MOHAMMAD RAJAB ALI
Date
of Birth: 1st January, 1920 and Date of Death: 1st March,
1996
Mohammad Rajab Ali, who took part in
the Indian National Movement and led the movement for the merger of the Nizam
state with the Indian Union, was born on 1st January, 1920 in
Papatapalli village of Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. His parents were Aminabi and Mahaboob
Ali. He studied upto 9th
class in his native village. After that
he joined as a teacher in the Government School at Utkur. Later, he joined as a Telugu-Urdu translator
in the Government Press of Hyderabad state.
After sometime, he came back to his native village and took up charge as
village Karanam. Since, Rajab Ali had
independent ideas from his young age, he got attracted towards the programmes
of the Andhra Mahasabha, through which, he entered into the National
Movement. At the age of 24, he became a
whole time activist in the Andhra Mahasabha in 1944. He started participating in the activities of
the National Movement in response to the call given by the Indian National
Congress. The British Government
detained him for three and a half years for his participation in the movement
for ‘Land and Food’ (Bhoomi-Bhikti). As
he was carrying his activities in the movement even after his release, the
Government forces again detained him in Warangal jail for three months. He actively led the movement for the merger
of the Nizam state with the Indian Union in 1947. He took membership in the Communist Party
India, as a result of which, he was again detained for about three years and
three months in several Jails. Later, he
was again arrested by the Army of the Indian Union, for his participation in
the Armed Struggle of Telangana farmers.
The Army shot dead his colleagues of Rajab Ali and sent him to
Jail. Rajab Ali fought for the rights of
the farmers and labour class in independent India. He also faced detention again in 1964 during
the war with China for 18 months. He got
elected to the Assembly from Khammam constituency in 1967 as a Communist Party
of India (M) candidate. He led the
historic ‘Hunger March’ in 1971 in Khammam district. He won the general elections in 1972 and
became the Member of Legislative Assembly, but was defeated in 1978. Later on once again he won in the elections
in 1983, 1985, 1989 and 1994 from Sujatanagar segment of Khammam district as a
candidate of CPI. Mohammad Rajab Ali,
who was the man of masses and stood as a role model to the legislators,
breathed his last on 1st March, 1996.
Proud b a grand love u Dadda
ReplyDelete