Abdullah Haroon
| Abdullah Haroon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Abdullah Haroon (Urdu: عبداللہ ہارون) 1872 Karachi, British India |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Karachi, British India |
| Nationality | British India |
| Ethnicity | Kutchi |
| Known for | politics, philanthropy |
Sir Abdullah Haroon (1872–1942) (Urdu: عبداللہ ہارون) was a British Indian politician who contributed towards the role of Muslims in economic, educational, social and political fields in South Asia.
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Biography
Haroon was a member of the Karachi Municipality from May 1913 to September 1916. He presided over the seventh Sindh Provincial Conference (1920) and remained the President of the Sindh Provincial Muslim League from 1920 to 1930.[citation needed]
In 1917 he joined the Congress and participated in the civil disobedience and Khilafat Movement. From 1919 to 1923, he was President of the Sindh provincial Khilafat Committee and he served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Hilal-e-Ahmar Sindh Society from 8 October 1911.[citation needed]
In 1920, Haroon started publishing Al Waheed, a newspaper promoting ideas of independence.[citation needed] The following year he encouraged Muhammad Wafai to publish Tawhid, a monthly journal which started a campaign against Syedism, Pirism and Mullaism and continued for next thirty years.[citation needed]
Haroon joined the Muslim League in 1918 and was elected the President of the Sindh Provincial Muslim League in 1920.[citation needed]
In 1921 he played host to Bi Amman, the mother of the Ali brothers, while they were being tried in Khaliq Deena Hall, Karachi.[citation needed]
Two years later he became a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly. He demanded a separate provincial status for Sindh in the Muslim Conference at Aligarh (1925) and in the Leaders' Conference at Delhi (1926).[citation needed]
Between 1926 and 1942 he was elected thrice to the membership of the Central Legislative Assembly, gaining the second highest number of votes in all of Sindh, the highest number of votes being secured by Wahid Baksh Bhutto.[citation needed]
Haroon was president of the Khilafat Committee for 1927–28 and attended the 1928 All Parties Conference as a member.[citation needed]
In 1930, he attended the All-India Muslim Conference.[citation needed] In 1930 he formed the Sind United Party on the pattern of the Unionist Party (Punjab) but his party could not win the 1936 elections; it succeeded, however, in 1938. He was knighted in the 1937 Coronation Honours list.[1] In 1938 he organized the Muslim League in Sindh.[citation needed]
He piloted the independence of Pakistan resolution in the Sindh Provincial Muslim League Conference in October 1938 under the presidency of the Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.[2] He also endorsed the 'Pakistan Resolution' on behalf of all Muslims of Sindh at the historic 27th Session of the Muslim League at Lahore on 23 March 1940.[3]
He donated ten thousand rupees to the League at Allahabad in 1942. He was active in social welfare projects throughout his life.[2]
Death
Abdullah Haroon died on 27 April 1942 in Karachi, Sindh. He was buried in mehwashah graveyard.[citation needed]
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