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Ahmed Ali Banskandi

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Ahmed Ali Banskandi
2nd President of Assam State Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
In office
1957 – 11 June 2000
Preceded byNoor Ali Badarpuri
Succeeded byMaulana Abdul Haque
Amir-e-Shariat of Northeast India
In office
1990 – 11 June 2000
Personal
Born
Ahmed Ali

1915
Badarpur, Assam, British India
Died11 June 2000(2000-06-11) (aged 84–85)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Resting placeThe campus of Darul Uloom Banskandi
ReligionIslam
Nationality
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
TeachersHussain Ahmad Madani, Izaz Ali Amrohi

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Ahmed Ali Banskandi (1915–11 June 2000), also known as Ahmed Ali Badarpuri or Ahmed Ali Assami, was an Indian Islamic scholar, a freedom fighter, and an educationist. He served as the president of the Assam State Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for 44 years.

Early life and education[edit]

Ahmed Ali Banskandi was born in 1915 in Badarpur, Assam, into a Sufi family.[1] He was a descendant of Munawwar Khadim Yemeni, who was an attendant of Shah Jalal Mujarrad Yemeni's authorised disciple, Shah Sikandar Ghazi.[2][3][4]

Ahmed Ali received his primary education locally in Badarpur and then enrolled at the Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah for his further studies, where he studied from 1938 to 1940 and formally graduated in dars-e-nizami. He memorized the Qur'an in two and a half months. He subsequently joined Darul Uloom Deoband to study the courses again but could not continue due to certain health complications. In 1950, he attended the Deoband seminary once more to study the courses of Daura-e-Hadith (The last year in dars-e-nizami) and Daura-e-Tafsir (specialisation in the exegesis of the Quran), and completed his studies by the next year. His teachers included Hussain Ahmad Madani, Abdus Sami Deobandi, Izaz Ali Amrohi, Fakhrul Hasan Muradabadi, and Abdul Ahad Deobandi.[5][6][7][8] He was an authorised disciple of Madani in Sufism.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Career[edit]

Ahmed Ali started his career as a teacher at Darul Uloom Banskandi. In 1955, Hussain Ahmad Madani sent him there without any invitation from the institution. The madrassa authority refused to appoint him as a teacher. However, they later accepted him after they obtained a letter from Madani.[15][16][17]

In 1957, Madani appointed him to the post of Shaykhul Hadith and entrusted to him the charge of the institution. He retained his position until his last breath. Thus, his teaching career lasted for over 45 years.[15][16][17] He associated himself with the Indian independence movement.[5][6][7][8]

In 1957, he was unanimously elected president of the Assam State Jamiat Ulama-e Hind. Before it, he had to work as a secretary, convener, and simple worker. He carried out his leadership responsibilities by facing the Pakistani Deportation Movement, also known as the Bongal Kheda Movement, which intensified in the sixties and continued into the 1970s and 1980s.[18][19][20]

He raised a strong voice against the then Chaliha government and compelled it to stop the inhuman torture of minorities in the name of foreigners. He opposed the Assam Movement, which peaked with the Nellie massacre. He stood by the victims, providing quick relief. He forced Hiteswar Saikia, law minister Abdul Muhib Mazumdar, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to provide some special protections for the minorities. The result was the IMDT Act of 1983.[18][19][20]

In the early 1990s, Ahmed Ali had to face another movement known as the Bodo Movement, which created a cruel massacre in lower Assam. He raised a strong demand with the government for the security and rehabilitation of the victims. He even shouldering the burden of 600 homeless orphans affected by this movement and sheltered them in Banskandi madrasa. Thus, he fought against any kind of injustice and finally against some communal remarks made by the government in arranging a historical Jamiat meeting at Guwahati on April 1, 2000.[18][19][20]

Ahmed Ali participated in the freedom struggle being inspired by his teacher, Hussain Ahmad Madani. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for anti-British activities. He worked in support of the Jamiat and opposed the partition of India. He even took a bold step to get Sylhet into India during the Sylhet Referendum held in July 1947.[21][22][23][24]

He founded thousands of mosques, madrasas, and khanqahs, and finally the Gauhati Khanqah, where thousands of people visit every year seeking spiritual guidance. He opposed the hypocrisy and deviance of the Qadianis. He even wrote a book in Bangla, named Khatme Nabuwwater O Qadianiater Gumrahir Akatya Dalil Samooh (

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People irrespective of caste, creed, and community visited him. His visitors include even great political leaders like Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and many others.[31]

Honours and Positions[edit]

After the demise of Ahmed Ali, the Tarun Gogoi Government instituted the Ahmed Ali Banskandi Award in his honor.[32][33][34][35] Since 1990, he has also served as the Amir-e-Shariat of Northeast India until his death.[32][36][37]

Literary works[edit]

Ahmed Ali wrote a number of books in Bengali, Assamese, and Urdu. These include:[38][39][40][41]


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