Azizullah Azmi (7 April 1929 24 May 2010), also known as A. U. Azmi, was an Indian politician who served as member of the 7th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur parliamentary constituency in 1980. He was affiliated with Janata Party (S).

Biography

He was born on 7 April 1929 to Alhaj Mohammad Nazir at Bakhra village of

Azamgarh district Azamgarh district is one of the three districts of Azamgarh division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Etymology The district is named after its headquarters town, Azamgarh. Azam, a son of Vikramajit, founded the town in 1665. Vikramajit ...

, UP. He received his education from

Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This edu ...

and later obtained bachelor's degree in Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

in 1956. After obtaining his medicine degree, he established All India Unani Tibbi Conference and served its president, in addition to practicing medicine at

Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur () is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in whi ...

. He was also associated with

All India Muslim Majlis All India Muslim Majlis( ur, آل انڈیا مسلم مجلس) is a Muslim political party in India based in Uttar Pradesh. History Muslim Majlis was founded by Abdul Jaleel Faridi in 1968, after he had become disillusioned with the Samyukt Vid ...

. He was married to Masroor Jahan Azmi, with whom he had ten children, including two daughters and eight sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Azmi, Azizullah 1929 births 2013 deaths Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama alumni Aligarh Muslim University alumni India MPs 1980–1984 Politicians from Azamgarh district Janata Party (Secular) politicians