Several books have been written on role of Muslims in India’s Independence movement. And from time to Muslim authors and journalists too have penned several books. This time around when there is talk about Muslims’ role in freedom movement, Okhla-based Sify columnist Syed Ubaidur Rahman has written a new book on this subject that continues to be of great interest to students, educationists, historians and journalists.
It is understood that the book is to hit shelf soon with the book already being submitted in the printing house.
“Just published… Name of the Book: Muslim Freedom Fighters: Contribution of IndianMuslims in the Independence Movement. Author: Syed Ubaidur Rahman. ISBN: 81-88869-43-0. Price Rs 225/,” Rahman wrote on his timeline getting a moderate response from users.
The book is being published by Global Media Publications and interested people can place order too by calling on this number which Rahman provided on his timeline: Tel; 9818327757, 9212011865; e-mail: gmpublication@gmail.com.”
When asked what prompted him to write this book, Rahman said it’s time to tell the young generation about the contributions of Muslims in freedom movement, instilling patriotism in them.
Interestingly, Rahman claimed to have introduced several new faces in the book whose contributions to freedom struggle have been immense but they are forgotten heroes.
Besides, writing for Sify and other national dailies from time to time, Rahman is a translator and author of several books.
source: http://www.okhlatimes.com / Okhla Times / Home>Local / by Okhla Times / December 07th, 2017
Mumbai terror attacks: 26/11 hero still awaits promised job
Tausif Shaikh
Mumbai:
Nine years have passed since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks but the wounds refuse to heal as victims continue to wait for the government to fulfill its promises. One such is Tausif Shaikh (35), a tea vendor who is still struggling to get the railway job he was assured at the time.
Mr Shaikhs’s tea stall is located across the street of state-run St. George hospital. He recalls that fatal night of 26/11 when he was at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus’s (CST) east wing and heard the first grenade explosion. Mr Shaikh immediately raised an alarm by shouting and warning people and even helped shift wounded persons to the hospital.
Mr Shaikh told The Asian Age, “I have not received any kind of job in the railway that was assured to me. They just felicitated me and nothing else. Since so many years, I am stationed here in the hope that I will get a job in the railway but in vain.”
Many of those whom Mr Shaikh helped that night returned to thank him. “I found my happiness in that. When you help someone, you do it because the almighty will be happy with your deed,” he told this newspaper.
The good samaritan said that he had spent the whole of last year filling in application forms for jobs in the police and the railway. He said he had foolishly hoped that he would be given the job as promised but felt cheated. “I think these people made a fool out of me but then too, I am still standing in front of this office and serving tea to the same people who gave me false hopes,” he rued.
Mr Shaikh has even trained a television actor who reprised his role in the series, Un Hazaaron Ke Naam, based on the 26/11 terror attacks. Stars including Vinod Khanna, Seema Biswas and Sanjay Wadhwa of Sphere Origins were the producers on the series. Mr Shaikh said that while the actor who played him was paid `2 to `3 lakh, he was paid nothing.
source: http://www.asianage.com / The Asian Age / Home> Metros> Mumbai / Vrushahi Purandare / November 25th, 2017
Ram Naik, Uttar Pradesh Governor and Chancellor Chaudhary Charan Singh University – formerly known as Meerut University, awarded the Gold Medal to Nagma Mansuri at a glittering ceremony held last Monday for scoring maximum marks in Physics subject. (TCN photo) source: ummid.com
Shamli :
Nagma Mansuri, daughter of a vegetable vendor, wins Gold Medal in M.Sc Physics from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, formerly known as Meerut University. She is a student of Rashtriya Kisan Post Graduate.
Last Monday, she received Gold Medal from Ram Naik, Uttar Pradesh Governor and Chancellor of Chaudhary Charan Singh University in a grand ceremony.
Nagma’s Father, had studied till 8th standard and her mother did not even go to school. But the parents are well aware of value of education. Despite economic burden of the family, Nagma’s Father worked hard to afford for education of his children.
Tabassum Mansuri, elder sister of Nagma Mansuri, was also the topper of Meerut University in 2014. Nagma Mansuri’s youger brother is a student of computer science.
“I love teaching and want to join a college as professor”, says Nagma Mansuri.
Shamli witnessed worst kind of communal riots in 2013 when most of the parents stopped sending their girl children to school.
Farzana Mansuri, Nagma’s mother said that “Initially, people were criticizing us for sending our daughters to college. But, after the laurel they brought to the town by their astonishing success, they have become a role model for others. There are many girls in the town who want to become like them and come to our house for guidance.”
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> India> Top Stories / December 06th, 2017
Sultan Moiuddin Shaukat Ali and Mansi Mayuri with Gold Medals at the 17th Convocation of MUHS Nashik.Photo credit Deshdoot
Nashik :
A Muslim Student, Sultan Moiuddin Shaukat ali from Dr. Vasant Pawar Medical College Nashik topped the Maharashtra MBBS Final Exams and bagged 14 gold medals.
He bagged nine medals in various subjects of final year, while he also got five medals as a consolation prize. This is the pride moment for Dr. Vasant Pawar Medical College as their female student Mansi Mayuri Gujarati also grabbed Seven Gold medals and attained the second position.
Dr. Sultan hails from a small town Palghar adjacent to Mumbai city, he belongs to the middle-class family background. He did his schooling at Rana English High School, where he secured 93 percent marks in SSC (Secondary School Exam) and he passed intermediate from Azam Campus Pune with 94% marks.
Ever since childhood, Dr. Sultan aimed to become a doctor but due to the poor economic condition of his family, it was difficult to achieve the goal. Hence he took admission in an engineering college. But one day he called back to Palghar, where he began to chase his dreams and started the preparation for CET and passed the entrance test scoring 172 marks that pave his way to take admission at Dr. Vasant Pawar College in Nashik.
Recently, he was awarded the medals on the 17th Convocation day of MUHS. The prize was distributed by Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan who was presiding over the function. And, Dr. Sultan also received a cash price of Rs.10, 000 from Johnson & Johnson Mumbai.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim / by Admin / November 18th, 2017
Indian expat flies solo after record time of 25 hours training
Mansoor Anis took off and landed from Langley Regional Airport in Canada to accomplish his first solo flight./ Image Credit: supplied
Sharjah:
At just 14 years old, a Sharjah teenager has become one of the youngest pilots to fly a single-engine aircraft.
Indian expat Mansour Anis, a Grade 9 student at Delhi Private School in Sharjah, received a certificate for his first solo flight from an aviation academy in Canada last week.
Back in the UAE after his achievement, Mansour claimed that he had also set a record of being the youngest pilot to fly solo with the least number of training hours.
“He broke the previous record of a 15-year-old German pilot and a 14-year-old US pilot who took 34 hours of training. Mansour flew solo just after 25 hours of training,” Mansour’s father Ali Asgar Anis told Gulf News on Wednesday.
Summer training
Ali, a civil engineer heading the engineering department at Zulekha Hospital, said he had sent his son along with his wife Munira, a chemistry teacher with Wesgreen International School, to Canada for the training session during the summer holidays.
In some countries, like the US and UK, a person has to be at least 16 years old before taking to the air on their own. In the UAE and India, the pilot has to be at least 18 to be eligible to fly. However, in Canada, 14 is the minimum age for student pilots to join the course and try flying after meeting the requirements.
“Since he turned 14 in June, we decided to take him to Canada for setting this record,” said Munira.
Mansoor, with his parents Munira and Ali Asgar, displays the certificate he earned from an aviation academy / Image Credit: Atiq ur Rehman/Gulf News
She said her brother Qaid Faizy, a pilot with Jet Airways in Inida, has been an inspiration for Mansour since his childhood.
Fascinated about flying
“I got fascinated about flying the plane because of my uncle. He has been my inspiration and he has envisioned me to become a commercial pilot after I turn 18,” said Mansour.
When he was about eight years, Mansour received a flight simulator as a gift from his uncle. “I learnt some basic lessons using that. My uncle has also given me and my sister the chance to visit the cockpit of an aircraft in which we flew once.”
