Mohammad Farooq Chishti
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Muhammad Farooq Chishti | |
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_with_Jawaharlal_Nehru_(R)_and_Govind_Ballabh_Pant_(L).jpg) Mohammad Farooq Chishti (M) Jawaharlal Nehru (R) and Govind Ballabh Pant (L) | |
| MLA-318-Deoria (North East) Legislative Assembly Constituency, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 1952 to 1957 | |
| In office 1957 to 1962 | |
| In office 1967 to 1968 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1901 Deoria, India |
| Died | 1968 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | King Edward School University of Allahabad |
Mohammad Farooq Chishti was a freedom fighter and politician from India. He was an MLA in the First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. In 1952, he participated in the election on behalf of the Indian National Congress from the Deoria (North East) Legislative Assembly constituency of Deoria District of Uttar Pradesh.[1] Farooq, three times MLA, remained very close to Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Early life
Mohammad Farooq Chisti was born in 1901 as the youngest son of Maulvi Muhammad Ismail Chishti, a resident of Railway Station Road. His father, Maulvi Muhammad Ismail, born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, returned to India after graduating from Cambridge University and settled in Deoria. Farooq's family enrolled in King Edward School (now Government Inter College). It was during the initial training that they began participating in movements to liberate the country. His name came up in the Chauri Chaura incident, which caused Headmaster Akhtar Adil to advise sending him to school elsewhere, to avoid a British reaction. This was followed by Allahabad, where Farooq is credited with organizing the students' first successful strike. During that time he came in contact with Mahatma Gandhi and became very close to him.
Political involvement
Whenever Gandhi and Nehru came to Deoria district, they stopped at the Chishti House on Railway Station Road with Farooq. After the efforts of Jung-e-Azadi, an important character and close to Mahatma Gandhi and Maulana Mazharul Haq, his elder brother Hamid Chishti left the British and joined the fight for independence. Hamdi was jailed several times. Due to this, Chishti House became a hideout for the freedom lovers.
Mohammad Farooq Chishti blew the trumpet against the British rule during the First World War. He brought the proposal of the post of Home Minister of Pakistan on behalf of Muhammad Ali Jinnah to the king of Salempur, saying that it was not the ticket of the Muslim League and that the country needed independence.
By-elections in Uttar Pradesh were held in 1950 in four assembly constituencies in which Farooq Chishti of Congress could win. Apart from this, he won the general elections in 1952, and also won in 1957, but was defeated in 1962. In 1967 he was elected as MLA for the third time. He died in 1968.
References
- ^ "उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा". Archived from the original on 10 अगस्त 2019. Retrieved 15 जून 2020.
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