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	'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist~~, sometimes described as an [[Islamic socialism\|Islamic socialist]]~~. He hailed from [[Barabanki district\|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh\|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India.		'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist. He hailed from [[Barabanki district\|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh\|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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	'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist, sometimes described as an [[Islamic socialism\|Islamic socialist]] He hailed from [[Barabanki district\|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh\|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India.		'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist, sometimes described as an [[Islamic socialism\|Islamic socialist]]. He hailed from [[Barabanki district\|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh\|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html \|title=Merits & Awards\|accessdate=2008-09-03 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012010/http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html \|archivedate=3 June 2008 \|df=dmy-all \|publisher=icar.org.in}}</ref>		The [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] was created in 1956 by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html \|title=Merits & Awards\|accessdate=2008-09-03 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012010/http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html \|archivedate=3 June 2008 \|df=dmy-all \|publisher=icar.org.in}}</ref>

	In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.<ref>A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121837/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/No.2-04-2009-Trg_31-10-2011.pdf rename of the Postal Staff College India]. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.</ref> There is also a street named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.kolkata.yellowpages.co.in/locality/rafi+ahmed+kidwai+road\|title=Kolkata Yellow Pages\|accessdate=13 December 2011}}</ref>		In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.<ref>A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121837/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/No.2-04-2009-Trg_31-10-2011.pdf rename of the Postal Staff College India]. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.</ref> There is also a street named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.kolkata.yellowpages.co.in/locality/rafi+ahmed+kidwai+road\|title=Kolkata Yellow Pages\|accessdate=13 December 2011}}</ref>
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
|birth_date=18 February 1894
|death_date=24 October 1954 <br>(aged 60)
|birth_place=[[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
|death_place=[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|image=Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 1969 stamp of India.jpg
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| caption = Kidwai on a 1969 stamp of India
|education = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
|movement=[[Indian Independence movement]]
|organization=[[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist, sometimes described as an [[Islamic socialism|Islamic socialist]] He hailed from [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India.

==Early life==
Rafi Ahmed was born in the village of Masauli, in [[Barabanki district]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]]).<ref name="odnb"/>

==Death==
Kidwai died in Delhi on 24 October 1954. He had [[heart failure]] after experiencing an attack of [[asthma]] while delivering a speech. His burial site, at his home village, was covered by a Mughal-style mausoleum. According to historian [[Paul Brass]], "A formidable fund-raiser for Congress movements and elections, he distributed his largesse to all and sundry, but died in debt, leaving behind only a decaying house in his home village."<ref name="odnb">{{Cite ODNB|id=94954|title=Kidwai, Rafi Ahmad (1894–1954)}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |title=Merits & Awards|accessdate=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012010/http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |archivedate=3 June 2008 |df=dmy-all |publisher=icar.org.in}}</ref>

In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.<ref>A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121837/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/No.2-04-2009-Trg_31-10-2011.pdf rename of the Postal Staff College India]. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.</ref> There is also a street named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkata.yellowpages.co.in/locality/rafi+ahmed+kidwai+road|title=Kolkata Yellow Pages|accessdate=13 December 2011}}</ref>

There is a street named after him in Wadala Mumbai.

The [[Parliament of India]] has a portrait of Kidwai in a Committee Room.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180324065731/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/picture_gallery/ra_kidwai_6.asp Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]. rajyasabha.nic.in.</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* M. Bassien, ed., ''Who's who in legislature, 1'' (1953)
* M. Weiner, ''Party politics in India: the development of a multi-party system'' (1957)
* P. N. Chopra, ''Rafi Ahmad Kidwai: his life and work'' (1960)
* S. Sunder and S. Shyam, ''Political life of Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, 1: 1887–1945'' (1960)
* Sampurnanand, ''Memories and reflections'' (1962)
* A. P. Jain, ''Rafi Ahmad Kidwai: a memoir of his life and times'' (1965)
* P. R. Brass, ''Factional politics in an Indian state: the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh'' (1966)
* S. Gopal, ''Jawaharlal Nehru: a biography, 2: 1947–1956'' (1979)
* V. Menon, ''From movement to government: the Congress in the United Provinces, 1937–42'' (2003)
* M. Hasan, ''From pluralism to separatism: qasbas in colonial Awadh'' (2004)

==External links==
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* [http://rrtd.nic.in/rafiahmedkidwai.html Biography from the Government of India's Ministry of Information]

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