surrendered to British Baktht Khan Shares
fled to Lucknow and joined the rebel
forces of Lucknow and   
Shahjahanpur. When the rebellion
failed, British started man hunting

the rebel readers and Bakht Khan
was one of their prime targets. He
was wounded and succumbed to

death on 13th of May 1859.
Allah Bux Soomro: Full name of

Allah Bux Soomro was Allah Bux
Muhammad Umar Soomro and he
was born in the year 1900 in the
Sindh province of India (Now in
Pakistan). Allah Bux Soomro founded
the Sind Ittehad Party and he
served as the Chief Minister of Sindh
for two terms. One from March 23rd,
1938 to April 18th, 1940 and second
form March 7th, 1941 to October 14th,
1942. He was against the two-nation
theory proposed by the Muslim
League and Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Due to his stand for one nation, in
1940, a no-confidence motion was
passed against Allah Bux Soomro and
Indian National Congress joined
hands with the Muslim League and
voted in favor of the motion. When
Mahatma Gandhi started Quit India
Movement, Allah Bux Soomro
renounced his Knighthood title and 
Khan Bahadur title which the British Share with your friends:
government gave him and joined the
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Quit India Movement. As a Chief
Minister of Sindh, he tried to start   
reforms for the betterment of people.
He reduced the salary of ministers to

Rs.500 per month and prohibited the
practice of nominating members to
local bodies. He also tried to bring

reforms in religion and it was the
prime reason for his assassination.
On 14th May 1943, while traveling in
his hometown, Allah Bux Soomro
was assassinated by four people.
73rd death anniversary of Allah Bux Soomro.

Source: Thesindhtimes.com
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah: Maulvi

Ahmadullah Shah participated in the
first War of Independence and he
was considered a great warrior by
many British officers. He was a man
of “great abilities, of undaunted
courage, of stern determination, and
by far, the best soldier among the
rebels”. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
was working as a Talookdar in
Faizabad District but his property 
was confiscated by British after the Share with your friends:
Annexation of Awadh. After this
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incident, Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
decided to free his motherland from
  
the foreign invaders and he formed a
rebel force which constituted citizens
who were ill-treated by British. He 
was a great writer and wrote
revolutionary pamphlets and

distributed them. British arrested
him and charged with sedition and he
was sentenced to be hanged. At the
same time the revolution of 1857
broke out and he escaped the prison
and joined Begum Hazrat Mahal, the
wife of the imprisoned Nawab Wajid
Ali Shah of Awadh. With the support
of Begum Hazrat Mahal, Ahmedullah
created much terror of his fighting
skills that Lord Canning had put a
reward of 50,000 on his head. When
British recaptured the City of
Lucknow, he escaped from Lucknow
and joined rebel forces of
Shahjahanpur. The King of Pawayan
offered asylum to Maulvi
Ahmadullah Shah but when he
reached Pawayan, the King refused to
open the door and opened fire on
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah and shot
him. Incidents like the killing of
Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah by Indian
Rulers was one of the main cause why
the Great Rebellion of 1857 failed and

it took us 90 years more to gain
independence.
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Professor Abdul Bari: Abdul Bari

was born in the year 1892 in the
Jahanabad District of Bihar and he

was working as a Professor in Bihar
National College when he first met
Mahatma Gandhi. He was deeply Shares
inspired by the doctrine of Non-

  
Violence started by Mahatma
Gandhi. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was
working as principal of Bihar 
National College and along with him,
he participated in the Non-Co-

operation Movement of 1919. Abdul
Bari headed many important posts in
his lifetime and he was even very
close to Netaji Shubash Chandra
Bose. On the request of Netaji, Abdul
Bari decided to lead the labor
association in Jamshedpur. It was
again on the advice of Netaji that he
changed the name of Jamshedpur
Labor Association to Tata Worker’s
Union in 1937. He played an active
role during the Quit India Movement
and later became the President of
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee.
Abdul Bari was shot dead on 28th
March 1947 while he was traveling
from Jamshedpur to Patna for some
official work instructed by Mahatma
Gandhi. Dr. Rajendra Prasad recalled
his contribution to the nation (both
have worked together in 1921)
through a message published in
Mazdur Avaz on his first death
anniversary.
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Syed Allauddin Hyder (Maulvi
Allauddin): Most of the Indian
think that the First War of Shares
Independence was confined only to
northern India but they are wrong.   
There were many freedom struggles

