28 Facts About Ibrahim Rahimtoola

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola was a politician and legislator in British India.

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola was born in May 1862 in a well known merchant family in Bombay.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola studied at the Elphinstone High School and showed aptitude in arithmetics, algebra and geometry.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola received tremendous encouragement from Sir Pherozesha Mehta, a well known luminary of Bombay.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola became a member of the Bombay Legislative Council, the advisory body to the British government, in the same period [1899] thus starting a career as a parliamentarian.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola was the first, at any rate in the Bombay Council to use the right of introducing private bills.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola's most enduring work in the Imperial Legislative Council was in the sphere of India's commercial and industrial progress.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola was appointed the President of the Fiscal Commission in October 1921.

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola proposed the British India Government to take due measure for the defense of vast Indian sea-coast.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola published his article in 'The Times of India' in January, 1918 and emphasized the creation of the Indian Navy to protect the Indian coasts.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola became an ordinary fellow of Bombay University by 1921.

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola had intended to seek election to the Legislative Assembly after his retirement.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola became the first elected President of the Bombay Legislative Council.

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola was an active participant in the deliberations of the All India Muslim League.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola favored free and compulsory education during the 4th session at Nagpur in December 1910.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola was a delegate to the first Hindu-Muslim Unity Conference, Allahabad, 1911 under the President ship of Sir William Wedderburn.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola became the President of AIML during the 7th session in Agra, 1913, and the Vice-President during the 9th session in Lucknow in December, 1916.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola presided the All India Muslim Educational Conference in Bombay on 27 December 1924.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola died in June 1942 at Bombay, aged 80.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola's younger brother Jafar Rahimtoola was an active member of the Bombay Municipal Corporation and became Mayor in 1909.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola's elder son Sir Fazal Rahimtoola remained active in Indian Politics even after partition and was a staunch Indian Nationalist.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola's younger son Habib Rahimtoola was a close confidant of Jinnah and became one of the founding persons of Pakistan.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola had one son and a daughter by his first wife.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola married second time in 1903, having three sons and three daughters.

One of his sons, Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola became involved in the Pakistan Movement, later serving as the first high commissioner to the United Kingdom from Pakistan, Governor of Sindh and Governor of Punjab.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1907 New Year Honours list.

Ibrahim Rahimtoola was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1923 Birthday Honours list, and received the silver Kaisar-i-Hind medal around the same time for his valuable services and generosity.

Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola's portrait is present in the Lok Sabha Chamber of the Indian Parliament at Delhi.