Razzaque Ansari (24 January 1917 – 1992) was an Indian

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, and a leader of the weavers' revolution.

Tributes

The Abdur Razzaque Ansari Memorial Hospital was established in his honor by Chotanagpur Regional Handloom Weavers Co-operative Union Ltd and the members of his family in

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

in 1996. On 10 September 2009, Vice-President of India

Hamid Ansari Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (): # (Arabic: ''ḥāmed'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one ...

inaugurated the Abdur Razzaque Ansari Cancer Institute.

References

Indian independence activists from Jharkhand Indian Muslims People from Ranchi Indian weavers 1917 births 2009 deaths {{India-activist-stub