| Hamid Dalwai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932 |
| Died | 1977 |
| Occupation | social reformer, thinker, activist, essayist, writer |
Hamid Dalwai (Devanagari: हमीद दलवाई) (1932–1977) was a Muslim social reformer, thinker, activist and Marathi writer in Maharashtra, India.[1]
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He was born in a Marathi-speaking Muslim family in the Ratnagiri district of Konkan.[2]
Dalwai joined the Indian Socialist Party of Jai Prakash Narayan in his early adulthood, but left it to devote himself to social reforms in the Muslim community, especially regarding women's rights.
Once he organized a march of Muslim women on Mantralaya --Maharashtra state government's administrative building—in Mumbai to demand a uniform civil code for Muslim women.
He started Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal.
He died of progressive kidney failure in 1977, at the age of 44.[2]
Dalwai worked as a journalist. His works include Lat (लाट) (The Wave) and Indhan (इंधन) (Fuel) in Marathi, and Muslim Politics In Secular India in English.
Dalwai's brother Hussein is a Congress leader in Maharashtra, a former Member of Indian Parliament, and the state president of Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra.