Rafiq Zakaria
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Rafiq Zakaria was an India
n politician and Islam
ic scholar and father of well known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria
and former Merrill Lynch investment banking head Arshad Zakaria. He was closely associated with India's freedom movement
and the Indian National Congress
party.He is known for construction of irrigation and power schemes in Maharashtra in decade of seventies and association with educational institutions.
, spent over 25 years in public service, including years as a cabinet minister in the union state of Maharashtra
, and later as a Member of the Indian parliament, serving as Deputy Leader of the Congress Party in loksabha under Indira Gandhi
. He was a moderate Muslim. Zakaria represented India in many countries and also at the United Nations
in 1965, 1990 and 1996.
Zakaria founded a number of schools and colleges in his political constituency, Aurangabad, including a women's college of arts and sciences and the Indian Institute of Hotel Management now known as the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (IHM-A). The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad
is a mini university in itself. He was Chancellor of the Jamia Urdu, Aligarh (U.P.) and President of Maharashtra College in Mumbai.
Mumbai
. Zakaria had won the Chancellor's Gold Medal in the MA
examination of University of Mumbai
formerly known as Bombay University and received a Ph.D.
degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies
, University of London
. He was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn
in England
and practised law in Mumbai, where he was appointed Chief Public Prosecutor.
state in 1962, from Aurangabad, and was elected to Maharashtra assembly
. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was under his guidance that planning for New Aurangabad
was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to CIDCO which started development in the 1970s. Thus Aurangabad CIDCO
(as New Aurangabad is called) is the brainchild of Dr Zakaria. To promote tourism Dr Zakaria invited hospitality majors like the ITC Welcome group
.
, The Ambassador group & the Taj Residency. to set up 5 star hotels in the city. It was under his initiative that industrialization of the city began with the setting up of the Chikhalthana MIDC
. To solve the water problem of the growing city Dr Zakaria prevailed upon the govt to allow lifting of waters of Godavari
from Jayakwadi Dam
for drinking and industrial usage.
He started The Maulana Azad Education Trust
at Aurangabad, Maharashtra
, in the campus of which he is buried.
Zakaria mostly wrote on Indian affairs, Islam and British
imperialism. His works include:
He had earlier worked for the News Chronicle
and The Observer
in London
, United Kingdom
. Zakaria also penned a bi-weekly column for the Times of India newspaper.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician and Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic scholar and father of well known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000 to 2010, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International. In 2010 he became Editor-At-Large of Time magazine...
and former Merrill Lynch investment banking head Arshad Zakaria. He was closely associated with India's freedom movement
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
and the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
party.He is known for construction of irrigation and power schemes in Maharashtra in decade of seventies and association with educational institutions.
Public service
Zakaria, a Kokani MuslimKonkani Muslims
Konkani / Kokani Muslims is a Muslim sub-ethnic group of Maharashtrian Muslims living in the Konkan region of India. They speak the Konkani language. A good number of them live in Mumbai...
, spent over 25 years in public service, including years as a cabinet minister in the union state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, and later as a Member of the Indian parliament, serving as Deputy Leader of the Congress Party in loksabha under Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
. He was a moderate Muslim. Zakaria represented India in many countries and also at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
in 1965, 1990 and 1996.
Zakaria founded a number of schools and colleges in his political constituency, Aurangabad, including a women's college of arts and sciences and the Indian Institute of Hotel Management now known as the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (IHM-A). The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad
The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad
Dr.Rafiq Zakaria started the Maulana Azad Education Society at Aurangabad with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 which is affiliated to Dr...
is a mini university in itself. He was Chancellor of the Jamia Urdu, Aligarh (U.P.) and President of Maharashtra College in Mumbai.
Education & Professional Life
He was an alumnus of Ismail Yusuf CollegeIsmail Yusuf College
Ismail Yusuf College, or simply IY College, is the fourth oldest college of Mumbai, India. Established 1924, is one of the oldest colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college, situated on a hillock in Jogeshwari in the midst of sylvan surroundings...
Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. Zakaria had won the Chancellor's Gold Medal in the MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
examination of University of Mumbai
University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai , is a state university located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was known as the University of Bombay until 1996 when the city of Bombay was renamed as Mumbai. The affiliated colleges of the university are spread throughout the city of Mumbai and four coastal districts in...
formerly known as Bombay University and received a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. He was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn. Although Lincoln's Inn is able to trace its official records beyond...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and practised law in Mumbai, where he was appointed Chief Public Prosecutor.
