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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = A.K.A. Abdul Samad <br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|4|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karaikal]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|4|11|1926|10|4|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| party = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]<br />
| occupation = Indian parliamentarian; Muslim leader<br />
| spouse = Nargis Banu<br />
| children = 3 sons; 2 daughters}}<br />
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'''A.K.A. Abdul Samad''' ({{lang-ta|அப்துல் சமது}}) (4 October 1926 – 4 November 1999) was a prominent [[Tamil people|Tamil]] politician, and an important leader of the [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. He was also a journalist, editor, author, educationist and businessmanHe is popularly known in his native states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala by the title "Siraj-ul-Millat" (Light of the Nation).<br />
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==Association with political parties==<br />
* All India General Secretary, Indian Union Muslim League<br />
* State President (Tamil Nadu), [[Indian Union Muslim League]]<br />
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==Political career==<br />
* MP, Ninth Lok Sabha, 1989–91 (affiliated with [[Indian National Congress]], serving Vellore, TN)<br />
* MP, Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980–84 (Independent, serving Vellore, TN)<br />
* MLA, Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu, 1984–88 (affiliated with [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] serving Triplicane, Chennai) <br />
* MP, Rajya Sabha, 1964–76<br />
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==Government experience==<br />
* Member, Public Accounts Committee, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 1985–86<br />
* Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha<br />
* Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House and Committee on Petitions, 7th Lok Sabha<br />
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rajya Sabha<br />
* Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajya Sabha<br />
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry, 1990<br />
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==Delegation to foreign countries==<br />
* Member, IPD to Yugoslavia, 1971<br />
* Member, Govt. of India's Haj Delegation, 1971 and 1989<br />
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==Memberships==<br />
* Syndicate Member, Madras University<br />
* Senate Member, Annamalai University<br />
* Court Member, Aligarh Muslim University<br />
* President, Muslim Educational Association of South India (MEASI)<br />
* Chairman, Board of Islamic Studies, Madras University<br />
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==Publications==<br />
* Sweet Memories of Sacred Haj (Tamil)<br />
* 'Narpaniyatri Nabi Mani' (Muhammad's Biography in Tamil)<br />
* 'An Introduction to Holy Quran' (Tamil)<br />
* Founder-Editor, Mani Chudar (Tamil Daily)<br />
* Founder-Editor, Mani Vilakkur (Tamil Monthly)<br />
* Publisher, Crescent (English Weekly)<br />
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==Social activities==<br />
* Amelioration of the down-trodden<br />
* Communal harmony<br />
* Spread of higher education amongst Muslim minorities<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120223184105/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2653.htm<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120626010449/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055815/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls12/ses4/01210499.htm<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Nadu politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1999 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:9th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Karaikal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Union Muslim League politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Vellore district]]</div>->Explicit