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| name = Hamid Dalwai<br />
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| birth_date = 29 September 1932<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hamid-dalwai-man-who-started-triple-talaq-movement-died-alone/articleshow/62321797.cms|title=Hamid Dalwai: Man who started triple talaq movement died alone|date=1 January 2018|work=Times of India|author=Radheshyam Jadhav|agency=TNN|accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Mirjoli]], [[Ratnagiri district]], [[Maharashtra]]<ref name=timesofindia/><br />
| death_date = 3 May 1977 (aged 44)<br />
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| spouse = Meherunissa Dalwai<br />
| children = Ila Kambli <br> Rubina Chavan<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = social reformer, thinker, activist, essayist, writer<br />
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'''Hamid Umar Dalwai''' (29 September 1932<ref name="toi" /> – 3 May 1977) was a social reformer, thinker, activist and [[Marathi language]] writer in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/575825.cms|title=Liberal India on the Defensive|author=Guha, Ramachandra|authorlink=Ramchandra Guha|date=23 March 2004|work=The Times of India|accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born in a Marathi-speaking [[Muslim]] family in the [[Ratnagiri district]] of [[Konkan]].<ref name="ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/1957/|title=Remembering Hamid Dalwai, and an age of questioning|author=Chitre, Dilip|authorlink=Dilip Chitre|date=3 May 2002|work=Indian Express}}</ref> His Village is Mirjoli near Chiplun.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Dalwai joined the [[Socialist Party (India)#Indian Socialist Party|Indian Socialist Party]] of [[Jai Prakash Narayan]] in his early adulthood, but left it to devote himself to social reforms in the Muslim community, especially regarding women's rights. Despite living in a period when most people were staunchly religious and orthodox, Hamid Dalwai was one among the few religiously secular people. He strove towards a [[uniform civil code]] rather than religion specific laws, and fought to abolish [[Triple talaq in India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-51-years-ago-hamid-dalwai-took-out-first-march-against-triple-talaq-4617356/|title=Maharashtra: 51 years ago, Hamid Dalwai took out first march against triple talaq|date=2017-04-17}}</ref><br />
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To create a platform for his views and work, he established the ''Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal'' (Muslim Truth Seeking Society) in Pune on 22 March 1970. Through the medium of this Society, Hamid worked towards reforming bad practices in the Muslim community especially towards women.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/triple-talaq-verdict-51-years-ago-hamid-dalwai-among-those-who-began-the-fight-for-rights-of-muslim-women/articleshow/60174701.cms|title=Triple Talaq Verdict: 51 Years Ago, Hamid Dalwai Among Those Who Began the Fight for Rights of Muslim Women|date=22 August 2017|work=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|via=[[Pune Mirror]]|accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref> He helped many Muslim women who were victimised to get justice. He campaigned for encouraging Muslims in acquiring education in the State language rather than Urdu, their mother tongue. He also tried to make adoption an acceptable practice in the Indian Muslim community.<br />
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He also established the Muslim Secular Society. He organised many public meetings, gatherings, conventions and conferences to campaign for better social practices. He was also a great Marathi litterateur. He wrote Indhan (Fuel) - a novel, Laat (Wave) - a collection of short stories and Muslim Politics in Secular India - a thought provoking book. He used the medium of his writing for social reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/LsHfiKKArFEALIqF2HKBgP/Hamid-Dalwai-the-man-who-led-triple-talaq-stir-in-1967.html|title=Hamid Dalwai, the man who led triple talaq stir in 1967|author1=Abhiram Ghadyalpatil|author2=Shreya Agarwal|date=24 August 2017|accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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An unprecedented event in his social work was the Muslim women’s march that he organised on the Mantralaya (the administrative headquarters of Maharashtra in South Mumbai, built in 1955) to fight for their rights. Hamid Dalwai dealt with opposition with tremendous equanimity and worked towards social reform without getting discouraged at the slow rate of success. It is because of these traits that the great Marathi genius P. L. Aka PuLa Deshpande described him as a great social reformer and put him in the same bracket as the great Indian leaders Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Ambedkar.<br />
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He died of progressive [[kidney failure]] on 3 May 1977, at the age of 44.<ref name="ind"/><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Dalwai worked as a journalist. His works include ''Lat'' (The Wave) and ''Indhan'' (Fuel) in Marathi, and ''Muslim Politics In Secular India'' in English, ''Islamche Bhartiya Chitra'' (Islam's Indian story) in Marathi, ''Rashtriya Ekatmata aani Bhartiya Musalman'' (National Unity and Indian Muslim) in Marathi.He also has written a short story namely "10 rupayachi goshta" which was later published in "Dhanurdhara" magazine.<br />
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==Family==<br />
Dalwai's brother [[Husain Dalwai]] is a Congress leader in Maharashtra. He is currently a member of Parliament upper house - Rajya Sabha. He also served as a Congress spokesperson in Maharashtra.<br />
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==Works==<br />
*''Muslim politics in India''. Nachiketa Publications, 1969<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
In 2017 a documentary about Hamid Dalwai was made by actress [[Jyoti Subhash]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/discovering-hamidness/articleshow/61704996.cms|date=19 November 2017|title=Discovering ‘Hamidness’|author=Vinutha Mallya|work=Pune Mirror|accessdate=15 November 2018|via=Times of India}}</ref><br />
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