Short biography of maulana abul kalam azad

Read to know more about his life. He was originally named Muhiyudin Ahmad and was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in , his family relocated to Calcutta now Kolkata two years after his birth.

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His father was a renowned scholar and his mother came from a family of reputed scholars from Medina. At home, he studied a variety of languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Arabic, and subjects such as history, philosophy, and geometry. He was a prolific reader and had mastered is Islamic theology, mathematics, philosophy, and science through books and tutors, as he was homeschooled.

He was running a library, a reading room, and a debating society before he was twelve. Abul Kalam began writing at an early age and started publishing poetry and articles by age of eleven. The publication gained such immense popularity among the public that the British had to finally ban it in under the Press Act. The governments of Bombay, Punjab, Delhi, and the United Provinces had banned his entry and he was deported to Bihar until Despite censoring, he found ways to rebel against British activities through the power of his pen.

He was a proponent of Hindu-Muslim unity and kept views that were radical and liberal for the Muslims of that time.