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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Tabarra Agitation in Lucknow}}<br />
{{see also|Madhe Sahaba Agitation}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = Tabarra Agitation<br />
| partof = [[Religious violence in India]]<br />
| map =<br />
{{Location map | India<br />
| width = 250<br />
| lat_deg = 26.84<br />
| lon_deg = 80.94<br />
| label = Lucknow<br />
}}<br />
| location = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| target = [[Azadari in Lucknow]]<br />
| perp = 18,000 [[Shia Muslim|Shias were]] jailed during months of March, April, and May 1939<br />
| weapons = [[civil disobedience]] movement<br />
| motive = Defence of [[Azadari]]<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Shia volunteer arrestees, Bada Imambada, Lucknow, April 1939.jpeg|thumb|250px|Crowds of Shia volunteer arrestees assembled in the compound of Asaf-ud-Daula Imambada ([[Bara Imambara]]) in preparation of ''tabarra'', April 1939]]<br />
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The '''1939 Tabarra agitation''' was an event when some 18,000 [[Shia Muslim|Shias]] were jailed during months of March, April, and May 1939 in [[Lucknow]], India.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&dq=%22tabarra+agitation%22&pg=PA196 Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism] By Justin Jones</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OaIUuiXQqZUC&dq=%22tabarra+agitation%22&pg=PA120 Rallying Around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the Movement for Pakistan, 1935--1947] By Venkat Dhulipala, ProQuest, 2008</ref><br />
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A [[civil disobedience]] movement was at once started by Shias following the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Government]] communique of 31 March 1939 (which allowed reciting of previously banned Madhe-Sahaba at public meetings). [[Sunni]]s called off their civil disobedience movement but its effect on Shias was far greater than anticipated; they had the authority of two committees (Piggot committee and Allsop committee) and the practice of thirty years in support of their position. Some 1800 Shias courted arrest, including prominent Shia figures such as Syed Ali Zaheer (newly elected [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Allahabad]]-[[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]]), the Princes of the former [[Nawabs of Awadh|royal family of Awadh]], Sayed Muhammad Naseer ''Naseer-ul-Millat'' the son of Maulana Nasir a respected Shia [[mujtahid]] (the eldest son, student and designated successor of Maulana Sayed Nasir Hussain of [[Abaqati family]]), Shamshiir-e-Tabarra Ayatullah Syed Ali Shabbar Naqvi.,<ref>https://ulamaehind.in/en/scholar/syed-ali-shabbar-naqvi</ref> Maulana Sayed Kalb-e-Husain and his son Maulana Kalb-e-Abid (both of [[Ijtihadi family|Nasirabadi/Ijtihadi family]]) ) and the brothers of Raja of Salempur and the Raja of Pirpur, important [[All-India Muslim League|ML]] leaders. It was believed that Maulana Nasir himself besides the top ranking ML leaders such as [[Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan|Raja of Mahmudabad]] and Raja of Pirpur would together court arrest.<ref>Karim ur Raza Khan to Jinnah, 27 April 1939, Madhe Sahaba file, ''Qaid-i-zamPapaers''.</ref> [[Maulana Azad]], appointed an arbitrator by the parties, called a conference of Shias and Sunnis, but it failed to produce a settlement. Azad conveyed to Sir Haig, the [[Governor of United Provinces|Governor]], his view that the communique was'' 'based on inadequate appreciation of the situation and, therefore, an error of judgement'.'' But, this statement came just a day before the ''[[Barawafat]]'', and a ''Madhe-Sahaba'' procession was taken out. The Shias too were allowed a counter-procession, it was disturbed and resulted in a serious riot. Several people died and police had to open fire several times. The following year i.e. 1940, the district authorities banned the public recitation of ''Madhe-Sahaba'' and ''[[Tabarra]]'' in processions and meetings held in public places.<ref name="Com-Riots">[https://books.google.com/books?id=yB5NM0o3I9QC&q=muharram+lucknow&pg=PA147 Communal riots in post-independence India ''By Asgharali Engineer'']</ref><ref name="Qaum">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OaIUuiXQqZUC&dq=%22Allsop+committee%22+Lucknow&pg=PA110 Rallying around the Qaum: The Muslims of the United Provinces and the movement for Pakistan, 1935—1947 ''By Venkat Dhulipala,'' University of Minnesota]</ref><ref name="ShiaIslam-ColonialIndia">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rrioNz8_EwwC&dq=%22Allsop+committee%22+Lucknow&pg=PA193 Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism ''By Justin Jones'']</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Tabarra]]<br />
*[[Madhe Sahaba Agitation]]<br />
*[[Azadari in Lucknow]]<br />
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