Indian National Congress

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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed: Lawyer, Freedom Fighter, and Fifth President of India

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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) was an Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, and statesman who served as the fifth President of India from 1974 until his death in office in 1977. A Congress member and cabinet minister, he is remembered partly for signing the 1975 proclamation of Emergency.

Modern Era

Hakim Ajmal Khan: Physician, Nationalist, and Champion of Indigenous Medicine

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Hakim Ajmal Khan (1863–1927) was an Indian physician, nationalist leader, and institution-builder who founded the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College in Delhi, served as the first Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (1920–1927), and presided over the Indian National Congress at its Ahmedabad session in 1921. A practitioner of Unani medicine from a distinguished family of Mughal-era court physicians, he became one of the principal figures of the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements and devoted his career to both the revival of indigenous Indian medicine and Hindu-Muslim unity in the nationalist cause.

Modern Era

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari: Physician, Nationalist, and Builder of Institutions

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Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880–1936) was an Indian physician and nationalist leader who served as president of both the All India Muslim League (1918, 1920) and the Indian National Congress (Madras, 1927). A surgeon trained in Edinburgh and London, he led the Indian Medical Mission to Turkey during the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, was a founder and later Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, and spent his career arguing for Hindu-Muslim unity within a single Indian nationalism.

Modern Era

Syed Mahmud: Nationalist, Legislator, and Founder of Jamia Millia Islamia

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Syed Mahmud (1889–1971) was an Indian politician, barrister, and senior Congress leader from Bihar who served as a member of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia (1920), General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (1929–1936), Education Minister of Bihar (1937–1939), and Union Minister of State for External Affairs (1954–1957). A close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, he participated in the Khilafat, Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, and Quit India movements, and represented India at the Bandung Conference in 1955.

Modern Era
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