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	\| name = Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin		\| name = Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin
	\| image = Afzal-ul Amin ~~shaking hands with Lord Mountbatten~~.~~png~~		\| image = File:Lord Mountbatten with Afzal ul Amin at Cuttack.jpg
	\| caption = Afzal-ul Amin shaking hands with [[Lord Mountbatten]]		\| caption = Afzal-ul Amin shaking hands with [[Lord Mountbatten]]
	\| birth_place = ~~Manzil e~~ Amin, [[Cuttack]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = Amin House, [[Cuttack]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
	\| office = ~~Chairman~~, Odisha Board of Wakfs		\| office = President, Odisha Board of Wakfs
	\| term_start = June 1963		\| term_start = June 1963
	\| term_end = November 1977		\| term_end = November 1977
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	\| term_start2 = 25 February 1955		\| term_start2 = 25 February 1955
	\| term_end2 = 27 November 1960		\| term_end2 = 27 November 1960
			\| office3 = Chairman, [[Cuttack Municipal Corporation\|Cuttack Municipality]]
			\| term_start3 = 21 March 1960
			\| term_end3 = 21 June 1965
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1915\|07\|16\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1915\|07\|16\|df=y}}
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1983\|05\|28\|1915\|07\|16\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1983\|05\|28\|1915\|07\|16\|df=y}}
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	[[Saleem Farook]] (''younger son-in-law'')		[[Saleem Farook]] (''younger son-in-law'')
	[[Ibrahim Suhrawardy]] (''father-in-law'')		[[Ibrahim Suhrawardy]] (''father-in-law'')
			\| spouse = Syeda Roshanara Akhtar
	}}		}}
	'''Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin''' popularly known as '''M.A Amin''' was an Indian [[Public figure\|statesman]], politician and social worker from Cuttack, [[Odisha]]. He served as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee during [[Biren Mitra]]'s chief ministership.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Gandhi's ideals\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/gandhi-s-ideals/cid/374784\|website=www.telegraphindia.com\|language=en\|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was the Vice Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and also the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association. He played a major role in preserving [[Urdu]] language in [[Cuttack]] by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city. He is also credited for organising various nationalist meetings and mobilizing the common masses in [[Cuttack]] during the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Pati\|first=Biswamoy\|date=1 March 1992\|title=The climax of popular protest: The Quit India Movement in Orissa\|journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review\|language=en\|volume=29\|issue=1\|pages=1–35\|doi=10.1177/001946469202900101\|s2cid=143484597\|issn=0019-4646}}</ref><ref>[https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency]</ref>		'''Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin''', popularly known as '''M.A Amin''', was an Indian [[Public figure\|statesman]], politician and social worker from [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]]. He served as the general secretary of [[Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee\|Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee]] during [[Biren Mitra]]'s chief ministership.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Gandhi's ideals\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/gandhi-s-ideals/cid/374784\|website=www.telegraphindia.com\|language=en\|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was the Vice Chairman and later the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and also the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association. He played a major role in preserving [[Urdu]] language in [[Cuttack]] by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city. He is also credited for organising various nationalist meetings and mobilizing the common masses in [[Cuttack]] during the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal\|last=Pati\|first=Biswamoy\|date=1 March 1992\|title=The climax of popular protest: The Quit India Movement in Orissa\|journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review\|language=en\|volume=29\|issue=1\|pages=1–35\|doi=10.1177/001946469202900101\|s2cid=143484597\|issn=0019-4646}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency\|title = Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency}}</ref>

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==

	[[File:Afzal-ul Amin ~~image at Cuttack~~.~~png~~\|thumb\|]]		[[File:Afzal ul Amin portrait.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Portrait of M.A Amin]]

	Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin alias M.A Amin was born into the Diwan family to the notable educationist of Cuttack, [[Sayeed Mohammed]] and his wife [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]. From his mother's side he was the great grandson of the famous poet and writer, [[Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy]] and from his father's side he was the great grandson of the Sufi Pir [[Khwaja Fazal Mohammed]]. After finishing his schooling from [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]], Afzal-ul entered the field of politics where he emerged as a prominent Muslim leader in the town. Like his father, he too mobilized the Odia Muslims to join the [[Indian freedom struggle]]. During the 1942 [[Quit India movement]], Amin worked in close association with [[Malati Choudhury]] and [[Ramadevi Choudhury]], he organised various nationalist meetings at his place in [[Cuttack]] to gather support for the movement after Surajmal Shah and Bibhunendra Mishra were arrested in August 1942.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gayer\|first=Laurent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248\|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation\|date=2012\|publisher=Hurst\|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency\|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency\|website=resultuniversity.com\|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>		Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin alias M.A Amin was born into the Diwan family to the notable educationist of Cuttack, [[Sayeed Mohammed]] and his wife [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]. From his mother's side he was the great grandson of the famous poet and writer, [[Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy]] and from his father's side he was the great grandson of the Sufi Pir [[Khwaja Fazal Mohammed]]. After finishing his schooling from [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]], Afzal-ul entered the field of politics where he emerged as a prominent Muslim leader in the town. Like his father, he too mobilized the Odia Muslims to join the [[Indian freedom struggle]]. During the 1942 [[Quit India movement]], Amin worked in close association with [[Malati Choudhury]] and [[Ramadevi Choudhury]], he organised various nationalist meetings at his place in [[Cuttack]] to gather support for the movement after Surajmal Shah and Bibhunendra Mishra were arrested in August 1942.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Gayer\|first=Laurent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248\|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation\|date=2012\|publisher=Hurst\|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency\|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency\|website=resultuniversity.com\|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

