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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = Mawlana<br />
| name = Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi<br />
| alma_mater = [[Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur]] <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_place = Vastan village, [[Surat district]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| office1 = 12th [[List of Mohtamims of Darul Uloom Deoband|Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Maulana Marghubur Rahman|Marghoobur Rahman Bijnori]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Abul Qasim Nomani]]<br />
| termstart1 = 10 January 2011<br />
| termend1 = 24 July 2011<br />
| module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes<br />
| religion = [[Islam]]<br />
| denomination = [[Deobandi]]<br />
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{{Deobandi}}<br />
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'''Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] Muslim scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]. He was instrumental in reforming ''[[madrasa]]'' education by introducing subjects like medicine and engineering to Darul Uloom institutions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/who-is-ghulam-mohammed-vastanvi-126929-2011-01-20 | title=Who is Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi? | publisher=India Today | date=20 January 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He was dismissed as the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband some said that it was because he praised modi but he denied it. Deoband institution also denied this. and he was the first person to be removed earlier than had they voluntarily resigned, or died in office. However, Vastanvi decided not to challenge his removal in the courts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/darul-uloom-deoband-maulana-ghulam-mohammed-vastanvi-138160-2011-07-24 | title=Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi removed as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband | publisher=India Today | work=Naziya Alvi | date=24 July 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/q-a-maulana-ghulam-mohammad-vastanvi-111021300032_1.html | title=Q&A: Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi | publisher=[[Business Standard]] | work=Gyan Varma | date=25 January 2013 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/13082011-ghulam-mohammad-vastanvi-a-victim-of-super-caste-and-family-hegemony-in-deoband-analysis/ | title=Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi: A Victim Of Super-Caste And Family Hegemony In Deoband? – Analysis | publisher=Eurosaia Review | date=13 August 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vastanvi-to-focus-on-Rs100cr-college/articleshow/9352071.cms | title=Vastanvi to focus on Rs100cr college | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Yagnesh Bharat Mehta | date=25 July 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/world/asia/21cleric.html | title=Mullah in Debate of Tradition vs. Modern Schooling | work=New York Times | date=20 March 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vastanvi-a-success-story-in-Maharashtra-town/articleshow/7383224.cms | title=Vastanvi a success story in Maharashtra town | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Yagnesh Bharat Mehta | date=29 January 2011 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Vastanvi graduated from the [[Mazahir Uloom]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The divisions in Deoband |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-divisions-in-deoband/752111/ |access-date=28 May 2021 |work=Indian Express |date=19 February 2011}}</ref> He had been removed from the Maharashtra State ''[[waqf]]'' board in 2018 for illegal possession of ''waqf''{{'}}s land in Ahmednagar for his institution<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kulkarni|first=Dhaval|date=2018-10-19|title=Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi removed from Waqf Board|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maulana-ghulam-mohammad-vastanvi-removed-from-waqf-board-2676888|access-date=2020-06-09|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> He had been charged for this illegal action of possessing a ''waqf''{{'}}s land;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kulkarni|first=Dhaval|date=2018-09-15|title=Maharashtra government slaps notice on Waqf land 'encroachers'|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-slaps-notice-on-waqf-land-encroachers-2663232|access-date=2020-06-09|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> consequently the state government had ordered the criminal action against Vastanvi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kulkarni|first=Dhaval|date=2018-09-25|title=Maharashtra government directs criminal action for Wakf irregularities|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-government-directs-criminal-action-for-wakf-irregularities-2667455|access-date=2020-06-09|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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