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{{Infobox person
| name = Sayeed Mohammed
| image = Sayeed Mohammed full image.png
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|08|25}}
| birth_place = Madhigarh, [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]], [[British Raj]]

(present day : Kamakhyanagar, [[Dhenkanal]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1922|07|18|1891|08|25}}
| death_place = [[Cuttack]], [[British India]]
| death_cause =
| resting_place = [[Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack]]
| citizenship = {{flag|British India}}
| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]],
[[Calcutta Madrasa]]
| occupation = [[Educationist]]
| organization =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse = [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]
| children = Athar-ul Amin, [[Afzal-ul Amin]], Fazal-ul Amin, Niharara Akhtar, Husanara Begum

| relatives = [[Hussain Rabi Gandhi]] ''(grandson in law)''

[[Farhat Amin | Sultana Farhat Amin ]]'' (granddaughter)''

Shahbuddin Mohammad Gani'' (grandson)''

Sultana Razia Rasool (''granddaughter'')

| parents = [[Atharuddin Mohammed]] ''(father)''
Nadeera Sultana ''(mother)''
| awards =
}}

'''Sayeed Mohammed''' (native name : '''ସଇଦ୍ ମହମ୍ମଦ୍''') (1891 - 1922) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Odia people|Odia]] educationist, freedom fighter and philanthropist. In 1913, he founded the Muslim Seminary (present day Sayeed Seminary) at [[Cuttack]], which is regarded as the second nationalist school of [[Odisha]]. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://schools.org.in/cuttack/21121801703/sayeed-seminary-hs.html|title=SAYEED SEMINARY HS - Ward No.17, District Cuttack (Orissa)|website=schools.org.in|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> Sayeed is known for his activism against the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the early 1900s. He was one of the prominent members of the [[Utkal Sammilani]]. In 1922, Sayeed along with [[Ekram Rasul]] co-founded the All Odisha Khilafat Committee, in the wake of the [[Non cooperation movement]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Manas Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCmjDwAAQBAJ&q=all+odisha+khilafat+committee&pg=PA4|title=NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN ODISHA|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-78858-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=ACHARYA|first1=PRITISH|last2=KRISHAN|first2=SHRI|date=2010|title=An Experiment in Nationalist Education: Satyavadi School in Orissa (1909-26)|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=45|issue=51|pages=71–78|jstor=25764244|issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Janab Maulana Sayeed Mohammed was born at Madhigarh, into the Diwan family of [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]], to [[Atharuddin Mohammed]] and his senior wife (Badi Bahu Begum), ''Begum Nadeera Sultana''. Sayeed's father was the ruling chief of Kamakhyangar and also the Diwan of [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]] during ''Raja Shura Paratap Mahendra Bahadur's'' rule. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/dhenkanal|title=Dhenkanal (Princely State)|last=Rathore|first=Abhinay|website=Rajput Provinces of India|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> Sayeed's maternal uncle, Syed Imaan ul Haque practiced as a lawyer at Cuttack court and was a colleague of [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Subhash Chandra Bose's]] father, [[Janakinath Bose]].

Sayeed moved to [[Cuttack]] in order to attain formal education. After studying at [[Ravenshaw Collegiate School]], he joined the [[Utkal Sammilani]]. Both he and his father made attempts to unify the [[Odia language|Odia]] speaking tracts by working for the Sammilani. In [[Cuttack]], Sayeed emerged as a local leader and started to serve the Muslim community. He led the Odia muslims to participate in the [[Indian freedom struggle]].

Later, Sayeed got a scholarship in [[Persian studies]] and [[Arabic]] from [[Calcutta Madrasa]] and after earning degrees in the respective subjects, he was appointed as an assistant head master at Victoria high school, [[Cuttack]] by the British government. Being a nationalist, he also worked in close association with [[Gopabandhu Das]], Bhakta kabi [[Madhusudan Rao]] and [[Radhanath Rath]], the editor of [[Samaja]].

