https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Shakir_Ali_%28barrister%29 2026-08-18T16:55:42Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakir_Ali_(barrister)&diff=181696&oldid=prev 2021-09-10T19:06:44Z

<p><span class="autocomment">top: </span>clean up, <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:AWB/T" class="extiw" title="wp:AWB/T">typo(s) fixed</a>: Law → law, Executive Committee → executive committee</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Shakir Ali Barrister&#039;&#039;&#039; (7 June 1879 – 26 December 1962) was an [[India]]n lawyer and politician.<br /> <br /> Shakir Ali was born in a small town about 20 miles from [[Lucknow]], the capital of United Provinces during British rule. His ancestors acted as Quazi during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] regime.&lt;ref&gt;Ref: Abbasian-e-Kakori,book on Abbasi&#039;s by Mohammed Hassan Abbasi page 29 and 262&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He completed his early education from MAO Aligarh (now [[Aligarh Muslim University]]). He went to England in 1905 to join Lincoln&#039;s Inn for his degree in law (Lincoln Inn&#039;s Library records). In 1908 he graduated and came back to India. He was appointed inspector of Schools but after some time he preferred to go into his own legal practice. He resigned the post and started to practice as a Barrister in Gorakhpur. He was one of the well known criminal lawyers of India. He had occasions to appear in some of the most important and noted cases e.g. the [[Meerut Conspiracy Case]], the [[INA trials]] held in Red Fort Delhi, the [[Kakori train dacoity]] and [[Chauri Chaura]] arson case.<br /> <br /> During the [[Quit India Movement]], he joined the Congress and very soon became a force to reckon in the party, became a member in the executive committee of the Congress and was very popular in whole of the eastern region of India.<br /> Mr Shakir Ali was the member of the reformed Legislative Council from 1921 to 1923 (UP Assembly Archives). He was a staunch nationalist throughout his life and led the Khilafat Movement in Gorakhpur in 1920.<br /> <br /> He retired in 1956 after practising Criminal Law for 45 years and died at the age of 84 on 26 December 1962.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1879 births]]<br /> [[Category:1962 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian lawyers]]<br /> [[Category:Uttar Pradesh politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Muslims]]<br /> [[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]<br /> [[Category:People from Lucknow district]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]</div>

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