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{{Short description|Indian socialist politician (1913 – 1974)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohammad Abdul Jaleel Faridi
| office = Member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_end = 1964
| term_start = 1952
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|12|14|df=yes}}
| birth_name = Mohammad Abdul Jaleel
| birth_place = [[Lucknow]]
| party = [[All India Muslim Majlis (Dr. Faridi)]] <br /> [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]]
| other_party = [[Praja Socialist Party]] <br /> [[Samyukta Vidhayak Dal]]
}}
'''Mohammad Abdul Jaleel Faridi''' (14 December 1913 – 19 May 1974)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=Haryana (India) Vidhan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bi0iAQAAIAAJ&q=abdul%20jalil%20faridi |title=Debates |date=1974 |publisher=Vidhan Sabha. |pages=100 |language=hi}}</ref> popularly known as '''Dr. Faridi''' was an Indian physician, freedom fighter, socialist, politician and social worker.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGxDAAAAYAAJ |title=Link |date=1979 |publisher=United India Periodicals |pages=10–11 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHYMAQAAMAAJ |title=Muslim India |date=2007 |publisher=Muslim India |pages=19–20 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Faridi Memorial Lecture |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/01-15July05-Print-Edition/011507200523.htm |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref> He was the founder of ''[[Qaed]]'', an Urdu daily.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ansari |first=N. A. |title=Dr Faridi - a forgotten giant |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01072002/0107200270.htm |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref> He was the founder of [[All India Muslim Majlis (Dr. Faridi)]], a political party founded in 1968 following a split in [[Samyukta Vidhayak Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alavi |first=Shams Ur Rehman |author-link=Shams Ur Rehman Alavi |title=Role of Dr Abdul Jaleel Faridi and his Muslim Majlis in Uttar Pradesh, Muslim politics of North India |url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2021/05/role-of-dr-abdul-jaleel-faridi-and-his.html?m=1 |access-date=2024-11-22 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farooqui |first=Ather |author-link=Ather Farouqui |title=Dr. Abdul Jalil Faridi: A Lost Chapter in the History of the Ruthless, Obscurantist Urdu Politics of North India {{!}} Ather Farouqui |url=https://www.newageislam.com/islam-politics/ather-farouqui/dr-abdul-jalil-faridi-lost-chapter-history-ruthless-obscurantist-urdu-politics-north-india/d/3718 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.newageislam.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Noorani |first=A. G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCwpDwAAQBAJ&dq=Abdul+Jaleel+Faridi&pg=PT210 |title=The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record |date=2004-05-21 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908774-7 |language=en}}</ref>

Faridi, along with [[Syed Mahmud]], a [[Indian National Congress|congress]]-man from Bihar founded the [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]], an umbrella body of Muslim organisations in 1964 after being attracted to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s policy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Partha S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XxaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Abdul+Jaleel+Faridi&pg=PT130 |title=The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia: Identity, Nationalism and the Uniform Civil Code |date=2018-05-11 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-429-01547-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-02 |title=A.J. Faridi {{!}} Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance - Research Network |url=https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/en/document/aj-faridi.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.sciencespo.fr |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Faridi was a medical practitioner who turned into the freedom struggle and then politics. He joined Praja Socialist Party in 1951, later he left the party in 1960s after serving as the leader of legislative council for the party.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Saquib |first=Salim |title=Abdul Jalil Faridi was the forerunner of Kanshi Ram |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/culture-news/abdul-jalil-faridi-was-the-forerunner-of-kanshi-ram-7913.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.awazthevoice.in |language=en}}</ref>

He left [[Praja Socialist Party]] and joined hands with [[Syed Mahmud|Dr. Syed Mahmud]] to form [[All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat]] in 1968. He also led a meeting of Dalit and Muslim in the same year, which was attended by [[Periyar]] and other Dalit leaders.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ansari |first=Yousuf |date=2021-12-16 |title=यूपी विधानसभा चुनाव 2022 : असदुद्दीन ओवैसी को क्यों याद आए डॉ. जलील फरीदी? |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/opinion/up-assembly-election-2022-why-asaduddin-owaisi-remembered-dr-jalil-faridi-961481.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref> He also led the All-India Muslim Political Convention at New Delhi in December 1971.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahmood |first=Tahir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAhbAAAAIAAJ&q=abdul%20jalil%20faridi |title=Muslim Personal Law: Role of the State in the Subcontinent |date=1977 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |isbn=978-0-7069-0532-8 |pages=132 |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* Lifetime Achievement Award by All India Majlis-e-Mushawarat (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vice-President Inaugurates Mushawarat Golden Jubilee Celebrations |url=https://radianceweekly.net/vice-president-inaugurates-mushawarat-golden-jubilee-celebrations/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Radiance Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
United Muslim of India and Urdu Development Organization gives the Award namely Dr. Abdul Jaleel Faridi Lifetime Achievement Award singe 1997 on Urdu Day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-08 |title=Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan to get Dr. Abdul Jaleel Faridi Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://muslimmirror.com/dr-zafarul-islam-khan-to-get-dr-abdul-jaleel-faridi-lifetime-achievement-award/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Muslim Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{Cite book |last=Sabir |first=Khalid |title=Qaid-e-Millat Dr. Abdul Jalil Faridi: Hayat Wa Khidmat |publisher=Muslim Majlis Publications |year=2003 |location=Lucknow |language=ur}}
* {{Cite book |last=Habeeb |first=Javed |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/dr-fareedi-tufan-se-sahil-tak-javed-habeeb-ebooks/ |title=Dr. Faridi: Toofan Se Sahil Tak |publisher=Muslim Majlis Publications |year=2003 |location=New Delhi |language=ur}}

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