Abdul Ghafoor Death Anniversary Particular: Abdul Ghafoor, India’s freedom fighter, politician and the thirteenth Chief Minister of Bihar, is on his dying anniversary on tenth July. He was the one Muslim CM of Bihar and was popularly often called ‘Chacha Ghafoor’. In 1994, George Fernandez and Nitish Kumar based Samta Party, then Abdul Ghafoor was additionally in Samta Party.
He died on 10 July 2004 on the age of 86 after an extended sickness. He was beloved by the folks for his temperament and administrative abilities, so his reminiscence won’t ever fade away within the political scene.
Born in a easy farmer household, studied from AMU
Abdul Ghafoor was born on 18 March 1918 in a easy farmer’s household residing in Sariya Akhtar village of Gopalganj district of Bihar (Bihar and Orissa province of British rule). His early schooling occurred in Gopalganj district solely. He went to Patna after which Aligarh for greater schooling. He did LLB and MA from Aligarh Muslim College.
Abdul Ghafoor was additionally concerned in Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Give up India’ motion to overthrow the British rule. In the course of the freedom motion, he was a part of the circle of Bihar Congress stalwarts and future Chief Ministers Bindeshwari Dubey, Bhagwat Jha Azad, Chandrashekhar Singh, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Kedar Pandey and future Congress Nationwide President Sitaram Kesari.
In keeping with a report in heritagetimes.in, it was throughout his research at Aligarh Muslim College that the liberty motion caught Ghafoor’s consideration. He was an admirer of Mahatma Gandhi however adopted the trail of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. In 1937, he proposed to take away the phrases ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ from the names of universities in favor of secularism within the All India College students’ Assembly.
imprisoned by the British
In keeping with the report, Ghafoor believed that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s concepts for the nation’s independence had been sensible. When Netaji went to Germany in 1941, Ghafoor fully immersed himself within the Indian Nationwide Motion. He performed an energetic position within the Give up India Motion of 1942, defied the orders of the British authorities and impressed folks to get freedom via his inspiring speeches.
The British authorities additionally put him in jail for about two and a half years. Throughout his keep in jail, Gafoor grew to become near leaders like Abdul Kalam Azad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. He remained energetic within the freedom motion in Bihar and campaigned towards the politics of the Muslim League.
Abdul Ghafoor grew to become the Chief Minister of Bihar for 2 years.
Ghafoor held many positions in politics. From 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975, he held the put up of Chief Minister of Bihar. He was the Union City Growth Minister and Housing Minister in Rajiv Gandhi’s authorities. In 1984 and 1996, he was elected MP from Siwan and Gopalganj Lok Sabha seats on Congress after which Samta Party tickets respectively. He was additionally the chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council. In 1952, he grew to become a member of the state legislature for the primary time.
In keeping with the report, throughout his tenure as chief minister, Abdul Ghafoor took a number of efficient steps to eradicate corruption, however it was sophisticated by the agitation launched by Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan and the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. He needed to face criticism throughout the political scenario.
When the Emergency got here into drive, in view of some incidents in Bihar, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi eliminated Abdul Ghafoor from the put up of CM and made Jagannath Mishra the Chief Minister. On the dying anniversary of Abdul Ghafoor, his followers are remembering him.
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