Category:People from Bulandshahr

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Capt. Abbas Ali born on 3rd January 1922 at Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. From his early days he was inspired by the revolutionary ideas of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. While pursuing his studies in Aligarh Muslim University he came in contact with great communist leader of his time Kunwar Muhammed Ashraf. On his inspiration he joined British Army in 1939 and was posted in South East Asia during World War II.

In 1945 when Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Called for revolt he left British Army and joined Netajis Indian National Army{INA} but later he was arrested, court marshalled and awarded death sentence. Since India gained Independence in 1947 he was released by Indian Government.

In 1948 Capt. Abbas Ali joined Socialist Party led by Acharya Narendra Deva, Jai Prakash Narayan and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and remained associated with the Socialist Party till its merger with the Janata Party in 1977.He was General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh unit of Socialist Party in 1967 and 1974 and member of its Parliamentary board. In 1967 he played key role in formation of the first Samyukta Vidhayak Dal{SVD} government led by former Prime Minister the late Chaudhry Charan Singh in Uttar Pradesh. During the Socialist movement{1948-74} he was arrested more than 50 times in various civil disobedience movements.

During the emergency {1975-77} he was imprisoned for 19 months under MISA and when emergency was lifted in 1977 and Janata Party came into power he was appointed first President of Uttar Pradesh unit of Janata party. In 1978 he was elected to UP Legislative Council for six years. He had been a member of UP Sunni Central Waqf Board for six years and is in good health.