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|name = Faridul Haq Ansari<br/> फरीदुल हक़ अंसारी<br />
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|office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|term_start1 = 3 April 1958<br />
|term_end1 = 2 April 1964<br />
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 3 April 1964<br />
| term_end2 = 4 April 1966<br />
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1895|07|01}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Yusufpur]], [[Ghazipur]], India<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1966|04|04|1895|07|01}}<br />
|death_place = New Delhi<br />
| relations = Nezamul Haq Ansari (father)<br /><br />
[[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]] (cousin)<br />
| education = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], [[University of Oxford]], England<br />
|occupation = [[Barrister]], politician<br />
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'''Faridul Haq Ansari''' (1 July 1895 – 4 April 1966), Popularly '''Farid Ansari''', was a lawyer and politician who actively participated in [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a prominent socialist leader who got special mention in [[Jayprakash Narayan]]'s writings. He served two terms as Member of Parliament in [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx|publisher=rajyasabha.nic.in|title=Shri Faridul Haq Ansari Former Member of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA)|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Faridul Haq Ansari was born in 1895 in [[Yusufpur]] town of [[Ghazipur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/33400615|publisher=academia.edu|title=CONGRESS SOCIALIST PARTY (CSP) AT A GLANCE AND SHORT PROFILES WORKS OF ITS LEADERS|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> His father Nezamul Haq Ansari was a zamindar. Faridul Haq got his education at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and [[Oxford University]]. After returning to India he started practicing as lawyer at [[Delhi High Court]] in 1925. He joined [[Indian National Congress]] in 1927 and served as the Secretary of [[Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He was cousin of former president of [[Indian National Congress]] [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Faridul Haq actively participated in [[Indian independence movement]] and got arrested many times. He was one of the prominent leader of [[Quit India Movement]] who was sent to jail during 1942–1945. As a barrister he pleaded the defense in [[Meerut Conspiracy Case]] Trail (1929–33) along with [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]] and [[Kailash Nath Katju]] as a member of Central defence Committee setup by the [[Congress Working Committee]]. Within Congress Party he was known for his left-leaning. He was elected as the member of policy and programme drafting committee of [[Congress Socialist Party]].<br />
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After India's independence he joined [[Socialist party (India)]] and became the member of its national executive. In the year of 1952 he became the member of [[Praja Socialist Party]] and served as the Joint Secretary of [[Praja Socialist Party]] during 1954–1958. In 1952 at the invitation of [[Marshal Tito]] he led a delegation of socialist leaders to [[Yugoslavia]], which included [[Karpoori Thakur]], Banke Bihari Das, [[Shanti Narayan Naik]] and [[Madhu Dandavate]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmoiCCN2AK0C&q=Farid+Ansari+Congress+Socialist+Party&pg=PA22|title=Dialogue with Life by Madhu Dandavate|isbn=9788177648560|accessdate=25 May 2019|last1=Dandavate|first1=Madhu|year=2005}}</ref><br />
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Faridul Haq along with [[Asaf Ali]] made a major contribution for expansion of Congress Party. They initiated mass contact campaign which resulted in many Muslims joining the Congress Party and deserting the membership of [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]. After independence Faridul Haq served two terms as the Member of Parliament in [[Rajya Sabha]] between 1958 and 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/Main.aspx|publisher=rajyasabha.nic.in|title=Shri Faridul Haq Ansari Former Member of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA)|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> He died on 4 April 1966 in Delhi due to [[coronary thrombosis]].<ref>Jayprakash Narayan Selected Works, Vol. 1, p.156</ref><br />
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==Position held==<br />
* Secretary, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, 1927<br />
* Secretary, Praja Socialist Party, 1954–58 <br />
* Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), 1958–64<br />
* Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), 1964–66<br />
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