Maulana Hasrat Mohani was an important member of the Constituent Assembly. But when the constitution was ready, he refused to sign the draft even at the behest of Nehru, Patel and Rajendra Prasad.
Maulana Hasrat Mohani
An important date in the history of independent India is 26 November 1949. That day is considered special for the Constituent Assembly. The constitution was formally approved on that day. The constitution was prepared after two years, 11 months and 18 days of hard work.
All the members of the Constituent Assembly were to sign the original copy of the Constitution. After partition, the members of the Muslim League ceased to be members of the Sabha. Therefore, at this time the number of members of the Constituent Assembly decreased to 299.
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Hasrat Mohani did not sign
When the Constituent Assembly was formed in August 1946, it had 389 members. Later on, in the last meeting of the Constituent Assembly in November 1949, only 285 members out of 299 were present. 14 members could not attend the meeting.
Members started signing during the proceedings in the House. The first signature was done by Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The second number was signed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and after that all the members signed one by one. But when the signatures were counted, it was found that one member was less. A lot of requests were made to that member but he remained adamant.
Didn’t even listen to Nehru and Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel also asked him to sign, but he refused. This person was – Maulana Hasrat Mohani. He was a famous poet of Urdu.
Hasrat Mohani became a member of the Congress in 1904 itself. Took part in all the movements. Later he was also called the main leader.
Hasrat Mohani was related to Unnao in UP. He was born on 1 January 1875. His real name was Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan. He was a poet, so he kept it as Hasrat Takhallus and added the name of his town Mohani to it.
objected to the constitution
Mohani had objections to many provisions of the constitution. He believed that true democracy would not be able to come in this country. In his opinion, there was at least the talk of the rights of the poor and weaker sections of the people in the constitution.
He shouted in anger-This freedom is false, the people of the country are hungry, it’s said Inquilab Zindabad The slogan was also written by Maulana Hasrat Mohani. Which was elevated by revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
Political life of Maulana Hasrat Mohani Khilafat movement started from. Maulana Hasrat Mohani was also among those who opposed Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir in the Constituent Assembly.
Maulana Hasrat Mohani was close to Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was also a devotee of Shri Krishna. He has done many poetry on Lord Krishna.
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