Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894-1954) was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist politician, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist. He came from United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh, in north India.
After attending M.A.O. College in Aligarh, Kidwai entered politics through the khilafat movement. Following the Government of India Act 1935, he took office for the Indian National Congress.
He was a major ally of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. On India becoming independent on 15 August 1947, Kidwai became India's first Minister for Communications, and one of two Muslims in Nehru's cabinet (the other was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad).
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