His uncle also allowed Mansour to sit with his sister Mariya, a medicine student in Mauritius, when she once flew a Cessna aircraft at an aviation school in India, where the former used to teach, around four years ago.
Apart from the flying test, he has also passed a radio communication test / .Image Credit: Atiq ur Rehman/Gulf News
Mansour, who also flew a Cessna 152 aircraft during his solo flight, now has a student pilot permit. Apart from the flying test, he has also passed a radio communication test and scored 96 per cent in the PSTAR Test, an eligibility test for Transport Canada.
It was chief flying instructor at the AAA Academy Robert Wickins who trained Mansour during his course.
“He used to brief me about how the plane works. He taught me how to turn the aircraft. Then we went for some exercises like stall, spin, spiral dive etc. I was scared at first… but then it was fun. Also he had assured me nothing would go wrong and we can control the aircraft.”
Mansour’s solo flight was about 10-minutes long, during which he taxied the aircraft from the parking bay to the runway, took off for a flight of about five minutes and landed back.
Light aircraft
“The aircraft was really light because the instructor’s weight was not there. The plane was in the air a bit faster. I was excited and a little nervous.
“After I took off, I concentrated on flying how I did with the instructor. Everything happened very quickly,” said Mansour, who is now on cloud nine about his achievement.
“I am planning to go again to Canada next year to continue flying. If I don’t continue I will forget everything. At 16 years, I will take a recreational pilot permit. At 17, I will take private pilot license and at 18, I will take a commercial pilot license,” said the boy for whom the sky is not the limit.
source: http://www.gulfnews.com / Gulf News / Home> Society / by Sajila Saseedran, Senior Reporter / September 06th, 2017
A young cyclist from Budgam district has won four gold medals in 63rd National School Games which was held at IG Stadium New Delhi.
Bilal Ahmad Dar is the only Cyclist from Jammu and Kashmir who has achieved the milestone of winning four gold medals in a single championship.
Representing Delhi School this time, Bilal won his first gold in individual pursuit track in 4 kilometre event.
His second gold came in the Team pursuit event. Continuing his good form, Bilal won third gold in individual 1 kilometre time trial. He finished the event in 1 minute and 8 seconds.
He bagged his 4th gold medal in team Sprint event.
Earlier this year, Bilal Ahmad won two gold and a bronze medal for J&K at 22th National Cycling Championship which was held in Karnataka.
Bilal is emerging as top cyclist of the country.
source: http://www.kashmirmonitor.com / The Kashmir Monitor / Home> Sports / by Monitor Sports Burea / December 01st, 2017
Adityanath was also a member of Parliament from Gorakhpur for five consecutive terms since 1998 till he became the chief minister after the BJP’s stunning victory in the assembly polls earlier this year.
Nadira Khatoon defeated BJP’s Maya Tripathi by 483 votes in the ward where the famous Gorakhnath Temple is located in Purana Gorakhpur.(HT Photo)
An independent candidate who defeated the ruling BJP nominee in Gorakhpur’s ward number 68 has attributed the victory in the urban body elections to her “neighbour”, chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Nadira Khatoon defeated Maya Tripathi by 483 votes in the ward where the famous Gorakhnath Temple is located in Purana Gorakhpur.
“I have won because of Baba (Yogi Adityanath ). He is our neighbour,” Khatoon said after receiving the victory certificate on Friday. She, however, did not elaborate.
Khatoon said she aimed to achieve 100% literacy in her ward.
Adityanath, the chief priest of the temple, had cast his vote on November 22.
Adityanath was also a member of Parliament from Gorakhpur for five consecutive terms since 1998 till he became the chief minister after the BJP’s stunning victory in the assembly polls earlier this year.
Khatoon’s son, Shamim Ansari, had contested the 2012 urban body polls from the same ward and lost narrowly.
“People rejected the BJP here because it failed to carry out development. Choked drains, heaps of garbage, potholed roads and traffic jams remain unaddressed,” he said after his mother’s victory.
