As’ad Madani | |
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| Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1974 – 2 April 1980 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 5 July 1980 – 5 July 1986 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 3 July 1988 – 2 July 1994 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7th President ofJamiat Ulama-e-Hind | |
| In office 11 August 1973 – 6 February 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad |
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| 6th General Secretary ofJamiat Ulama-e-Hind | |
| In office 9 August 1963 – 10 August 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Miyan Deobandi |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ahmad Hashmi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1928-04-27)27 April 1928 |
| Died | 6 February 2006(2006-02-06) (aged 77) Apollo Hospital, Delhi, India |
| Resting place | Mazar-e-Qasmi, Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Citizenship |  British Indian (1928-1947) Indian (1947-2006) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | Mahmood Madani |
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| Relatives | Brothers:Arshad Madani,Asjad Madani |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Profession | Politician,islamic scholar |
| Awards | Friends of Liberation War Honour |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
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As’ad Madani (27 April 1928 – 6 February 2006) was an Indian DeobandiIslamic scholar and apolitician, who served as the sixth general secretary and the seventh President of theJamiat Ulema-e-Hind. He was a member of the executive body ofDarul Uloom Deoband. He was a member of theRajya Sabha, upper house of theParliament of India representingUttar Pradesh for three terms as a member of theIndian National Congress.
Asad Madni was born in 1928 toHussain Ahmad Madani inMoradabad at his maternal uncle's home. He was raised in Madani Manzil inDeoband.[1] He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1945.[2] He then stayed inMadinah for a few years before returning as teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband for 12 years.
In 1960, he was appointed as the president of theUttar Pradesh circle of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and on 9 August 1963, he was appointed as the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He became the president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on 11 August 1973.[3]He was president ofJamiat Ulama-e-Hind for 32 years.[4] He was a member of the upper house of the Indian parliament from 1968 to 1974, 1980 to 1986 and 1988 to 1994.[2]
On 6 February 2006, Madani died inDelhi, India.[5]He is survived by his son,Mahmood Madani, who is the current president ofJamiat Ulama-e-Hind (M).[6][7]
An international seminar was organized in his memory in New Delhi on 23 and 24 April 2007. Madani's parliamentary speeches were released by the former Prime Minister of IndiaManmohan Singh in the same seminar.[8]
He is a very popular figure in the neighbouring country ofBangladesh which he frequently used to visit. He first visited eastern Bengal in 1933, and since 1973 he used to go there nearly every year. During theBangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Madni strongly protested against the brutal torture of thePakistan Army and its allied forces, and distributed adequate aid to the memorial camps. He projected his views to stop the torture of innocent Bengalis and marched in the streets ofDelhi with more than fifty thousand Indian Muslims in favour of Bangladesh. His last visit to the country was on 2 April 2005 when he was an honorary guest at the National Conference ofJamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh atPaltan Maidan,Dhaka.[1]
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