In 1908 Sayeed organized and led various mass protests against the British government regarding the new provision introduced by the British, which provided limited and separate reservation of seats for Muslim and Hindu students in schools at the time of admission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sayeed Seminary School|date=|title=Sayeed Seminary, Odisha's AMU|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/980758/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Because of his participation in the nationalist movements against the [[British government]], he along with some of his other Indian colleagues at Victoria high school, who were nationalists too, were asked to resign from their respective positions. It was during this period when [[Gopabandhu Das]] established the first nationalist school in Odisha called the [[Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya]] at Sakhigopal, [[Puri]] in 1909.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orissapost.com/fani-aftermathsatyabadi-bana-bidyalaya-loses-substantial-green-cover/|title=Fani Aftermath:Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya loses substantial green cover - OrissaPOST|date=2019-05-12|website=Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/odisha-govt-to-set-up-odia-university-at-satyabadi-in-puri/articleshow/65167638.cms|title=Odisha govt to set up Odia University at Satyabadi in Puri - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref>

Sayeed saw this as an excellent idea to educate and uplift Indian children without actually serving or working under the [[United Kingdom|British]] and thus, to cultivate the ideals of nationalism in the hearts of Indian students; he established a new nationalist school called the 'Muslim Seminary' in 1913 at [[Cuttack]] for Indian students.[https://schools.org.in/cuttack/21121801703/sayeed-seminary-hs.html]. Sayeed co-founded the All Odisha Khilafat Committee in 1922 before his death.

==Marriage and Family==

Sayeed married [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]], the only daughter of Aminuddin Al Amin Suhrawardy and the granddaughter of [[Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy]]. The couple bore five children (three sons and two daughters). After Sayeed's early death, Begum Badr continued to work for the Muslim community in [[Cuttack]]. She particularly emphasized on female education.

==Sayeed Seminary==

The school formally opened on Friday, the 8th of August, 1913 with 500 students on its roll in a rented building. It was largely dependent on donations. Meanwhile, Sayeed managed to persuade a generous merchant of [[Madras]], C. Abdul Hakeem to donate the present land and building. Even the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] (a distant relative of Sayeed's wife, [[Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar]]), made a monthly grant of Rs 50.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixrT-ldIWZMC|title=Muslims In Indian Cities : Trajectories Of Marginalisation|last2=Gayer|first2=Laurent|date=2013-12-01|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-555-7|language=en}}</ref> A managing committee was formed by Sayeed in 1913 and Maulavi Golam Mohammad, Mohammad Kasim Ahmad Quazi, Kameeruddin Khan, Alla Bira, Mahammad Sayeed Abdus Sakur, Babu Akshay Chandra Ray, Satyabrata Patnaik and Devendranath Ray were appointed as its members. The school strongly promoted the ideas of [[nationalism]] among its students; Sayeed had made it mandatory for all the teachers and students of the school to wear clothes made of [[Khadi]] in order to support the ongoing [[Swadeshi movement]]. He himself wore clothes only made of [[Khadi]] to set an example.<ref name=":1" />

After Sayeed's death, Moulavi Golam Mohammad was appointed as its President and Akshay Chandra Ray, its Vice President.<ref name=":1" /> The efforts made by Sayeed Mohammed was acknowledged and appreciated by the Secretary to Government of [[Bihar and Orissa Province]], Ministry of Education and such appreciation was notified and published in the Official Gazette dated 1st December, 1932.<ref name=":1" />

After the [[Partition of India|partition of 1947]], its name was changed from 'Muslim Seminary' to 'Sayeed Seminary' in the memory of its late founder, to throw a more secular light at the institution. Sayeed Seminary was recognised as a High School from 1st June, 1945 as revealed in the Orissa Gazette No.30 dated 3.8.1945. The school came into the direct payment system from 1974 for teaching staff and from 1977 for the non-teaching staff.<ref name=":1" />

Sayeed Seminary became a reputed high school in the city, that offered education to both [[Muslim]] and [[Hindu]] students in [[Urdu]] and [[Odia language|Odia]]. The school has produced many distinguished alumni including, [[Mohammad Mohsin]], Sushil Kumar Sinha (scientist), Abdul Majid (sportsperson), S.M. Osatullah (I.A.S) and Mustafiz Ahmed (Minister).<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:Indian educators]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:People from Cuttack]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Amin_family]]
[[Category: Social workers from Odisha]]

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>Jonas7798 at 10:32, 18 January 2022