Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha

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Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (Pithapuram, 1885-02-28-Narsapur, 1945-01-23) was the sixth Peethadhipathi of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham in Pithapuram, India. He succeeded his father Mohiddin Badusha I.

Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha
6th Peethadhipathi of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham
Born	February 28, 1885(1885-02-28) Pithapuram
Died	February 23, 1945 Narsapur
Cause of death	Cerebral Hemorrhage
Burial place	Old Ashram of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham 17°6′25″N 82°15′16″E / 17.10694, 82.25444
Residence	Umar Alisha Nilayam
Nationality	Indian,
Other names	Umar Aly Sahab
Title	Moulvi, Pandit,Doctor Literarum
Known for	Telugu Poetry, Author of more than 50 books
Predecessor	Mohiddin Badsha I
Successor	Hussain Sha
Spouse	Akbar Bibi
Children	Hussain Sha
Parents	Mohiddin Badsha I, Chand Bi
Website www.sriviswaviznanspiritual.org
Notes He is a Poet ,Freedom Fighter, and a social Reformer.He has Participated in the Khilafat and Indian Freedom Movement.

Contents 1 Positions Held 2 Role In Khilafat Movement[2] 3 Titles Awarded 4 Author of 5 Death 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Positions Held

1) Peethadhipathi- Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham – 1928- 1945

2) Member - Indian National Congress: 1916-1930

3) National Secretary - Khilafat Movement-1924

4) Vice President, Secretary – Muslim League, Madras Branch

5) Member of the National Legislative Assembly^[1] (Parliament) - North Madras constituency: 1936-1945

6) Member – Education Committee -Banaras Hindu University

7) Member – Muslim Board of Studies for Telugu – Andhra University - 1933

[edit] Role In Khilafat Movement^[2]

Dr Umar Alisha has Actively participated in the Khilafat Movement of those days. A unique battle against the British rulers was waged with Gandhi caps in the early 1920s by the students of the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medical School, which later became the Andhra Medical College. It all started on 1921-09-19, when one of the students, impelled by patriotic fervour, came to the classroom sporting the khadi cap.

He was incensed like his compatriots of those days over the arrest of the freedom-fighter Maulana Mohammad Ali at the Waltair (now Visakhapatnam) railway station on 1921-09-14. Mohammed Ali, one of the famed Ali Brothers (the other was Maulana Shaukat Ali), was proceeding to Madras, along with Mahatma Gandhi, travelling by the Howrah-Madras Mail. Both the leaders alighted at the station, packed with a lot of people and also policemen. As soon as Mohammed Ali got down from the train, a shivering Superintendent of Police served the arrest warrant on Ali and whisked him away to the Central Jail. Gandhiji addressed the gathering and continued his journey to Madras.

While in the jail, Ali was visited by local Congress leaders like P.C. Venkatapathi Raju and Vasantarao Butchisundara Rao. In the evening that day a public meeting was held on the beach where loads of foreign clothes were burnt. Umar Alisha, a Telugu poet, made a fiery speech against the arrest of the Khilafat movement leader. On the morning of 1921-09-17, Ali was taken to the Waltair station from the jail with police escort for being sent to Karachi. People in large numbers cheered Ali all along the route from the jail to the station.

[edit] Titles Awarded

He Was Awarded with the Following Tiltes.

1) “Moulvi” by Aligarh Muslim University.

2) “Pandit” by All India oriental conference and declared on this occasion that : First Muslim Telugu Poet in Andhra Pradesh to have learned Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, English”- 1924

3) Awarded and Honored by of Aryan University of France.

4) “Doctor Literarum”^[3]( Doctor of Literature) by International Academy of America - 1936

He has written more than 50 books in Telugu which reflects his ideas relating to Patriotism, women education, women freedom, untouchability, Dowry system, Spiritual philosophy etc

[edit] Author of

1) Danava Vadha(Telugu)^[4]

2) Maha Bharatha Kourava Rangamu(Telugu) ^[5]

3) Sufi Vedanta Darsamu (Telugu)

4) Anasuya Devi(Telugu)

5) Kala (Drama)(Telugu)

6) Prabhata Kathavali(Telugu)^[6]

7) Vishada Soundaryamu (Telugu)

8) Vichitra Bhilvaneeyamu (Telugu)

9) Brahma Vidya Vilasamu (Telugu)

10)Omar Khayyam(Telugu)^[7]

11) Parathatva Keerthanalu(Telugu)^[8]

12) Tatva Sandesham(Telugu)^[9]

13) Chandra Gupta (Drama)(Telugu)

14) Mani Mala (Telugu)

15) Shantha (Telugu)^[10] Available Online

16) Khanda Kavyamulu (Telugu)

17) Barhini Devi (Telugu)

18) Sadhana Padhamu (Telugu)

19) Padmavathi (Telugu)

20) Sri Mohammad Rasul Vari Charitra (Telugu)

21) Chandragupta (Telugu)^[11] Available Online

[edit] Death

He died on 1945-01-23 at Narsapur. The Umar Alisha Sahithi Samithi foundation, which was established in his name, conducts yearly literary gatherings at Bhimavaram.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham, Pithapuram
• Official Website of Umar Alisha Rural Devlopment Trust,Pithapuram