Mohammad Shakeel
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M Shakeel was an Indian freedom fighter, politician, Urdu
novelist, trade union activist and labour lawyer from the city of Lucknow
, India. Born in the famous Azizi family of physicians, he was the grandson of Hakim Abdul Aziz
.
, and remained a companion of Jayaprakash Narayan
, Ram Manohar Lohia
and Acharya Kriplani. His wife, Begum Akhtar Jehan was herself a renowned educationist and principal of the Kashmiri Mohalla Girls' School.
and won the 1974 Assembly elections from the densely populated Lucknow West constituency.
M Shakeel continued to argue labour cases for farmers, and trade unions throughout his career. He also served as President of Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Mazdooor Sangh. In 1976, he was instrumental in getting the practice of contractual labour for public cooperatives being abolished by the courts in Uttar Pradesh
.
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
novelist, trade union activist and labour lawyer from the city of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, India. Born in the famous Azizi family of physicians, he was the grandson of Hakim Abdul Aziz
Hakim Abdul Aziz
Hakim Abdul Aziz was a prominent Unani physician from colonial India. He energetically tried to systematise and resurrect the edifice of Unani medicine in British India, and was globally renowned as the pre-eminent practitioner of his time.-Biography:Hakim Abdul Aziz started practising medicine...
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Early life
Born in 1927, M Shakeel joined the Indian national movement in his youth, and was imprisoned by the British at the young age of 14 years. Though released after 21 days, he was arrested several times again over the yeaars, for delivering inflammatory speeches. After the independence of India, M Shakeel joined the Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party was an Indian political party in existence from 1952 to 1972. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh , merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J.B. Kripalani...
, and remained a companion of Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan , widely known as JP Narayan, Jayaprakash, or Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution...
, Ram Manohar Lohia
Ram Manohar Lohia
Rammanohar Lohia was an Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader.-Early life:Lohia was born in a village Akbarpur in Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, in India to Hira Lal, a nationalist and Chanda,a teacher. He was born to Marwari Maheshwari family. His mother died when he...
and Acharya Kriplani. His wife, Begum Akhtar Jehan was herself a renowned educationist and principal of the Kashmiri Mohalla Girls' School.
Political career
In 1960, M Shakeel was elected to the first Lucknow Municipal Corporation, and undertook social work in establishing the Nakhas and Pratap Markets in Lucknow. After the dissolution of the Praja Socialist Party, M Shakeel joined the Indian National CongressIndian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
and won the 1974 Assembly elections from the densely populated Lucknow West constituency.
M Shakeel continued to argue labour cases for farmers, and trade unions throughout his career. He also served as President of Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Mazdooor Sangh. In 1976, he was instrumental in getting the practice of contractual labour for public cooperatives being abolished by the courts in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
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Legacy
M Shakeel's works in Urdu poetry and literature have been published by Kitabi Duniya. In 2011, recognizing the immense contributions of M Shakeel towards Lucknow, a road was named after him in the Old City. Incidentally, this road lies next to another one named after his illustrious grandfather Hakim Abdul Aziz.See also
- Hakim Abdul AzizHakim Abdul AzizHakim Abdul Aziz was a prominent Unani physician from colonial India. He energetically tried to systematise and resurrect the edifice of Unani medicine in British India, and was globally renowned as the pre-eminent practitioner of his time.-Biography:Hakim Abdul Aziz started practising medicine...
- LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
- Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- Indian National Movement