			Post independence, Amin met with the then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] during his Odisha visit, [[President of India\|India's President]], [[Zakir Husain (politician)\|Zakir Husain]] both in Cuttack as well as in [[Delhi]], where Husain had invited Amin for high tea at his Delhi residence. Amin hosted India's first education minister, [[Abul Kalam Azad]] at Jalal mansion in Cuttack.
	Afzal-ul served as the chairman of Odisha board of Wakfs (State Muslim endowment board). He was also one of the most prominent Muslim councilors in the [[Cuttack]] municipality then. He was elected as the councilor continuously for 28 long years i.e. from 1952 to 1980, winning all the [[elections]] continuously. He had also been elected as the Vice Chairman of [[Cuttack]] Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Quit India Movement in Odisha – History of Odisha\|url=https://www.historyofodisha.in/the-quit-india-movement-in-odisha/\|language=en-US\|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation). In 1961 he was appointed as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee by [[Biren Mitra]]. In 1971 he ran for the Cuttack State legislative assembly elections as an MLA candidate from the Indian National Congress (O) party.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gayer\|first=Laurent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248\|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation\|date=2012\|publisher=Hurst\|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency\|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency\|website=resultuniversity.com\|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> He was later appointed as the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Sethy\|first=Rabindra Kumar\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kJusgGxiQC&q=utkal+pradesh+congress+committee&pg=PA92\|title=Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State\|date=2003\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-7648-463-3\|language=en}}</ref>		Afzal-ul served as the chairman of Odisha board of Wakfs (State Muslim endowment board). He was also one of the most prominent Muslim councilors in the [[Cuttack]] municipality then. He was elected as the councilor continuously for 28 long years i.e. from 1952 to 1980, winning all the [[elections]] continuously. He had also been elected as the Vice Chairman of [[Cuttack]] Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Quit India Movement in Odisha – History of Odisha\|url=https://www.historyofodisha.in/the-quit-india-movement-in-odisha/\|language=en-US\|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation). In 1961 he was appointed as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee by [[Biren Mitra]]. In 1971 he ran for the Cuttack State legislative assembly elections as an MLA candidate from the Indian National Congress (O) party.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gayer\|first=Laurent\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248\|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation\|date=2012\|publisher=Hurst\|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency\|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency\|website=resultuniversity.com\|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> He was later appointed as the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Sethy\|first=Rabindra Kumar\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kJusgGxiQC&q=utkal+pradesh+congress+committee&pg=PA92\|title=Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State\|date=2003\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-7648-463-3\|language=en}}</ref>

	[[File:~~Afzal-ul~~ Amin ~~with~~ Indira Gandhi.~~png~~\|thumb\|Amin seated in between the former Prime ~~minister~~ of India, [[Indira Gandhi]] ~~(to his left)~~ and the former ~~Chief~~ minister of ~~Orissa~~, [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]] ~~(to his right) in~~ the [[Indian National Congress]] delegation meeting with Odia leaders.]]		[[File:Amin seated in between Indira Gandhi and J.B Patnaik.jpg\|thumb\|Amin seated in between the former [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Indira Gandhi]] and the former chief minister of Odisha, [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]] at the [[Indian National Congress]] delegation meeting with Odia leaders. ]]

	Afzal-ul played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack. As the chairman of Cuttack Municipality's sub-committee on education he established five Urdu lower primary and five upper primary schools in Cuttack some of which include, Maulana Azad U.P school in Qadam Rasool.		Amin amplified and made significant contributions to the [[Bhoodan movement\|Bhudan movement]] in Odisha. During this time, four among the most prominent Chief ministers of Odisha, [[Biren Mitra]], [[Nandini Satpathy]], [[J.B. Patnaik]] & [[Biju Patnaik]] visited him at his residence. He served as the chairman in many emergency committees formed to help the people in the flood affected areas, during the floods in central Odisha.<ref name=":0" />

			Afzal-ul played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack. As the chairman of Cuttack Municipality's sub-committee on education he established five Urdu lower primary and five upper primary schools in Cuttack some of which include, Maulana Azad U.P school in Qadam Rasool.<ref name=":1" />

