Obaidullah Khan Azmi Explained

Obaidullah Khan Azmi
Birth Date:11 March 1949[1]
Birth Place:Khalispur, United Provinces, India
Residence:Village: Khalispur, District: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Office1:Member of Rajya Sabha
Term1:1990–2008
Constituency1:Madhya Pradesh
Party:Janata Dal (Secular)
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Profession:Politician
Spouse:Syeda Razia Obaid Khan
Children:Three sons and five daughters
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Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an Indian Politician and Islamic scholar belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam.[4] He joined Janata Dal (Secular) on 13 March 2023.[5] [6] [7] [8] He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from Janata Dal party. During 1992–1996, he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President.[1] [9] From 2002 to 2008 he represented Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

He is the founder member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) since 1973 and later went against it to form All-India Muslim Personal Law Conference (AIMPLC) with Arshadul Qadri in 1986 but the newly formed organization didn't work and later became a board member of AIMPLB.[15] [16] [17]

He was known as a great speaker of his time.[18]

Shah Bano case protest

Obaidullah Khan Azmi became popular by his public speeches against Supreme Court Judgment in Shah Bano case. The audio cassettes of his speech were widely circulated and sold. He, at the time, had become a most sought-after speaker for anti-Shah Bano case meetings in Mumbai. Mumbai police filed case against the Maulana and expelled him from Mumbai declaring his speeches inflammatory.[19] [20]

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  1. http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx WebPage of Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi Former Member Of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA)
  2. Web site: Ex-MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi to join JD(S) . 2023-03-13 . deccanherald.com . 5 May 2023 . 6 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230506101955/https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/ex-mp-obaidullah-khan-azmi-to-join-jds-1199905.html . live .
  3. News: One more SP leader quits . 11 January 2010 . The Hindu . Gargi . Parsai . 10 March 2019 . 25 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125122416/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/One-more-SP-leader-quits/article16836975.ece . live .
  4. News: 2016-10-16 . Islamic scholar Azmi joins Cong. . 2024-08-18 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Shifa . 2023-03-15 . Senior politician Ubaidullah Khan Azmi joins JDS . 2024-08-18 . The Hindustan Gazette . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2023-03-14 . ದೇವೇಗೌಡ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬೈದುಲ್ಲಾ ಖಾನ್ ಅಜ್ಮಿ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ.. . 2024-08-18 . ETV Bharat . kn.
  7. http://www.siasat.com/photos/obaidullah-khan-azmi-joins-ncp Obaidullah Khan Azmi joins NCP
  8. Web site: The First Mail | Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan Joins NCP . thefirstmail.in . 2015-07-28 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225214932/https://marketcheetah.com/pages/detail.php?catname=30715-azmi_maulana_obaidullah_khan_joins_ncp#sthash.tPrNNR94.dpbs . dead .
  9. http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/a.pdf Brief Bio-Data 1952-2003
  10. http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/mpterms.aspx List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)
  11. Web site: Madhya pradesh(Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 23/07/2015 | DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER MPLADS . mplads.nic.in . 2015-07-28 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225214938/https://mplads.nic.in/rshtml/rsanst12.htm . dead .
  12. http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/bulletin2/01/010101.html General information relating to Parliamentary and other matters
  13. Book: Indian Affairs Annual . Gaur, Mahendra . 2005 . 53 . Gyan Publishing House . 9788178354347.
  14. Book: Sisodia . Yatindra Singh . Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India . Chattopadhyay . Pratip . 2024-08-07 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-040-10120-9 . en.
  15. News: 2004-12-18 . AIMPLB members assail Barelvis . 2024-08-18 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  16. Web site: Rizvi . Syed Haider Abbas . New challenges face AIMPLB . 2024-08-18 . www.milligazette.com.
  17. Book: Muslim India . 2007 . Muslim India . 23 . en.
  18. Book: Alam, Arshad . Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India . 2020-11-29 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-000-08366-8 . en.
  19. Web site: NOV.20, 1985: HUGE MUSLIM PROTEST & BANDH IN MUMBAI | Bhindi Bazar. bhindibazaar.asia. 2015-07-28. 25 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225214927/http://www.bhindibazaar.asia/nov-20-1985-huge-muslim-protest-bandh-in-mumbai/. dead.
  20. Akhbar e alam, Urdu weekly

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