in the southern part of India also and 
one such struggle took place in
Hyderabad under the command of
Maulvi Allauddin. Maulvi Allauddin

was born in 1824 in Nalgonda district
of present-day Telangana State. He
worked as a preacher and Imam of
Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad. He
decided to attack the British Forces
when British arrested Zamindar
Cheeda Khan and locked him in the
Residency building of Hyderabad. On
17th July 1857 after the Namaz,
Maulvi Allauddin along with his
friend Turrebaz Khan and 300 other
freedom fighter attacked the British
Residency Building. The attack failed
as the minister Salar Jung betrayed
the Maulvi and his friend and sided
with the British. Maulvi Allauddin
was arrested and tried under Indian
Penal Code. He was sentenced to life
imprisonment and sent to Andaman
Cellular jail (Also Known as Kala
Paani). He was in jail for nearly 30
years and died there. He was the first
prisoner to be sentenced and
deported to Kala Paani.
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In the year 2005 Voice of Telangana
(VOT) approached the Lok Sabha
Secretariat (L.S.S) and requested to Shares
install the statue of Maulvi Allauddin
in the Parliament complex. LSS   
replied that further statues would not

be considered due to lack of space in 
the Parliament complex. But an RTI
query revealed that 14 statues and 16
portraits were installed between

2005 and 2009 in the Parliament
Complex.
Turrebaz Khan: Turrebaz Khan

was another Muslim Freedom
Fighter of India, he along with
Maulvi Allauddin participated in the
attack on British Residency Building.
Turrebaz Khan was born in Begum
Bazar in Hyderabad and he joined
the rebel forces when he heard that
Zamindar Cheeda Khan was arrested
by British. He along with some 300
fighters marched towards the British
Residency Building but British were
already informed and prepared. The
rebel forces with Turrebaz Khan
lacked formal training as well as arms
and ammunition. The gunfire went
all the night but Turrebaz Khan and 
other freedom fighters were no match Share with your friends:
for the trained soldiers of Madras
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Horse Artillery. Later Turrebaz Khan
and Maulvi Allauddin both were   
captured and sentenced to life
imprisonment at Andaman Cellular

Jail. Turrebaz Khan tried to escape
but he was shot by English Soldiers.
When he died his dead body was

dragged back to the main city and
was hanged near the Residency
building to set an example for other
revolutionaries. The government of
India honored the sacrifices of
Turrebaz Khan by naming a road in
his memory. The “Turrebaz Khan
Road” is situated near University
College for Women in Koti,
Hyderabad.
Mahmud al-Hasan: Mahmud al-

Hasan was a prominent Muslim face
in the freedom struggle of India. He
is notably known for the “Silk
Letter Conspiracy” that aimed to
fight the British Rule in India by
gaining support from the Ottoman
Empire of Asia. Mahmud al-Hassan
was born in the year 1851 in Bareilly
district of India and was the first
student enrolled in newly opened
Darul Uloom Deoband. Later he
started teaching in the same and
became its principal in the year 1890.
It is said that as principal he was paid 
a monthly salary of 75 rupees, but he Share with your friends:

took home only 50 rupees and Shares
donated the rest to the institution. He
even refused a raise in his salary   
saying that I cannot justify what I am
receiving now so how can I accept a

higher salary? He believed that “it is
not possible to expel British
from India without a war and to

achieve this weapon are
required. Since Indians lacked
weapons foreign assistance was
required in the war of
Independence“. To achieve his
purpose he sent many graduates of
Darul Uloom Deoband in different
countries to seek support and he
himself went to Saudi Arabia to get
support from Ottoman Rulers. In
Saudi Arabia, British had already
signed a treaty with the rulers of
Saudi Arabia and he was taken into
custody on 19 December 1916. He
was court-martialed and then exiled
to Malta on 15 February 1917. He
spent more than 3 years in prison
and after release reached India in
1920. In India, he issued a fatwa
which was supported by 500 Ulama
which stated that all cooperation with
the British colonial authorities was
haram and it the duty of all Indian
Muslims to support and participate
in Non-Cooperation Movement with

Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian
National Congress. He was given a
title of “Shaykh al-Hind” by the Shares
Central Khilafat Committee and he

  
died on 30 November 1920.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: The


name of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
needs no introduction and he was
one of the Muslim Freedom Fighters

of India who server the country both
before and after the Independence.
He was born on 11th November 1888
and at the age of 16 years, he was
involved in the revolutionary
activities. In the year 1923, he
became the youngest man to be
elected as the Congress
president and helped to organize
the Flag Satyagraha in Nagpur and
called for an independent India
committed to secularism. During
Khilafat Movement, he came in
contact with Mahatma Gandhi and
became a supporter of Gandhi’s ideas
of non-violence and civil
disobedience. He again served as
Congress president from 1940 to
1945, during which the Quit India
Movement was launched. As
India’s First Education
Minister, he started the
establishment of a national education
system with free primary education
and modern institutions of higher 
education. He is also credited with Share with your friends:
the establishment of the Indian
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Institutes of Technology and is the
founder of the University Grants
  
Commission. Birth Anniversary of
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is
celebrated as National 
Education Day in India. He died
on 22 February 1958 and in the year

1992, he was posthumously awarded
India’s highest civilian award, the
Bharat Ratna. According to Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad:
“I am proud of being an Indian.

I am part of the indivisible
unity that is Indian nationality.
I am indispensable to this noble
edifice and without me this
splendid structure is
incomplete. I am an essential
element, which has gone to
build India. I can never
surrender this claim.”
Image of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Source:

Twitter.com
Maulana Mazharul Haque:

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Maulana Mazharul Haque was born
nd
on 22 December 1886 in Patna
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district of Bihar. After completing his
primary education he went to
  
England to study law and after
returning from there he started
practicing Law in Patna. Maulana 
Mazharul Haque is notably known
for his social works during the famine

of 1897 and soon became the Vice
Chairman of Bihar Congress
Committee. He played a major role in
the Non-Cooperation and Khilafat
Movements and in the Champaran
Satyagraha. He also organized
Home Rule Movement in Bihar
and served as its president in 1916.
He was sentenced to 3 months of
imprisonment for participating in the
Champaran Satyagraha and at the
time of Non-Cooperation Movement
he left his lucrative legal practice and
joined the movement. In the year
1920, Maulana Mazharul Haque
donated his 16 Bigha land for the
construction of Sadaqat Ashram and
Vidya Peeth. He also launched his
weekly magazine “The Motherland”
from Sadaqat Ashram and was jailed
for his articles in this magazine. Later
on, he also donated the house where
he was born to start a Madrasa and
middle school within the same
compound. He retired from politics

during the last years of his life and
died in his home in January 1930. In
April 1988, the Maulana Mazharul Shares
Haque Arabic and Persian University

  
was founded at Patna to honor the
contributions made by Maulana
Mazharul Haque. 
Postal Stamp issued in the name of Maulana

Mazharul Haque
Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi:

Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi was born on
3rd March 1900 in Muzaffarpur
district of Bihar. He was enrolled at
North Brooke Zila School but he was
expelled from school for opposing
Rowlatt Act and participating in
revolutionary activities. After
completing his education he joined
the Non-Cooperation Movement and
actively participated in almost all the
freedom movement. He was jailed
many times including once for
“Dihuli Conspiracy Case”. He
continued to fight for the
Independence of India even when his
wife died in 1923 and his son in the
year 1942. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi 
opposed Jinnah’s Two-nation theory Share with your friends:
and the creation of Pakistan and to Shares
counter this he founded the All-
India Jamhur Muslim League.   
The supporter of Muhammad Ali
Jinnah and Muslim League used to

mock at him by saying Ajazi-
Ghaddar-e-Qaum. The Muslim
League workers even spit on his

house and use every method to
harass him mentally. After India
achieved independence in 1947 he
devoted his life to the upliftment of
Education as well as the Urdu
Language in India. He died on 26
September 1966 at his residence in
Muzaffarpur city. Fakhruddin Ali
Ahmad said, “Dr. Ajazi was in
forefront of India’s struggle for
independence, the story of his
life is a unique and interesting
story of an important era of the
country“. The road which leads to
his residence was named “Dr. Ajazi
Marg” by Muzaffarpur Municipal
board in his honor.
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Left: Sketch of Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi and Share with your friends:
Right: Childhood Image of Asif Ali
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Asaf Ali: Asaf Ali was born on 11th   

May 1888 and was very famous
Lawyer. He was famous for fighting

cases related to Indian Independence
Activists and in most of the cases he
was successful in acquitting the

freedom fighters of India. He fought
the case of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
and Batukeshwar Dutt when they
threw a bomb in the Central
Legislative Assembly. When “Quit
India Movement” was launched he
participated in it and was jailed in
Ahmednagar Fort jail along with
Jawaharlal Nehru. Asif Ali also acted
as convener of the Indian National
Army defense team and fought the
case of freedom fighters who were
tried for treason. After the
Independence of India, he was
appointed as the Governor of Odisha
but he resigned due to health
reasons. He died on 1 April 1953 in
Bern (Switzerland) while serving as
India’s minister to Switzerland. In
the year 1989 postal stamp was
issued in his name to honor his
contributions.
Saifuddin Kitchlew: Dr. Saifuddin

Kitchlew was born on 15th January

1888 and he is most notably known
for the “Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre”. Saifuddin Kitchlew Shares
completed his studies in Europe and
then returned to India to practice   
Law. He was appointed as Municipal

Commissioner of Amritsar when the 
infamous Rowlatt Act was passed
by British Government. He soon left
his law practice and took part in the

Non-Cooperation Movement. He was
arrested with Mahatma Gandhi and
Dr. Satyapal for leading a protest in
Punjab and to protest the arrest of
the trio, a public meeting gathered at
the Jallianwala Bagh where Gen.
Reginald Dyer and his troops fired
mercilessly upon the unarmed
civilian crowd. He was also the
founding leader of the Naujawan
Bharat Sabha (Indian Youth
Congress). Dr. Saifudin Kitchlew
spends nearly fourteen years in Jail
for his revolutionary activities. He
strongly opposed the Muslim
League’s demand for Pakistan and
partition of India. He died on 9th
October 1963 and Indian Post
released a special commemorative
stamp featuring him on his 100 Birth
Anniversary.
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RIght: Postal Stamp Released by Indian Post

  
for Dr. Saifudin Kitchlew. Right: Image of
Abbas Ali during his last days.
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Abbas Ali: Abbas Ali was born on 3
January 1920 in Bulandshahr district
of Uttar Pradesh. From his school

days, he was inspired by the freedom
fighters like Bhagat Singh and
Chandra Shekhar Azad. To contribute
to the freedom struggle of India he
joined Naujawan Bharat Sabha, an
organization founded by Bhagat
Singh. After completing his education
he joined the British Indian Army in
1939 and when Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose called for revolt he left
the British Army and joined the
Indian National Army (INA) or
“Azad Hind Fauj“. After the fall of
INA, he was arrested, court-
martialed and sentenced to death.
India achieved its independence in
1947 and he was released by the
Indian government. Later on, he
joined the Socialist Party led by
Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram
Manohar Lohia and remained
associated. He was arrested more
than 50 times throughout his life and
was in jail for 19 months during the
emergency imposed by Indira

Gandhi. He died on 11 October 2014
due to heart failure.
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Moulvi Muhammad Baqir:
Moulvi Muhammad Baqir was one of   
the heroes of 1857 war of freedom.
He was executed by the British troops

on the charges of being a ‘rebel’. He
was the first journalist to be executed
for his role in the rebellion of 1857.

He was born in the year 1780 and he
stared his Urdu newspaper by the
name Dehli Urdu Akhbar. When
the revolt of 1857 broke out Moulvi
Muhammad Baqir actively
participated in it and started printing
news in favor of rebel forces. He
through his newspaper tried to pass
the information necessary for the
fight to continue. For his
participation in was he was dubbed
as ‘Ghadar’ by the British. He was
very loyal to Bahadur Shah Zafar who
as anointed as the Emperor of India
and he even renamed the name of his
newspaper as Akhbar-uz-Zafar. Once
the British forces reclaimed the
territory captured by forces, mass
arrests started and Moulvi
Muhammad Baqir was arrested on
Sept 14, 1857. He was produced
before Captain Hudson, who ordered
his execution. But before he would be
executed he was shot to death outside
Delhi Gate. Some scholars have

written that Moulvi Muhammad
Baqir was blown up with a cannon
popularized by a Russian Painter Shares
which is incorrect.
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A famous painting of Vasily Vereshchagin

showing how British Forces suppressed the
revolt of 1857
Khan Abdul Ghaffar: Khan Abdul

