Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, who fought not only against the British for freedom but also against the separatists who wanted the partition of India, was born in 6 October 1879 in Uttar Pradesh. He traveled to Mecca and Madina, where he spent about 16 years in getting a religious education and became a spiritual scholar.
He participated in the ‘Conspiracy of Silk Letters’ along with the famous Nationalist Maulana Mahmud Hasan and was sentenced to prison in 1916 for three years by the British Government.
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He returned to India in 1920 and took an active role in the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement. He gave a call to the Indians in the British Army to come out of it and fight for independence, for which he was detained under the charges of treason.
Since Hindus and Muslims were both facing the atrocities of the British and spending life like slaves, he appealed to them that the right course of action was to fight against the British. He also declared that mutual friendship and harmony between the Hindus and Muslims should be strengthened to achieve the goal of defeating the British.
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Maulana Madani played a vital role in the Salt Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movements. He was imprisoned during Quit India Movement in 1942. He was imprisoned several times during the Indian Freedom Struggle.
Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani opposed the separatist ideology of the All-India Muslim League. He warned that the provocation of communal hatred is not wise and the ‘two nation’ theory of the Muslim League is dangerous to the common interests of the people. He very severely criticized the leaders of the Muslim League in his speeches and writings.
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During the post-independence era, he concentrated on spiritual and educational fields. He worked as the Head Master of the ‘Dar-ul-Uloom’ of Deoband where exactly he was educated during his childhood. Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani also led the ‘Jamiat-Ulama-Hind’ and was its guiding spirit. He was regarded as ‘Shaik-ul-Islam’.
He was honored with the ‘Padma Bhushan’ title by the Government of India in 1954 for his role in the Indian Freedom Movement and also in Independent India.
Maulana Madani loved his motherland so much that he expressed his desire to take his last breath in India. As he wished for, ‘Shaik-ul-Islam’ Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani breathed his last on 6 December 1957 in Delhi, the capital of India.
