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INDIA AND INDIAN CONSTITUTION
TOPIC : MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
ARCHANA V
III BCA ‘A’
23BCA007
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
• Maulana azad was the Islamic theologian, a poet, a freedom fighter,
educational reformer and an Indian politician.
• He is also known to become the youngest president of the INC.
• In the age of 12 only, azad was very much active in journalism.
• In 1912 he began publishing a weekly urdu language newspaper al-hilal which
was soon banned by british in 1914.
• Later he published another magazine al-balagh which was again banned by
british in 1916
• In 1929 he was released from prison after 4 years because of the
revolutionary ideas was imposing in the minds of the people to make them
aware of their responsibilities
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
• He was the leader of khilafat movement that happened india to support
their fellow muslims in turkey.
• As he was close to Gandhiji he participated in the salt satyagraha, non-
cooperation movements etc., as he liked the Gandhi’s concept of non
violence, he started to promote gandhi’s ideals, including promoting
Swadeshi. He wrote many books such as india wins freedom, ghubare-khatir
etc.,
• He was the first education minister of india after independence and bought
many changes. He advocated the idea of universalisation of the basic
education system and proposed the idea of free and compulsory education
until secondary level for both boys and girls.
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
• he was in favour of giving the rightful education place to the
regional languages in education. He also supported education of
women. He imparted several liberal arts, science and technology
institutions. Indian institute of technology, school of planning and
architecture and the university grants mission
• All india council for secondary education commission in 1952 for
reforming the structure of secondary schools
• Literary, cultural and scholarly institution such as sahitya academy,
sangeet natak academy, lalit kala academy, Indian council for
cultural relations.
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
• Azad was against the idea of ‘TWO NATIONS’ theory of Muhammad
ali jinnah
• So, Azad always believed in the concept of co-existence and wanted
to get the freedom for our country through unity.
EDUCATION AND INFLUENCES
• Azad was home schooled and self taught. He had fluency in arabic,
bengali, Hindustani, persian, and English.
• He was also trained mathematics, philosophy, world history and
science by tutors hired by his family.
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
Khilafat movement
• azad became active in his support for the khilafat agitation to
protect the position of the sultan of ottoman turkey, who was
considered the caliph or khalifa for muslims worldwide.
• The Sultan had sided against the British in the war and the
continuity of his rule came under serious threat, causing distress
amongst Muslim conservatives
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