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| Office | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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| Predecessor | Established |
| Successor | Abdulkadar Ibrahim Chorwadwala
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| Constituency | Umarkhadi, Maharashtra |
| Born | 1933-8-15 |
| Born | Bombay (British India) |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Mumbai
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| Political party | Indian Union Muslim League |
| Spouse | Ayesha Banatwalla
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| Alma mater | * Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay
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| Occupation | * Social worker
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Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla (15 August 1933 – 25 June 2008), also spelled as Banatwala, was an Indian politician and social worker from Mumbai.[1][2] Banatwalla, a "firebrand orator" and intellectual, was regarded as the pan-India face of the Indian Muslim community.[3][4]
Banatwalla was born in Bombay, in then-British India, to Haji Noor Mohamed and Ayesha in a Cutchi Memon family.[1] He studied at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and S.T. College, Bombay.[1] He married Ayesha in February 1960.[1]
He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1967 (Umarkhadi, Bombay).[1] He later served seven terms in the Loksabha, from Ponnani in Kerala, between 1977 – 1989 and 1996 – 2004.[1][5] He also served as the national president of Indian Union Muslim League from 1993 to 2008.[1] He was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.[1]
Banatwalla never spoke Malayalam and addressed the people of Kerala in English.[3][6] Banatwalla, aged 74, died on 25 June 2008. He had no children.[2][3]
Books by G. M. Banatwala
- Religion and Politics in India
- Muslim League
- Azadi Ke Bad (in Urdu)
Banatwala also contributed numerous articles in various journals both in English and Urdu.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Banatwalla, Gulam Mehmood (Member BioProfile). LokSabha (Official Website).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 G. M. Banatwala: Indian Muslim Leader. The Times(22 July 2008).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Muslim League Chief Banatwala Dies. The Times of India(26 Jun 2008).
- ↑ IUML Leader Banatwala Dead. Arab News(26 June 2008).
- ↑ A Glimmer of Hope for LDF to Breach IUML Fort Ponnani, Kurudath, Anil. Malayala Manorama (English)(1 April 2019).
- ↑ G. M. Banatwala, Kutty, K. Govindan. India Today(23 Feb 1998).
- ↑ Members : Lok Sabha. 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
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