Personal life
He was the father of four children by two wives:- Mansoor Zakaria and Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, the famous art historian who works with INTACH in Mumbai, by his first wife, Shehnaz Khan, the daughter of a Bhopali aristocrat.
- Arshad Zakaria and Fareed ZakariaFareed ZakariaFareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000 to 2010, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International. In 2010 he became Editor-At-Large of Time magazine...
, the well-known American journalist, by his second wife, Fatima ZakariaFatima ZakariaFatima Zakaria was an editor of the Mumbai Times and is now the editor of the Taj magazine of the Taj Hotels. Her office is in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. She is the widow of Rafiq Zakaria, who was an Indian politician and Islamic scholar...
, who was for a time the editor of the Sunday Times of India and is now in 2008 the editor of the Taj magazine of the Taj Hotels. http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=July2005_malice_standard104&child=malice
Rafiq Zakaria & Aurangabad
Dr Rafiq Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created MaharashtraMaharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
state in 1962, from Aurangabad, and was elected to Maharashtra assembly
Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai...
. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was under his guidance that planning for New Aurangabad
Aurangabad CIDCO
Rafiq Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created Maharashtra state in 1962, from Aurangabad and was elected to Maharashtra assembly. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was due to his efforts that planning for New Aurangabad was initiated. The...
was initiated. The responsibility for the new city was given to CIDCO which started development in the 1970s. Thus Aurangabad CIDCO
Aurangabad CIDCO
Rafiq Zakaria contested the first election of the newly created Maharashtra state in 1962, from Aurangabad and was elected to Maharashtra assembly. He was made Minister for Urban Development in the new ministry. It was due to his efforts that planning for New Aurangabad was initiated. The...
(as New Aurangabad is called) is the brainchild of Dr Zakaria. To promote tourism Dr Zakaria invited hospitality majors like the ITC Welcome group
ITC Welcomgroup Hotels, Palaces and Resorts
ITC Hotels is India's second largest hotel chain with over 100 hotels. Based out of Hotels Division Headquarters at the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon, off New Delhi, ITC Hotels is also the exclusive franchisee of The Luxury Collection brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in India...
.
, The Ambassador group & the Taj Residency. to set up 5 star hotels in the city. It was under his initiative that industrialization of the city began with the setting up of the Chikhalthana MIDC
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is a project of the Government of Maharashta State in India, and is the leading corporation of Maharashtra....
. To solve the water problem of the growing city Dr Zakaria prevailed upon the govt to allow lifting of waters of Godavari
Godavari River
The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India , that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India...
from Jayakwadi Dam
Jayakwadi dam
The Jayakwadi project is one of the largest irrigation projects in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a multipurpose project. Its water is used mainly to irrigate agricultural land in the drought-prone Marathwada region of Maharashtra...
for drinking and industrial usage.
He started The Maulana Azad Education Trust
The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad
Dr.Rafiq Zakaria started the Maulana Azad Education Society at Aurangabad with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 which is affiliated to Dr...
at Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, in the campus of which he is buried.
Works
His many books include A Study of Nehru (ed.), The Struggle Within Islam, Muhammed and the Quran, The Price of Partition, and Communal Rage in Secular India.Zakaria mostly wrote on Indian affairs, Islam and British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
imperialism. His works include:
- A Study of Nehru
- The Man Who Divided India
- Razia: Queen of India
- The Widening Divide
- Discovery of God
- Muhammad and the Quran
- Rise of Muslims in Indian Politics
- The Struggle Within Islam
- Conflict Between Religion and Politics
- Iqbal, the Poet and the Politician (1993)
- The Price of Partition
- Gandhi and the Break-up of India
- Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Sardar Patel and Indian Muslims
- Communal Rage In Secular India (On the aftermath of the Godhra Riots)
- The Trial of Benazir (1989)
He had earlier worked for the News Chronicle
News Chronicle
The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:...
and The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Zakaria also penned a bi-weekly column for the Times of India newspaper.
Quotes
- "a true patriot, nationalist and great scholar" -- Manmohan SinghManmohan SinghManmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...
, Prime Minister of IndiaPrime Minister of IndiaThe Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...