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- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a political and social activist as well as a liberation fighter.
- The first Human Resources and Development Minister of independent India was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 11, 1888.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad received his education at home and was self-taught. He spoke Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Arabic, etc.
- In his late teens, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started to actively work in the newspaper industry.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad began putting up a weekly Urdu newspaper called “Al-Hilal” in 1912.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s newspaper gained enormous popularity for his criticisms of British rule.
- In Calcutta, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad joined the Indian National Congress and rose to prominence.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad took part in the “Khilafat Movement” to defend the caliphate from 1920 to 1924.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad died in his position on February 22, 1958, in Delhi.