G. M. Banatwala

Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla
Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla
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	G. M. Banatwalla
Personal details
Born	15 August 1933; Bombay (British India)
Died	25 June 2008 (aged 74); Mumbai
Occupation	* Social worker Politician;
Spouse(s)	Ayesha Banatwalla

Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla (15 August 1933 – 25 June 2008), also spelled as Banatwala, was an Indian politician and social worker from Mumbai.^[1]^[2] Banatwalla, a "firebrand orator" and intellectual, was regarded as the pan-India face of the Indian Muslim community.^[3]^[4]

Banatwalla was born in Bombay, in then-British India, to Haji Noor Mohamed and Ayesha in a Cutchi Memon family.^[1] He studied at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and S.T. College, Bombay.^[1] He married Ayesha in February 1960.^[1]

He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1967 (Umerkhadi, Bombay).^[1] He later served seven terms in the Loksabha, from Ponnani in Kerala, between 1977 – 1989 and 1996 – 2004.^[1]^[5] He also served as the national president of Indian Union Muslim League from 1993 to 2008.^[1] He was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.^[1]

Banatwalla never spoke Malayalam and addressed the people of Kerala in English.^[3]^[6] Banatwalla, aged 74, died on 25 June 2008. He had no children.^[2]^[3]

Books by G. M. Banatwala[edit]

Religion and Politics in India

Muslim League

Azadi Ke Bad (in Urdu)

Banatwala also contributed numerous articles in various journals both in English and Urdu.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 "Banatwalla, Gulam Mehmood (Member BioProfile)". LokSabha (Official Website).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "G. M. Banatwala: Indian Muslim Leader". The Times. London. 22 July 2008.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Press Trust of India (26 June 2008). "Muslim League Chief Banatwala Dies". The Times of India. Mumbai.
↑ "IUML Leader Banatwala Dead". Arab News. Mumbai. 26 June 2008.
↑ Kurudath, Anil (1 April 2019). "A Glimmer of Hope for LDF to Breach IUML Fort Ponnani". Malayala Manorama (English).
↑ Kutty, K. Govindan (23 February 1998). "G. M. Banatwala". India Today.
↑ "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 "Banatwalla, Gulam Mehmood (Member BioProfile)". LokSabha (Official Website).

[G._M._Banatwala-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "G. M. Banatwala: Indian Muslim Leader". The Times. London. 22 July 2008.

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Press Trust of India (26 June 2008). "Muslim League Chief Banatwala Dies". The Times of India. Mumbai.

[4] "IUML Leader Banatwala Dead". Arab News. Mumbai. 26 June 2008.

[5] Kurudath, Anil (1 April 2019). "A Glimmer of Hope for LDF to Breach IUML Fort Ponnani". Malayala Manorama (English).

[6] Kutty, K. Govindan (23 February 1998). "G. M. Banatwala". India Today.

[7] "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1999	T. Govindan A. P. Abdullakutty A. K. Premajam K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar A. C. Jose K. Karunakaran George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George V. M. Sudheeran Ramesh Chennithala Kodikunnil Suresh P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan V. S. Sivakumar
12th LS members 14th LS members Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 12th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1998	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran A. K. Premajam P. Sankaran E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan A. C. Jose George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup P. C. Chacko V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Chengara Surendran N. K. Premachandran Varkala Radhakrishnan K. Karunakaran
11th LS members 13th LS members Members of the 12th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1996	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran O. Bharathan M. P. Veerendra Kumar E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan P. C. Chacko Xavier Arackal P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala A. C. Jose V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh N. K. Premachandran A. Sampath K. V. Surendranath
10th LS members 12th LS members Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 10th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1991	Ramanna Rai Mullappally Ramachandran K. P. Unnikrishnan K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait V. S. Vijayaraghavan K. R. Narayanan P. C. Chacko Savithri Lakshmanan K. V. Thomas P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala K. M. Mathew T. J. Anjalose P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh S. Krishna Kumar Susheela Gopalan A. Charles
9th LS members 11th LS members Members of the 10th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY