Mohammad Farooq Chishti was a politician from

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. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the

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. In 1952, Mohammad Farooq Chishti participated in the election on behalf of the

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from the Deoria (North East) Legislative Assembly constituency of

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of Uttar Pradesh. Farooq served as a MLA for four terms.

Early life

Mohammad Farooq Chishti was born as the youngest son of Barrister Maulvi Muhammad Ismail Chishti. Ismail was born in

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in a Zamindar family, he graduated in Law from

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and served as attorney general of the state of Hyderabad. Being son of Ismail, a prominent lawyer and Indian Nationalist Farooq also graduated in Law from

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

. Farooq did his schooling from King Edward College Deoria, from very early age he started participating in

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to liberate the country. When his name came up in the Chauri Chaura incident, he was sent to

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, to avoid a British reaction. Farooq started studying at Allahabad University, where he is credited for organizing the students' first successful strike, during that time he came in contact with

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Political involvement

Farooq became so close to Gandhi and Nehru that whenever they came to the Deoria district, they would stay at the Chishti House, gradually Chishti House became safe house for all freedom fighters of Eastern Uttarpradesh. Farooq's elder brother Hamid Chishti also joined the fight for independence along with Maulana Mazharul Haq an important character of Independence movement, they blew the trumpet against the British rule during the

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. Farooq rejected the proposal of

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brought by the King of Salempur for the Home Minister of

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saying "I want my country to achieve Freedom from Britishers and at this time my only mission is to see free United India". After the Independence, he was elected as a MLA in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967 on

ticket from Uttar Pradesh's Deoria (North East) Legislative Assembly constituency. He died in 1968.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chishti, Mohammad Farooq Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh 1901 births 1968 deaths Chishtis