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[[Mawlawi (Islamic title)|Moulvi]] '''Sir Rafiuddin Ahmed''' (1865–1954) was an Indian Muslim barrister, journalist and politician. He was generally known as ''the Moulvi''.<ref name=times>''The Times'', 25 March 1954, p. 10, col. E</ref><br />
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He was educated at [[Deccan College (Pune)|Deccan College, Pune]], and [[King's College London]]. In 1892, he became a [[barrister]]-at-law in the [[Middle Temple]]. He was a close friend of [[Abdul Karim (the Munshi)]], the Indian secretary of [[Queen Victoria]].<br />
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Victoria was instrumental in involving Ahmed in diplomatic approaches to Sultan [[Abdul Hamid II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the late 1890s, and unsuccessfully suggested that he be appointed to the British embassy in [[Constantinople]].<br />
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He was a prominent member of the Muslim Patriotic League, and under the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]], which introduced greater self-government to [[British India]], he was elected to the council of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. In 1928, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and then as Minister of Education where he served till 1934.<ref name=times/> For his work in government, he was knighted in [[1932 New Year Honours|1932]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33785|supp=y|page=3|date=29 December 1931}}</ref><br />
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He died in his native [[Pune]], where he had lived for the last 20 years of his life.<ref name=times/><br />
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