The Muslim-dominated ward with a large population of weavers was represented by non-BJP corporators in 1995 and 2000.
The BJP wrested the seat in 2006 and retained it in 2012. The seat was reserved for woman this time.
The BJP also lost in two other Muslim weaver-dominated wards near the Gorakhnath temple.
In Chaksa Hussain, the BJP’s lone Muslim candidate Shamim Ahmed was defeated by the Samajwadi Party’s Ehtesham. In Rasoolpur , the SP’s Ayesha Khatoon defeated independent candidate Sayera Khatoon. BJP’s Sunita Devi came third.
Barring a few blemishes, the BJP won 27 wards in Gorakhpur while the Samajwadi Party won 18, the Bahujan Samaj Party two, Congress two, and independents 18.
Across the state too, the ruling BJP swept the polls, capturing 14 out of 16 mayoral seats besides most of the seats in the nagar nigams, nagar palika parishads and nagar panchayats.
source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> Cities> Lucknow / by Abdul Jadid, HindustanTimes, Lucknow / December 02nd, 2017
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Friday won 30 of the 78 seats it contested in the Uttar Pradesh municipal elections.
The Hyderabad-headquartered party’s candidate Hajjan Hansar was also elected as chairperson of Dasna Municipal Council.
The party headed by Asaduddin Owaisi won 10 seats in Firozabad Municipal Corporation, two in Meerut Municipal Corporation and one each in Kanpur and Allahbad municipal corporations.
According to MIM sources, it bagged Afour seats in Baghpat Municipal Council, three seats in Mahul Azamgarh Municipal Council, two each in Sambhal, Amroha and one each in Sitapur and Banda municipal councils.
MIM finished second in the election for Ferozabad Mayor. Its candidate Mashroom Fathima polled 56,536 votes, pushing the Samajwadi Party to the third place. BJP’s Nutan Rathore won the seat with nearly 99,000 votes.
The party claimed that three independents also want to extend support to it.
Earlier, Owaisi said the party could win the seats due to hard work by the party’s state leaders and members. He thanked the voters for supporting the party.
The MIM failed to open an account in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in March. It had contested 35 seats.
-IANS
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Politics> Top Stories / IANS / December 02nd, 2017
Jammu & Kashmir Baseball Association achieved new heights got selection by it’s senior player namely Tahir Shabnum of district Srinagar and General Secretary, J&K Baseball Association Fida Hussain Fidvi appointed as official in Indian squad for the fourth coming “Dubai Cup” India-Pakistan International Baseball series, 2017 scheduled to be held at Sharjah Stadium in United Arab Emirates.
After participated in selection trials at Chandigarh and coaching camp held at Patiala organised by the Amateur Baseball Federation of India.
The said tournament is scheduled to be held from 8th December, 2017 organised by the Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) under the auspices of Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) and World Baseball Softball Confederation WBSC.
Tahir represented the state number of times in Senior National Baseball Championships at different states of the country and also represented the Kashmir University in All India Inter University Baseball Championship.
Presently Tahir is in final coaching camp which is under way at Patiala and will leave for Dubai on 6th December, 2017.
Meanwhile the Secretary, J&K State Sports Council Waheed Ur Rahman Para appreciated the Association for great efforts of promoting the game in the state of J&K and selected player / official who birth’s in Indian squad and hope they will bring laurels for the country.
Besides President, JKBA, MM Gazanfar congratulated the Association for selection of it’s senior player in Indian Baseball contingent for prestigious International tournament at Dubai. (KNS)
source: http://www.knskashmir.com / Kashmir News Service / Home / Srinagar – December 03rd, 2017
A group of three students from the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, comprising Salman Qasmi, Joint Secretary, Law Society, Suhail Khan and Aditya Raj won the runner up position in the National Moot Court Competition 2017 held at the Noida International University.
Symbiosis Law School, Noida won the title of the competition.
Mr Shiv Kerti Singh, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and Chairman, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) gave away the trophy to the winning teams.
source: http://www.amuobanews.in / AMU OBA News / Home> AMU / by Amuoba News / December 01st , 2017
