Afzal-ul Amin served as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee during Biren Mitra's chief ministership.
18 Facts About Afzal-ul Amin
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Afzal-ul Amin was the Vice Chairman and later the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association.
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Afzal-ul Amin played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city and in amplifying the Bhoodan movement in Odisha.
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Afzal-ul Amin is credited for organising various nationalist meetings and for mobilizing the common masses in Cuttack during the Quit India movement of 1942.
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Afzal-ul Amin was born into a Dewan family, to the notable educationist of Cuttack, Sayeed Mohammed and his wife Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar.
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Afzal-ul Amin was the grandson of the sub-judge of Calcutta High Court, Afzal-ul Amin Suhrawardy.
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Post independence, Afzal-ul Amin met with the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru during his Odisha visit, India's President, Zakir Husain both in Cuttack as well as in Delhi, where Husain had invited Afzal-ul Amin for high tea at his Delhi residence.
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Afzal-ul Amin hosted India's first education minister, Abul Kalam Azad at Jalal mansion in Cuttack.
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Afzal-ul Amin served as the chairman of Odisha board of Wakfs.
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Afzal-ul Amin was one of the most prominent Muslim councilors in the Cuttack municipality then.
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Afzal-ul Amin had been elected as the Vice Chairman of Cuttack Municipality.
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Afzal-ul Amin was a member of the Indian National Congress.
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Afzal-ul Amin was later appointed as the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association.
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Afzal-ul Amin had served as the secretary and chairperson of various reputed colleges in Cuttack including Indira Gandhi Women's College and Imarti Devi College.
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Afzal-ul Amin amplified and made significant contributions to the Bhudan movement in Odisha.
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Afzal-ul Amin served as the chairman in many emergency committees formed to help the people in the flood affected areas, during the floods in central Odisha.
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Afzal-ul Amin played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack.
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Afzal-ul Amin married his second cousin, Syeda Roshanara Akhtar, the younger daughter of Ibrahim Suhrawardy, a notable author and linguist from Balasore of the Qadriyyah house and the granddaughter of Umdatunnissa, Nawab Begum of Kharui.