Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi (3 July 1892 – 2 September 1956) was one of the founders of

Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

. He belonged to an Arain (tribe) and was a direct lineal descendant of Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi, the freedom fighter against British Colonial rule during the

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. An Arain freedom fighter (Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi)
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Retrieved 8 November 2018

Biography

Family history

Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi's grandfather Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi led an armed rebellion against the British

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during the

and was among the first ones to rebel against them from the Punjab. He gathered a large fighting force that drove the British out of not only Ludhiana but also Panipat. This fighting force included Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs. He then proceeded to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

to support the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. He gave his life fighting along with thousands of others at

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, Delhi in 1857. Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi was born on 3 July 1892 at

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. I ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. He married Bibi Shafatunnisa, the daughter of Abdul Aziz.

Early life and career

Ludhianvi was one of the founders of

Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 Dece ...

, a nationalist movement that wanted an end to the British rule in India. He chose to stay back in East Punjab, India to represent thousands of Muslims still remaining there, after the partition and the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947. He argued, at that time, that the remaining Muslims in East Punjab should not be abandoned. Ludhiana is considered a major industrial city of

Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...

. A large number of working Muslims from the provinces of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

and

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

also come there to work.

References

External links

Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam homepage (Pakistan, in Urdu language)
1892 births 1956 deaths Deobandis Indian political party founders People of British India Indian Islamic religious leaders Presidents of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Politicians from Ludhiana {{Islam-bio-stub