Shri Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi political profile

KAZMI, SYED MOHAMMAD AHMAD, B.Sc, LL.B., [Uttar Pradesh—Sultanpur District (North) cum Faizabad District (South-West)—1952]: S. of Syed Tofali Ahmed; B. Purkazi, District Muzaffarnagar, June 27, 1892; ed. at Aligarh and Allahabad Universities; Advocate, Allahabad High Court and Supreme Court; Secretary, Saharanpur Congress Committee and President, District Branch of Jamiat-ul-Ulema, 1931-32; Member, All India All Parties Unity Conference, Allahabad, 1932; Member, Legislative Assembly (Central), 1934—45; Member, Constituent Assembly of India, 1949-50; Member, Provisional Parliament, 1950—52; Convener, All-India Leaders Conference, Delhi, 1943; President, E.I. Railwaymen Union for four years; President, U.P. Majlis-e-Ahrar for five years; Member, Working Committee, All India Majlis-e-Ahrar till August, 1947; President, All India Ahrar Conference, Sialkot, 1936, Shamshabad Political Conference, 1946 and Bombay Provincial Jamiat-ul-Ulema Conference, 1949; Member, Central Haj Committee, 1939—44; Member, Working Committee, All India Jamiat-ul-UIema-e-Hind; Member, All India Bar Committee, 1952; Sponsored three Bills which subsequently became Acts, namely: —

1. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 (VIII of 1939).

2. Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Amendment Act, 1945 (II of 1945).

3. Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1943 (XVI of 1943).

Publication: ‘Mussalmanon Ka Roshan Mustaqbil’ (The Bright Future of Muslims).

Permanent address: Advocate, 27, Kanpur Road, Allahabad.