Obaidullah Khan Azmi
Member of Rajya Sabha
In office
1990–2008
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1949-03-11) 11 March 1949 (age 74)[1]
Khalispur, United Provinces, India
Political partyJanata Dal[1]
Indian National Congress
Samajwadi Party
(till 2010)[2]
Nationalist Congress Party
(2014)[3]
Janata Dal (Secular)
(2023-present)[4]
SpouseSyeda Razia Obaid khan
ChildrenThree sons and five daughters[1]
Residence(s)Village: Khalispur, District: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
ProfessionPolitician

Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an Indian Sunni Islamic politician from Indian National Congress.[3][5] He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from Janata Dal party. During 1992–96 he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President.[1][6] From 2002 to 2008 he represented Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress party.[7][8][9][10]

Shah Bano case protest

Obaidullah Khan Azmi became popular by his public speeches against Supreme Court Judgment in Shah Bano case. The audio cassettes of his speech were widely circulated and sold. He, at the time, had become a most sought after speaker for anti-Shah Bano case meetings in Mumbai. Mumbai police filed case against the Maulana and expelled him from Mumbai declaring his speeches inflammatory.[11][12]

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  1. ^ a b c d WebPage of Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi Former Member Of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA) Archived 29 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan
  2. ^ Parsai, Gargi (11 January 2010). "One more SP leader quits". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Obaidullah Khan Azmi joins NCP Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine www.thefirstmail.in
  4. ^ "Ex-MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi to join JD(S)". deccanherald.com. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "The First Mail | Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan Joins NCP". thefirstmail.in. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. ^ Brief Bio-Data 1952-2003 Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine http://rajyasabha.nic.in Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise) Archived 26 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine rajyasabha.nic.in
  8. ^ "Madhya pradesh(Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 23/07/2015 | DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER MPLADS". mplads.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. ^ General information relating to Parliamentary and other matters Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine parliamentofindia.nic.in | Monday, 1 January 2001
  10. ^ Gaur, Mahendra (2005). Indian Affairs Annual. p. 53. ISBN 9788178354347.
  11. ^ "NOV.20, 1985: HUGE MUSLIM PROTEST & BANDH IN MUMBAI | Bhindi Bazar". bhindibazaar.asia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  12. ^ Akhbar e alam, Urdu weekly
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