Khan Sahib Khan Sahib - a compound of Khan "Leader" and Sahib "Master" - was a formal title of respect and honour, which was conferred mainly on Muslim, and also on Parsi, Irani, and Jewish subjects of the British Indian Empire. It was a title one deg ...

N.M.Kajamian Rowther was a prominent businessman, Indian freedom fighter, educationalist and philanthropist from

Trichinopoly Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

. He was born in 1880 to Mr. N. Mohamed Mian Rowther, a wealthy landlord in

trichinopoly Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

. He succeeded his father's business and improved the tannery with modern enhancements and also took part actively in

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. He was a treasurer in Tamil Nadu Provincial Congress Committee,

Early life

Janab N.M.Kaja Mian Rowther born in 1880 into Aristocrat

Rowther The Rowther (anglicised as ''Irauttar'', ''Rawther, Ravuttar,'' ''Ravutta'', ''Ravuthar, Ravuthamar'') are a distinct Muslim community living largely in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. While some of them are partially descende ...

family at palakkarai,

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. his father N. Mohamed Mian Rowther was Wealthy Landlord in Trichinopoly.

Jamal Mohamed College

Jamal Mohamed College was established in 1951 as a religious minority institution with the primary objective of providing higher education to the downtrodden and socially backward sections of the society in general and Muslim Minority in particular. Janab. N.M. Khajamian Rowther Sahib and Janab. M. Jamal Mohamed Sahib of revered memory are the founding fathers of this institution. Ever since its inception in 1951, it has been rendering signal service to the cause of education, primary and secondary. To facilitate the efforts of this Society, the late Janab Khaja Mian Rowther donated to it about 110 acres of land near the Race Course, Tiruchi, and the late Hajee M. Jamal Mohideen Saheb, a leading business magnate, The original inspiration for starting the college came from the philanthropic disposition of the late Janab Kaja Mian Rowther, a leading business magnate, who was the President of Majlis-ul-uiema (ihe assembly of the learned) till his death in 1954.{{Cite book, last=Pillay, first=Kolappa Pillay Kanakasabhapathi, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKWgAAAAMAAJ&q=kaja+mian+rowther+acres, title=History of Higher Education in South India, date=1957, publisher=Associated Printers, language=en

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1880 births Tamil Muslims 1954 deaths