Mohammad Yunus Saleem
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Mohammad Yunus Saleem
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[edit] Life
(1920-2004) Born in 1920 at Lucknow he studied at Osmania University in Hyderabad. He was a politician, scholar and lawyer. As a politician he was an active and senior Indian National Congress member who contested and represented Lok Sabha on number of occasions and served as cabinet member holding different ministeries. When the Congress Party split in the late 1970s he was member of the Parliamentary Board of Congress (Urs) and as the party got localized to Maharashtra under Sharad Pawar he joined Choudhary Charan Singh's Lok Dal. He was the Vice President Lok Dal and also a member of its parliamentary board. During 1987 Congress Party's expulsion of V. P. Singh and formation of Jan Morcha, joined the newly formed party. He played an active role in bringing all parties together and in the formation of Janata Dal. As a lawyer in his initial years, he worked as an assistant to Barrister Mohammed Wasi at Hyderabad High Court. He lived in a house in Urdu Galli, now behind the Ram Krishna theater, Hyderabad. He died in 2004 January 15, following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife Sajida Khatoon, two daughters and a son.
[edit] Education
High School from Church Mission School at Lucknow. B.A. and L.L.B. from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
[edit] Scholarly Contributions
Allah Noorus Samawaat wal ard is a collection and explanation of all verses of the Holy Quran describing Allah. Allah Noorus Samawat provides an insight into Islam’s concept of God, His functions and His attributes.
Noor al mubeen is his second book-is a collection and explanation of all the verses of the Quran which mention or describe about Prophet.
He served as a General secretary of the Aiwan-e-Ghalib and President of Hazrat Amir Khusro Society.
He has authored a book on Ghalib. "His work on Diwan-e Ghalib Lughat-e-Ghalib is a thesaurus on the Diwan wherein difficult words, idioms and phrases have been explained together with illustrations of how the same words have been used by other poets.#REDIRECT [[1]]
[edit] Political Career
1967 Member Parliament Lok Sabha-Nalgonda Constituency
1967-71 Mnister of Law, Justice, and Waqf
1967-71 Deputy Minister of Railway
1971 Contested Lok Sabha from Aligarh and lost.
1974 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.
Late 1970s member of the Parliamentary Board of Congress (Urs).
Vice President Lok Dal and also a member of its parliamentary board.
1991 Member Parliament Lok Sabha-Katihar
1996 Rejoined Congress and remained with INC till his death in 2004.
Positions held as expert of Law
He practised at Andhra Pradesh High Court and also in the Supreme Court, as a lawyer. Mnister of Law, Justice, and Waqf.
[edit] External Links
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-29Feb04-Print-Edition/1602200408.htm http://www.islamicvoice.com/august.99/book.htm
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