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'''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist | '''Rafi Ahmed Kidwai''' (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an [[Indian independence activists|Indian independence activist]] and a socialist. He hailed from [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] District of [[Uttar Pradesh|United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh]], in north India. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |title=Merits & Awards|accessdate=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012010/http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |archivedate=3 June 2008 |df=dmy-all |publisher=icar.org.in}}</ref> | The [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] was created in 1956 by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |title=Merits & Awards|accessdate=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012010/http://www.icar.org.in/merits.html |archivedate=3 June 2008 |df=dmy-all |publisher=icar.org.in}}</ref> | ||
In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.<ref>A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121837/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/No.2-04-2009-Trg_31-10-2011.pdf rename of the Postal Staff College India]. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.</ref> There is also a street named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkata.yellowpages.co.in/locality/rafi+ahmed+kidwai+road|title=Kolkata Yellow Pages|accessdate=13 December 2011}}</ref> | In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.<ref>A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103121837/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/No.2-04-2009-Trg_31-10-2011.pdf rename of the Postal Staff College India]. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.</ref> There is also a street named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkata.yellowpages.co.in/locality/rafi+ahmed+kidwai+road|title=Kolkata Yellow Pages|accessdate=13 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | |
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 Kidwai on a 1969 stamp of India | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1894 Barabanki, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 24 October 1954 (aged 60) Delhi, India |
| Education | Aligarh Muslim University |
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. He hailed from Barabanki District of United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh, in north India.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Rafi Ahmed was born in the village of Masauli, in Barabanki district (now in Uttar Pradesh).[1]
Death[edit | edit source]
Kidwai died in Delhi on 24 October 1954. He had heart failure after experiencing an attack of asthma while delivering a speech. His burial site, at his home village, was covered by a Mughal-style mausoleum. According to historian Paul Brass, "A formidable fund-raiser for Congress movements and elections, he distributed his largesse to all and sundry, but died in debt, leaving behind only a decaying house in his home village."[1]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award was created in 1956 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 to recognize Indian researchers in the agricultural field. Awards are distributed every second year, and take the form of medals, citations, and cash prizes.[2]
In November 2011, the Postal Staff College in Ghaziabad was named as the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy.[3] There is also a street named after him in Kolkata.[4]
There is a street named after him in Wadala Mumbai.
The Parliament of India has a portrait of Kidwai in a Committee Room.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kidwai, Rafi Ahmad (1894–1954)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94954. Template:ODNBsub
- ↑ "Merits & Awards". icar.org.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
- ↑ A. Kumaraswamy (31 October 2011) rename of the Postal Staff College India. Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India.
- ↑ "Kolkata Yellow Pages". Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ↑ Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. rajyasabha.nic.in.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- M. Bassien, ed., Who's who in legislature, 1 (1953)
- M. Weiner, Party politics in India: the development of a multi-party system (1957)
- P. N. Chopra, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai: his life and work (1960)
- S. Sunder and S. Shyam, Political life of Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, 1: 1887–1945 (1960)
- Sampurnanand, Memories and reflections (1962)
- A. P. Jain, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai: a memoir of his life and times (1965)
- P. R. Brass, Factional politics in an Indian state: the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh (1966)
- S. Gopal, Jawaharlal Nehru: a biography, 2: 1947–1956 (1979)
- V. Menon, From movement to government: the Congress in the United Provinces, 1937–42 (2003)
- M. Hasan, From pluralism to separatism: qasbas in colonial Awadh (2004)
