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| successor2 = [[Maulana Hasrat Mohani]] | | successor2 = [[Maulana Hasrat Mohani]] | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1880|12|25}}<ref name=britannica/> | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1880|12|25}}<ref name=britannica/> | ||
| birth_place = [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur]], India | | birth_place = [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur|Mohammadabad]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = 10 May 1936 (aged 55) | | death_date = 10 May 1936 (aged 55) | ||
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_cause = Heart attack | | death_cause = Heart attack | ||
| resting_place = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] | | resting_place = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] | ||
| nationality = [[India]]n | | nationality = [[India]]n | ||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
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In 1898, while a student in Madras, Ansari attended his first All India Congress Sessions, which was presided over by [[Anandamohan Bose|AnandaMohan Bose]]. In 1927, when the Sessions were held again in Madras, Ansari presided over the session <ref name=TheHindu>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-Ansari-connection/article15373664.ece The Ansari connection]. ''The Hindu''. Updated 10 October 2016</ref> | In 1898, while a student in Madras, Ansari attended his first All India Congress Sessions, which was presided over by [[Anandamohan Bose|AnandaMohan Bose]]. In 1927, when the Sessions were held again in Madras, Ansari presided over the session <ref name=TheHindu>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-Ansari-connection/article15373664.ece The Ansari connection]. ''The Hindu''. Updated 10 October 2016</ref> | ||
Dr. Ansari became involved in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] during his stay in England. He moved back to [[Delhi]] and joined both the [[Indian Congress]] and the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]. He played an important role in the negotiation of the [[1916 Lucknow Pact]] and served as the Muslim League's president in 1918 and 1920.<ref name="britannica.com">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mukhtar-Ahmad-Ansari</ref> He was an outspoken supporter of the [[Khilafat Movement|Khilafat movement]],<ref name=TheHindu/> and led the Indian medical mission to treat the wounded Turkish soldiers during the Balkan Wars. (Syed Tanvir Wasti, The Indian Red Crescent Mission to the Balkan Wars, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 45, No. 3, 393–406, May 2009) | Dr. Ansari became involved in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] during his stay in England. He moved back to [[Delhi]] and joined both the [[Indian Congress]] and the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]. He played an important role in the negotiation of the [[1916 Lucknow Pact]] and served as the Muslim League's president in 1918 and 1920.<ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mukhtar-Ahmad-Ansari|title=Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari | Indian physician and nationalist}}</ref> He was an outspoken supporter of the [[Khilafat Movement|Khilafat movement]],<ref name=TheHindu/> and led the Indian medical mission to treat the wounded Turkish soldiers during the Balkan Wars. (Syed Tanvir Wasti, The Indian Red Crescent Mission to the Balkan Wars, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 45, No. 3, 393–406, May 2009) | ||
Ansari served several terms as the AICC General Secretary, as well as the President of the Indian National Congress during its 1927 session.<ref name="britannica.com"/> As a result of in-fighting and political divisions within the League in the 1920s, and later the rise of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and Muslim separatism, Ansari drew closer to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} | Ansari served several terms as the AICC General Secretary, as well as the President of the Indian National Congress during its 1927 session.<ref name="britannica.com"/> As a result of in-fighting and political divisions within the League in the 1920s, and later the rise of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and Muslim separatism, Ansari drew closer to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} | ||
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*[[Sibakatullah Ansari]] | *[[Sibakatullah Ansari]] | ||
*[[Afzal Ansari]] | *[[Afzal Ansari]] | ||
*[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]], former [[Vice President of India]] | *[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]], former [[Vice President of India]], is Ansari's grand-nephew.<ref name=TheHindu/> | ||
==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||