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He was a freedom fighter, a revolutionary, a journalist, a parliamentarian and a poet. He was associated with Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India and later Indian Muslim League. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was his mentor. He was the man behind coining the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’. He was a member of Constituent Assembly for drafting the constitution of independent India. He was a devoutly muslim who made his annual pilgrimage to Mecca. But he also made it a point to visit Mathura on Krishna Janmashtmi day. He described himself as:
darwesh o inquilab maslak hai mera
Sufi Momin hoon and ishtiraaki muslim
(I have chosen a path of asceticism and revolution. I am a Sufi Momin and a socialist Muslim).
He was Maulana Hasrat Mohani.
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