Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim

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Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim, also spelled as Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim (1889-1968), was a leader of

United Provinces (1937–50).[2][3]

Personal and Education life

Born at Mohalla Qazi Sarai 1st in Nagina in 1888, Hafiz Ibrahim was educated at Rajkiya Diksha Vidyalaya and joined Aligarh Muslim University for higher studies.[4]

His son

5th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
, serving from March 1967 to March 1974.

His another son

09th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office Mar 1974 Nov 1989.

Career

Ibrahim also was a student leader and was elected as union secretary at AMU. In 1919, he joined the independence movement. After joining Congress he was a delegate at the Nagpur convention. Later, during the 1942 movement, he was arrested and sent to Fatehgarh Jail.

After independence. Ibrahim was a member of the Rajya Sabha and became a cabinet minister in Nehru’s ministry in 1958. He held important portfolios as irrigation, waqf, PWD, food and civil supplies. During this period he was instrumental in shaping the waqf act.

Later he played important role in the Sindhu river dispute between India and Pakistan. He was also behind according university status to

Governor of Punjab
in 1966.

Death

Ibrahim died during medical treatment on 24 January 1968.

References

  1. ^ Rajya Sabha Members[dead link]
  2. ^ "How Uttar Pradesh got its name". Hindustan Times. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ "बिजनौर: अंग्रेजों और जिन्ना दोनों का ही सिरदर्द बने थे हाफिज मोहम्मद इब्राहीम". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ "SH. HAFIZ MOHD. IBRAHIM". punjabrajbhavan.gov.in. Retrieved 17 January 2024.