Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Kidwai on a 1969 stamp of India
Personal details
Born18 February 1894
Barabanki, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died24 October 1954(1954-10-24) (aged 60)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
EducationMuhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now called Aligarh Muslim University
Khilafat Movement (1919-1922)

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. Kidwai served as a Minister of Communications in the first Cabinet of Independent India (First Nehru Ministry).[1]

He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India.[2]

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  2. ^ "Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894-1954) profile". Ministry of Information, Government of India website. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2024.