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| name               = Ali Hussain Aasim Bihari <br> علی حسین عاصم بہاری
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1889|04|15}}
| birth_place        = Khasganj, Bihar Sharif, Bihar
| death_date         = {{Death date|df=yes|1953|12|06}} (aged 64)
| death_place        = Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
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| occupation         = Social activist
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'''Ali Husain Aasim Bihari''' (15 April 1889 – 6 December 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=अनवर |first=Ali Anwar अली |date=2023-08-15 |title=Momin Tehreek: How the Pasmanda movement tried to stave off the Partition |url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2023/08/momin-tehreek-how-the-pasmanda-movement-tried-to-prevent-partition/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Forward Press |language=en-US}}</ref> was an Indian social activist from [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fyzie |first1=Faiyaz Ahmad |title=Maulana Ali Hussain 'Aasim Bihari': Father of the first Pasmanda Movement and Freedom Fighter |url=https://www.roundtableindia.co.in/the-first-pasamanda-movement-s-creator-and-freedom-fighter-maulana-ali-hussain-aasim-bihari/ |website=Roundtable India |date=6 August 2017 |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Aasim Bihari was born in [[Bihar Sharif]] and later moved to [[Kolkata]]. He led literacy campaigns and organised the [[Momin Ansari]] community. He founded several newspapers and Jamiat-ul-Momineen, an organisation that advocated for [[Muslims|Muslim]] weavers. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Pasmanda movement in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Azizi |first=Alauddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Aasim+Bihari |title=A.Q. Ansari: Social Philosophy and Political Thought |date=2004 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-469-4 |language=en}}</ref>

He died on 6 December 1953 in [[Allahabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fyzie |first=Faiyaz Ahmad |date=2022-04-15 |title=Asim Bihari, the icon of Pasmanda movement who liked to stay in the background |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/asim-bihari-the-icon-of-pasmanda-movement-who-liked-to-stay-in-the-background/917412/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Muslim leader from Bengal and former Member of Parliament, Badrudduja, his life and times |url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2023/06/muslim-leader-from-bengal-and-former.html |access-date=2024-07-21 | date=24 June 2023 | publisher=anindianmuslim.com}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
A biography of Bihari, entitled ''Banda-e-Momin Ka Hath (lit. A Believer's Hand)'', which was written by Ahmad Sajjad, was published in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-02-16 |title=CM Nitish Kumar released a book 'Banda-e-Momin Ka Hath' authored by Ahmad Sajjad |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cm-nitish-kumar-released-a-book-banda-e-momin-ka-hath-authored-by-ahmad-sajjad-the-book-is-a-biography-of-freedom-fighter-and-social-reformer-maulana-ali-husain-aasim-bihari-1889-1953-who-belonged-to-biharsharif-and-founded-all-india-momin-conference-nitish-said-maulana-relentlessly-worked-for-communal-harmony-and-education-/articleshow/7509827.cms |access-date=2023-06-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last1=Ansari |first1=M. W. |title=Maulavi Ali Hussain Aasim Bihari |date=2022 |publisher=Hali Publishing House |location=Delhi}}

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[[Category:People from Bihar Sharif]]
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[[Category:Activists from Bihar]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian Muslim activists]]