Sir Syed Ali Imam, KCSI (11 February 1869 – 31 October 1932), also known as Sir Saiyid Ali Imam, was an Indian lawyer and

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who represented India at the round table of 1929. He served as Prime Minister of

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. He was one of the founders of Modern Bihar. The son of Nawab Syed Imdad Imam and the brother of

Syed Hasan Imam Syed Hasan Imam (31 August 1871 – 19 April 1933) was an Indian politician who served as the President of the Indian National Congress and was elected in September 1918.Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...

in 1890. He was a Law member of the

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and judge of

Patna High Court The Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 9 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915. The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar, I ...

. Imam served as President of

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. He was knighted in 1908. He offered to make

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, the National capital of India. His tomb is at Kokar Chowk in Hazaribagh road.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imam, Syed Ali 1869 births 1932 deaths Bihari politicians Indian barristers Indian Shia Muslims Politicians from Patna 20th-century Indian lawyers Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Indian knights Members of the Middle Temple Judges of the Patna High Court