Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, also known as Nihal Sahab or Sathi Nihal Ahmed or Nihalbhai, was an Indian

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

leader and politician belonging to Janata Dal (Secular). He was a former Minister of government of Maharashtra and legislator of the

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from 1960 until 1999. He was also the first mayor of the

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. He died on 29 February 2016 at a private hospital in

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at the age of 90 following age-related

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. He had been admitted to the hospital the night before due to respiratory problems. He was laid to rest at the Bada Kabrasthan burial ground later that night. He was survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters. In 2002, Nihal received controversy due to organising a procession at

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in 2001 to protest against the US attack on

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. Nonetheless, he was elected the first Mayor of Malegaon.

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