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	Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created [[Maharashtra]] state in 1962, from [[Aurangabad]], and was elected to [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha\|Maharashtra assembly]]. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was under his guidance that planning for [[Aurangabad CIDCO\|New Aurangabad]] was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to [[CIDCO]] which started development in the 1970s.		Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created [[Maharashtra]] state in 1962, from [[Aurangabad]], and was elected to [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha\|Maharashtra assembly]]. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was under his guidance that planning for [[Aurangabad CIDCO\|New Aurangabad]] was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to [[CIDCO]] which started development in the 1970s.

	He founded a number of schools and colleges in his constituency. These included a women's college of arts and sciences and the Indian Institute of Hotel Management, which is now known as the [[Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad]] (IHM-A). [[The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad]] operates ~~mutiple~~ educational institutions.		He founded a number of schools and colleges in his constituency. These included a women's college of arts and sciences and the Indian Institute of Hotel Management, which is now known as the [[Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad]] (IHM-A). [[The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad]] operates multiple educational institutions.

	==Works==		==Works==

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rafiq Zakaria
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|4|5}}
| birth_place = [[Nala Sopara]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|7|9|1920|4|5}}<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |title=Indian scholar Rafiq Zakaria dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4666793.stm |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[BBC South Asia]] |date=9 July 2005}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| resting_place = [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], Maharashtra<ref name="Outlook_obit">{{cite news |title=Islamic scholar Rafiq Zakaria dead |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/islamic-scholar-rafiq-zakaria-dead/309494 |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Outlook India]] |date=July 9, 2005}}</ref>
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric
| spouse = [[Fatima Zakaria]]
| children = 4, including [[Fareed Zakaria]]
| years_active =
| known_for = *Served in Indian Parliament
*Founded schools and colleges
*Former President of Maharashtra College in Mumbai
| notable_works = *''A Study of Nehru'' (ed.)
*''The Struggle Within Islam''
*''Muhammed and the Quran''
*''The Price of Partition''
* ''Communal Rage in Secular India''
}}

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'''Rafiq Zakaria''' (5 April 1920 – 9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. He was closely associated with the [[Indian independence movement]] and [[Indian National Congress]] party. He was known for his advocacy of traditional Islam.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sivaswamy |first1=Saisuresh |title=Kalam, Islam and Dr Rafiq Zakaria |url=https://in.rediff.com/news/2002/jun/22sai.htm |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Rediff]] |date=June 22, 2002}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Zakaria, a [[Konkani Muslim]] from [[Maharashtra]], was an alumnus of [[Ismail Yusuf College]], [[Mumbai]]. He won the Chancellor's Gold Medal in the [[Master of Arts|MA]] examination of [[University of Mumbai]] and in 1948 received a PhD from the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soasalumni.org/Page.aspx?pid=441|title=Alumni}}</ref><ref name="bbc"/> His doctoral thesis was titled ''Muslims in India: a political analysis (from 1885–1906)''. He was called to the bar from [[Lincoln's Inn]] in England.

==Career==
Zakaria practised law in Mumbai, where he was appointed Chief Public Prosecutor. He spent over 25 years in public service, including some time as a cabinet minister in state government of Maharashtra and later as a Member of the Indian parliament. He served as deputy to [[Indira Gandhi]], the leader of the Congress Party, in the [[Lok Sabha]]. Zakaria represented India abroad, including at the United Nations in 1965, 1990 and 1996.<ref name="Outlook_obit"/>

He was Chancellor of the [http://www.jamiaurdualigarh.com/about/ Jamia Urdu], [[Aligarh]] (Uttar Pradesh), and President of [[Maharashtra College of Arts Science and Commerce|Maharashtra College]] in Mumbai.

==Aurangabad==
Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created [[Maharashtra]] state in 1962, from [[Aurangabad]], and was elected to [[Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha|Maharashtra assembly]]. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was under his guidance that planning for [[Aurangabad CIDCO|New Aurangabad]] was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to [[CIDCO]] which started development in the 1970s.

He founded a number of schools and colleges in his constituency. These included a women's college of arts and sciences and the Indian Institute of Hotel Management, which is now known as the [[Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad]] (IHM-A). [[The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad]] operates mutiple educational institutions.

==Works==
His many books include ''A Study of Nehru'' (ed.), ''The Struggle Within Islam'', ''Muhammed and the Quran'', ''The Price of Partition'', and ''Communal Rage in Secular India''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr Rafiq Zakaria passes away |url=https://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/09dead.htm |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=[[Rediff]] |agency=PTI |date=July 9, 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

Zakaria mostly wrote on Indian affairs, Islam and British imperialism. His works include:
[[File:Tomb rafiq zakaria.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tomb of Rafiq Zakaria in [[Aurangabad]]]]
*''A Study of Nehru''
*''The Man Who Divided India''
*''Razia: Queen of India''
*''The Widening Divide''
*''Discovery of God''
*''Muhammad and the Quran''
*''Rise of Muslims in Indian Politics''
*''The Struggle Within Islam''
*''Conflict Between Religion and Politics''
*''Iqbal, the Poet and the Politician'' (1993)
*''The Price of Partition''
*''Gandhi and the Break-up of India''
*''Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?''
*''[[Sardar Patel]] and Indian Muslims''
*''Communal Rage in Secular India'' (On the aftermath of the [[Godhra Riots]])
*''The Trial of Benazir'' (1989)
He had earlier worked for the ''[[News Chronicle]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' in London, United Kingdom. Zakaria also penned a bi-weekly column for the ''[[Times of India]]'' newspaper.

==Personal life==
Zakaria was married twice. He was the father of four children by his two wives:

* Mansoor Zakaria and Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, the art historian who works with [[INTACH]] in Mumbai, by his first wife, Shehnaz Khan, the daughter of a [[Bhopal]]i aristocrat.
* Arshad Zakaria and [[Fareed Zakaria]], the American journalist, by his second wife, [[Fatima Zakaria]], who was for a time the editor of the Sunday ''[[Times of India]]'' and was in 2008 the editor of the Taj magazine of the [[Taj Hotels]].<ref name=Kushwant>{{cite web|url=http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=July2005_malice_standard104&child=malice|title=Right time, right place|last=Singh|first=Kushwant| authorlink = Kushwant Singh|date=26 July 2005|work=Malice |publisher=Cybernoon.com|accessdate=15 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032938/http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=July2005_malice_standard104&child=malice|archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]]

==References==
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