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Justice Ismail – Indian citizen, Pakistan high commissioner in Delhi

Gorakhpur,  UTTAR PRADESH :

Justice Mohammad Ismail
Justice Mohammad Ismail

An old, white building located in Unchwa area and a road named after him are just a few markers left to remind posterity of justice Mohammad Ismail, who agreed to serve as Pakistan’s first high commissioner in India but on the condition that he would discharge his duties as an Indian citizen.

Pakistan PM Liaquat Ali Khan insisted that justice Ismail serve as high commissioner but the offer was only accepted when Indian PM Jawahar Lal Nehru and his Pakistan counterpart agreed to accept the condition, which showed the immense love of justice Ismail towards his country.

Born in Gorakhpur in 1844, justice Ismail, also held several eminent posts including Chairman of Gorakhpur Municipal Board between 1915 to 1932, besides acting as government pleader.

“Yes, justice Ismail was the first High commissioner of Pakistan in India. Those days, instead of embassies there were offices of the high commissioner in all Commonwealth countries,” explained DDU Gorakhpur University Modern History professor Chandra Bhushan Ankur.

The road named after justice Ismail
The road named after justice Ismail

Justice Ismail’s nephew and city-based physician, Aziz, who has preserved rare photographs of justice Ismail with dignitaries including Nehru, Sarojni Naidu, and others, said “Since Ismail was well known to leaders of both countries, the Pakistan government approached him to take charge as Pakistan’s high commissioner in Delhi. Considering the prevailing situation in the subcontinent after partition, he agreed to function as their high commissioner on condition that he shall not relinquish his Indian citizenship and the proposal was accepted by both countries and he remained the sole example in international diplomatic history to have acted as High commissioner of one country while being the citizen of another.

“It’s important to note that after his tenure came to end, Pakistan further proposed his name as its representative in the United Nations but justice Ismail declined the offer as it would again require him accept Pakistani citizenship, which he didn’t like. He loved his motherland so he declined the offer and came back to Gorakhpur in 1953. He died in Unnao and was buried in Gorakhpur.”

Justice Imail , Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru and Pakistan PM Liaquat Ali Khan
Justice Imail , Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru and Pakistan PM Liaquat Ali Khan

Aziz further said: “It was then during this period that Ismail managed the affairs of refugees for the safe passage and was instrumental in bringing together the PMs of both countries to pen the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, a bilateral treaty which allowed refugees to return and dispose of their property, abducted women and looted property to be returned and most importantly guaranteeing the rights of minorities.

In 1922, during the freedom movement, when Nehru was arrested from Gorakhpur, justice Ismail as government prosecutor politely refused to pursue the case against the latter, citing his close relationship with the Nehru family. Years later, when Nehru Became PM, he proposed to name Lal Diggi Park after justice Ismail but that couldn’t happen.

Justice Ismail completed his graduation from Anglo Oriental College, which later become Aligarh Muslim University, before moving to England to earn a degree of Barrister from Lincoln’s Inc. On returning to India around 1915, he started practising in court and later rose to become government advocate in the Allahabad high court and then acted as Chief Judge in central India with headquarters in Raigarh.

source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / HindustanTimes / Home> India> Cities / by Abdul Jadid / August 14th, 2019

TS First Muslim woman IAS Selectee Zeba Felicitated

Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

Madina Education and Welfare Society presents a cheque for Rs 1 lakh to the selectee
Madina Education and Welfare Society presents a cheque for Rs 1 lakh to the selectee

Nampally:

The first woman Muslim candidate in the State of Telangana, Jameel Fatima Zeba who made it to the Civil Services (IAS selectee) was felicitated by Madina Education and Welfare Society on Tuesday.

Mohammed Ali Shabbir, the leader of opposition in the Legislative Council was the chief guest on the occasion.

While congratulating her, Shabbir said that Zeba should be a role model for all Telangana girls to excel in studies, competitive exams and bag prestigious positions in bureaucracy.

“Every student should set a target and have a vision and commitment to achieve it,” he said.

Emphasising on the efforts made by his party with regard to education and employment, he recalled that the then Congress government had successfully implemented the 4% reservation for the Muslim Minorities under BC-E category.

“Till date about 30 lakh youth from the community had derived benefits in education and employment in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.  They included doctors, engineers and other professionals,” he added.

Later, the Cong leader presented the cheque of Rs 1 lakh to Zeba, on behalf of Madina Education and Welfare Society, as part of its support programme to candidates who make it the Civil Services by the society each year.

Zeba gave motivational speech to youngsters and shared her experience in achieving her goal, with a clear vision, dedication and hard work.

K M Arifuddin, secretary of the society, Justice Mohammed Ismail, Prof Ahmedullah Khan, Professor of  Law College and Ghulam Yazdani senior advocate also spoke on the occasion.