Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin | |
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 Afzal-ul Amin shaking hands with Lord Mountbatten | |
| President, Odisha Board of Wakfs | |
| In office June 1963 – November 1977 | |
| Vice chairman, Cuttack Municipal Corporation | |
| In office 25 February 1955 – 27 November 1960 | |
| Chairman, Cuttack Municipality | |
| In office 21 March 1960 – 21 June 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1915 Cuttack, Bihar and Orissa, British India |
| Died | 28 May 1983 (aged 67) Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Resting place | Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack |
| Citizenship |
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Spouse | Syeda Roshanara Akhtar |
| Children | Tabasum Sultana, Farhat Amin |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Hussain Rabi Gandhi (elder son-in-law) Saleem Farook (younger son-in-law) Ibrahim Suhrawardy (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Ravenshaw Collegiate School |
| Occupation | Politician, Social activist |
Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin, popularly known as M.A. Amin, was an Indian statesman, politician and social worker from Cuttack, Odisha. He served as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee during Biren Mitra's chief ministership.[1] Afzal-ul was the Vice Chairman and later the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and also the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association. He played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city. He is also credited for organising various nationalist meetings and for mobilizing the common masses in Cuttack during the Quit India movement of 1942.[2][3]
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