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{{short description|Indian politician and social worker (1915-1983)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder 
| name = Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin
| image = Afzal-ul Amin shaking hands with Lord Mountbatten.png
| caption = Afzal-ul Amin shaking hands with [[Lord Mountbatten]]
| birth_place = Manzil e Amin, [[Cuttack]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], [[British India]]
| office = Chairman, Odisha Board of Wakfs
| term_start = June 1963
| term_end = November 1977
| office2 = Vice chairman, [[Cuttack Municipal Corporation]]
| term_start2 = 25 February 1955
| term_end2 = 27 November 1960
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|07|16|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|05|28|1915|07|16|df=y}}
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Social activist]]
| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]]
| death_place = [[Cuttack, Odisha]]
| resting_place = [[Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack]]
| ethnicity =
| citizenship = *British India (1915–1947)
*India (1947–1983)
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| otherparty = [[Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| father = [[Sayeed Mohammed]]
| mother = [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]
| children = Tabasum Sultana, [[Farhat Amin]]
| relatives = [[Hussain Rabi Gandhi]] (''elder son-in-law'')
[[Saleem Farook]] (''younger son-in-law'')
[[Ibrahim Suhrawardy]] (''father-in-law'')
}}
'''Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin''' popularly known as '''M.A Amin''' was an Indian [[Public figure|statesman]], politician and social worker from Cuttack, [[Odisha]]. He served as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee during [[Biren Mitra]]'s chief ministership.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gandhi's ideals|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/gandhi-s-ideals/cid/374784|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was the Vice Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and also the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association. He played a major role in preserving [[Urdu]] language in [[Cuttack]] by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city. He is also credited for organising various nationalist meetings and mobilizing the common masses in [[Cuttack]] during the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pati|first=Biswamoy|date=1 March 1992|title=The climax of popular protest: The Quit India Movement in Orissa|journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review|language=en|volume=29|issue=1|pages=1–35|doi=10.1177/001946469202900101|s2cid=143484597|issn=0019-4646}}</ref><ref>[https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency]</ref>

==Life and career==

[[File:Afzal-ul Amin image at Cuttack.png|thumb|]]

Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin alias M.A Amin was born into the Diwan family to the notable educationist of Cuttack, [[Sayeed Mohammed]] and his wife [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]. From his mother's side he was the great grandson of the famous poet and writer, [[Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy]] and from his father's side he was the great grandson of the Sufi Pir [[Khwaja Fazal Mohammed]]. After finishing his schooling from [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]], Afzal-ul entered the field of politics where he emerged as a prominent Muslim leader in the town. Like his father, he too mobilized the Odia Muslims to join the [[Indian freedom struggle]]. During the 1942 [[Quit India movement]], Amin worked in close association with [[Malati Choudhury]] and [[Ramadevi Choudhury]], he organised various nationalist meetings at his place in [[Cuttack]] to gather support for the movement after Surajmal Shah and Bibhunendra Mishra were arrested in August 1942.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayer|first=Laurent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation|date=2012|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

Afzal-ul served as the chairman of Odisha board of Wakfs (State Muslim endowment board). He was also one of the most prominent Muslim councilors in the [[Cuttack]] municipality then. He was elected as the councilor continuously for 28 long years i.e. from 1952 to 1980, winning all the [[elections]] continuously. He had also been elected as the Vice Chairman of [[Cuttack]] Municipality.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Quit India Movement in Odisha – History of Odisha|url=https://www.historyofodisha.in/the-quit-india-movement-in-odisha/|language=en-US|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Afzal-ul was a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation). In 1961 he was appointed as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee by [[Biren Mitra]]. In 1971 he ran for the Cuttack State legislative assembly elections as an MLA candidate from the Indian National Congress (O) party.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayer|first=Laurent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&q=ma+amin+cuttack&pg=PA248|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation|date=2012|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuttack City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cuttackcity-odisha-assembly-constituency|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> He was later appointed as the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sethy|first=Rabindra Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kJusgGxiQC&q=utkal+pradesh+congress+committee&pg=PA92|title=Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State|date=2003|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-463-3|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Afzal-ul Amin with Indira Gandhi.png|thumb|Amin seated in between the former Prime minister of India, [[Indira Gandhi]] (to his left) and the former Chief minister of Orissa, [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]] (to his right) in the [[Indian National Congress]] delegation meeting with Odia leaders.]]

Afzal-ul played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack. As the chairman of Cuttack Municipality's sub-committee on education he established five Urdu lower primary and five upper primary schools in Cuttack some of which include, Maulana Azad U.P school in Qadam Rasool.

==Marriage and family==

Afzal-ul Amin married his second cousin, Syeda Roshanara Akhtar, the younger daughter of [[Ibrahim Suhrawardy]], a notable author and linguist from [[Balasore]] of the [[Qadiriyyah]] house.

Afzal-ul has two daughters, Tabassum Amin Sultana, who married the notable politician and writer [[Hussain Rabi Gandhi]], and [[Farhat Amin]] Sultana, a journalist and a social activist who married the tribal rights activist [[Saleem Farook]].

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