Mohammed Abdul Rahiman

Mohammed Abdulrahiman Sahib
Born	1898 Kodungallur, Kerala
Died	November 23, 1945(1945-11-23) Pottashery
Cause of death	Heart Attack
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mohammed Abdurahman Sahib
Education	Graduate
Occupation	Editor
Employer	Al Ameen Malayalam Daily
Known for	Indian independence movement activism and reorganising
Title	Editor
Political party	Indian National Congress
Religion	Muslim

Muhammad Abdur Rahiman (also called Mohammed Abdul Rahiman Sahib) was a Muslim politician from Kerala, India and a leader of the Khilafat Movement. He was born at Azhikode, Ernakulam, Kodungallur in 1898, in the Kingdom of Cochin, India. Abdul Rahiman Sahib was an orator and writer.

Education

His Primary education was from Veniyambadi and secondary from Calicut. And College level from Madras and Aligarh. He discontinued his studies at Aligarh University to participate in Non-cooperation movement and Khilafat movement in Malabar.

Struggles and imprisonments

He was arrested by British authorities in October 1921 for complicity in the Moplah Riots (Mapila Riots) and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

He was lathicharged by the British Raj while he participated in the breaking of Salt laws on Calicut beach during Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and sentenced to nine months rigorous imprisonment and lodged in Kannur Central Jail.

Editor

Mohammed Abdur Rahiman Sahib was editor of a Malayalam daily Al-Ameen, published from Calicut during 1929 – 1939. The paper had to close down in 1939 due to measures of the British Raj.

In Politics

Mohammed Abdur Rahiman Sahib was a member of Calicut Municipal Council from 1931 to 1934 and the Malabar District Board of Madras Presidency from 1932. He was elected to Madras Presidency in 1937. He became President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and a member of All India Congress Committee(AICC) in 1939.

Muhammad Abdur Rahiman Sahib always opposed the Two-Nation Theory of the Muslim League.

Second World War & Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Being an admirer of Subhas Chandra Bose, Mohammed Abdur Rahiman Sahib associated himself with the Forward Block formed by Netaji. The Second World War broke out, and Mohammed Sahib was kept in jail from 1940 to 1945 by the British Raj.

After the release from jail, he returned to Calicut and started active participation in Congress activities. But, unfortunately he died on November 23, 1945 at Pottashery village near Chennamangallur just after addressing a public meeting at Kodiyathur. The Kerala state government undertook Sahib's house at Eriad to protect it as a Nasrul Islam.

In popular culture

In 2011, P. T. Kunju Muhammed, made a film based on Sahib's life. The film, titled Veeraputhran, covers the period in Malabar history starting with the arrival of Sahib in Kerala at the age of 23, after discontinuing his education in Aligarh, up to his demise in 1945. The movie ran into controversy as it was accused of giving indications that Sahib was poisoned to death while official history states that he had a natural death.