Ghaffar is one of the most important
Muslim freedom fighters of India and
he was also known as “Frontier
Gandhi“. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
was also known as Bacha Khaan
meaning “king of chiefs”. He started
the famous Khudai Khidmatgar
(“Servants of God”) movement in
1929 and it was very successful
freedom movement. British were so
infuriate by the success of the
movement that they began a harsh
crackdown and according to some
historians, the atrocities committed
on Khudai Khidmatgar were one of
the most severe repression that 
Indian independence Movement ever Share with your friends:
witnessed. He also opposed the All- Shares
India Muslim League’s demand for
the partition of India and when   
Indian National Congress acceptance
of the partition without consulting

him, he felt very sad and told the
Congress “you have thrown us to
the wolves”. After the partition of

India, he went to Pakistan and
started fighting for a separate Baloch
province. He was jailed many times
from 1948 to 1988 and most of the
time was under house arrest. When
he died in 1988, tens of thousands of
mourners attended his funeral. At the
same time heavy fighting was going
on between Soviet forces and Afghan
Rebel forces but both stopped their
fight and paid tribute to the great
leader.
Historic Image of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

and Mahatma Gandhi
Vakkom Majeed: Vakkom Majeed

was born on 20 December 1909 in a
prominent aristocratic Muslim family

of Travancore. He was inspired by
the social and political activates of his
uncle Vakkom Moulavi as well as of Shares
Narayan Guru. He joined politics and

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subsequently participated in Indian
Independence Movement in his early
school days. He was the flag-bearer of 
Indian Independence Movement in
the state of Kerala and early architect

of the Indian National Congress in
Travancore. He participated in the
Quit India movement in 1942 and
was arrested and remained in jail for
several months. He opposed the
Muslim League and Jinnah’s theory
of two-nations as well as opposed the
idea of “Independent
Travancore” as a state. Indian
National Army hero Vakkom Kadir
was sentenced to death by the
British. At that time Vakkom Majeed
visited him in the Madras Central jail
and delivered Kadir’s letter to his
father. Vakkom Majeed believed that
only a secular and nationalist India
could keep the heart and soul of the
masses together. For his services to
nation and participation in
Independence Movement, he was
awarded “Tamrapatra” in the year
1972 on the eve of Silver Jubilee
celebration of Indian Independence
by then the Prime Minister of India.
He died on 10th July 2000. 
Shares
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Left: Image of Vakkom Majeed. Right: Image

of Muzaffar Ahmed
Muzaffar Ahmed: Muzaffar Ahmed

was born on 5 August 1889 in
Musapur village in Chittagong
District of Bengal Province (present-
day Bangladesh). When he was 21
years old he with the help of Kazi
Nazrul Islam (National Poet of
Bangladesh) started a new magazine
called Navayug to spread the feeling
of nationalism among the Indian
youth. He was one of the
founders of Communist Party of
India. In the year 1924, he was
sentenced to four years in prison for
his involvement in the Kanpur
Bolshevik Conspiracy Case. Due
to a health issue, he was released in
the year 1925 but in the same year, he
organized Labor Swaraj Party in
Bengal with other freedom fighters of
Bengal. He was again in jail for 7
years from 1929 to 1936 for his
involvement in Meerut Conspiracy

Case. After the independence of
India Communist Party of India was
banned by the Government of India Shares
several times and every time
Muzaffar Ahmed was imprisoned. He   
died at the age of 84 in the year 1973

in Kolkata. The headquarters of the 
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
in West Bengal is named after

Muzaffar Ahmed.
Mohammed Abdur Rahman:

Mohammad Abdur Rahman was
born in the year 1898 in Thrissur
District of Kerala. He completed his
schooling at Veniyambadi and Calicut
and later was enrolled in Aligarh
Muslim University but he
discontinued his studies and joined
The Non-Co-Operation Movement
and Khilafat Movement in Malabar.
After the disastrous Moplah Riots of
1921, Mohammad Abdur Rahman
worked towards establishing peace in
riot-affected areas but he was
arrested and sentenced to two years
imprisonment. He also participated
in the Salt Satyagraha and was
sentenced to nine months rigorous
imprisonment in Kannur Central Jail.
He published a newspaper by the
name Al-Ameen in Calicut from
1929–1939 and the newspaper aimed
to strengthen the freedom movement
and nurture nationalism among the 
Muslims of Malabar. He became the Share with your friends:

President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Shares
Committee (KPCC) and finally the
member of All India Congress   
Committee (AICC) in 1939. He
opposed the Two-Nation Theory of

the Muslim League and mobilized the
Muslim Masses against the Two
Nation Theory. He was harassed by

the Muslim League Party in Malabar
as he created awareness among
Muslims against the division of India.
He was a strong admirer of Subhas
Chandra Bose and later on joined the
Forward Block formed by Subhas
Chandra Bose. During the Second
World War he was again in jail from
1940 to 1945 and once he was
released from jail he started
participating in Independence
activities. He died on 23 November
1945 after addressing a public
meeting at Kodiyathur.
There were many more Muslim

Freedom Fighters of India who
participated in the freedom
movement of India but due to
insufficient data, we were unable to
include all the names. The above list
portrays a fraction of Muslim

Freedom Fighters who were involved
in the Independence Movement.
Also, many websites display the name Shares
of Muhammad Ali-Jinnah and other
pro-Pakistani leaders as the freedom   
fighter of India which according to us

is not a right way to pay tribute to 
those leaders who gave their lives to
see a united India. Also, it is our
humble request to spread this article

to all your friends so that we are able
to break the myth that Muslims
didn’t participate in the freedom
movement of India. If any of our
readers know about any Muslim
Freedom fighters of India whose
name is not included in this list then
please provide us the data via mail or
comments and we would love to
expand this article further.
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The Indian Independence Movement is

one of the longest freedom struggle in
one of the longest freedom struggle in
the World History. It took nearly 90
years for the leaders of India to
achieve independence from British
Empire. Although various tribes and
rulers of princely states did revolt from
time to time against the British Empire
their revolt was in a specific area and
not for the nation as whole. The first
major revolt that was mobilized
throughout the Indian mainland was
the Revolt of 1857 when most of the
northern part of India united under
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Nasir Khan
Thnks for giving priceless knowledge
of muslim fighters of india.
Aasif Sheikh
did u noticed mir taj muhammad , he is
father of shah rukh khan
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Saajan  February 8, 2017 at 7:40 pm
It is a very worthy article for the

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sarkar p  June 26, 2017 at 11:55 am
Kindly include Kaji Najrul Islam,the

famous Bengali poet,who inspired
lakhs of Bengalies to fight for
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which were banned by British
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Bhai sb or buhut se freedom fighter
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throughout the Indian mainland was

the Revolt of 1857 when most of the

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Ghaffar Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam

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and he was Unani Physician by

The government of India awarded Syed

Violence and believed that India’s

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Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh

arrested by British and he was very

good to give up life and that if I

Bakht Khan: Bakht Khan was

was wounded and succumbed to

Allah Bux Soomro: Full name of

local bodies. He also tried to bring

73rd death anniversary of Allah Bux Soomro.

Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah: Maulvi

was a great writer and wrote

revolutionary pamphlets and

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inspired by the doctrine of Non-

he participated in the Non-Co-

There were many freedom struggles

Maulvi Allauddin. Maulvi Allauddin

replied that further statues would not

portraits were installed between

Turrebaz Khan: Turrebaz Khan

When he died his dead body was

Mahmud al-Hasan: Mahmud al-

a monthly salary of 75 rupees, but he Share with your friends:

from India without a war and to

Central Khilafat Committee and he

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: The

one of the Muslim Freedom Fighters

Education Day in India. He died

on 22 February 1958 and in the year

“I am proud of being an Indian.

Image of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Source:

Maulana Mazharul Haque:

Mazharul Haque is notably known

for his social works during the famine

Haque Arabic and Persian University

Postal Stamp issued in the name of Maulana

Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi:

League workers even spit on his

Asaf Ali: Asaf Ali was born on 11th   

was successful in acquitting the

Saifuddin Kitchlew: Dr. Saifuddin

Law. He was appointed as Municipal

his law practice and took part in the

RIght: Postal Stamp Released by Indian Post

of Uttar Pradesh. From his school

for his role in the rebellion of 1857.

A famous painting of Vasily Vereshchagin

Khan Abdul Ghaffar: Khan Abdul