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'''Nihaluddin''' (1902–1974) was an Indian politician. Hailing from [[Badaun|Budaun]], he represented his home district in the U.P. Legislative Assembly from 1946-1953. During his first legislative mandate he belonged to the [[All India Muslim League]], later representing the [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]].<br />
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==Youth==<br />
He was born in 1902 in [[Badaun|Budaun]].<ref name=ande>Narendra Deva. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=oqjaAAAAMAAJ Selected Works of Acharya Narendra Deva: 1948-1952]''. Radiant Publishers, 1998. p. 364</ref> He attended school and later higher studies at Budaun, [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Bareilly]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Aligarh]].<ref name=ande/> He worked as a teacher in [[Roorkee]] and [[Aonla, Uttar Pradesh|Aonla]].<ref name=ande/> He began to practice Law, having joined the Bar in 1930.<ref name=ande/> <br />
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==Legislator==<br />
In 1943 he left his Law practice and became involved in politics full-time, belonging to the [[All India Muslim League]].<ref name=ande/><ref name=gbpa/> He was elected to the United Provinces Legislative Assembly from the Budaun District, East constituency in the [[1946 Indian provincial elections|1946 elections]].<ref name=ande/><ref name=gbpa>Govind Ballabh Pant, Bal Ram Nanda. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=giVuAAAAMAAJ Selected Works of Govind Ballabh Pant, Vol. 11]''. Oxford University Press, 1993. p. 218</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=VoFIYpm-edAC Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who, Vol. 36]''. Bennett, Coleman, Company, 1950. p. 428</ref><br />
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Nihaluddin contested the Budaun North constituency in the [[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]] candidate.<ref name=eci52up>Election Commission of India. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509072429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_UP.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]''</ref> He won the seat, obtaining 8,364 votes (33.87%).<ref name=eci52up/> After the election, on March 20, 1952 Nihaluddin was put forth as the Opposition candidate for the post of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, confronting the [[Indian National Congress]] Speaker candidate [[Atmaram Govind Kher]].<ref name=kher>{{cite news|newspaper=Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/uttar-pradesh-assembly-without-deputy-speaker-recalling-1957-experiment-8471733/|date=February 28, 2023|title=As UP Assembly goes on without Deputy Speaker, recalling a 1957 experiment|author=Shyamlal Yadav}}</ref> Kher won the election with 366 votes against 24 votes for Nihaluddin.<ref name=kher/> Nihaluddin was later removed from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, as the 1952 election in Budaun North was declared void due to improper rejection of nomination papers.<ref name=mwfi>Margaret Welpley Fisher, Joan Valérie Bondurant. ''[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=wg82AAAAIAAJ The Indian Experience with Democratic Elections]''. University of California, 1956. p. 34</ref> A by-election to fill the Budaun North seat was held in May 1953.<ref name=mwfi/> Nihaluddin contested the by-election as a [[Praja Socialist Party]] candidate, and finished in third place with 6,525 votes (21.89%).<ref name=vol2>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission India |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449149 |title=Report On The First General Election In India 1951-52 Vol II (Statistical)|page=858-859}}</ref><br />
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==Later years==<br />
He was linked to the Meston Islamia Inter College in Budaun, and served as the Manager of the school between 1957 and 1960.<ref name=ande/> Nihaluddin died in 1974.<ref name=ande/><br />
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[[Category:People from Budaun]]<br />
[[Category:1902 births]]<br />
[[Category:1974 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957]]<br />
[[Category:All-India Muslim League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Praja Socialist Party politicians]]<br />
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