Later, as journalist he brought out two magazines ‘Al-Hilal’ and ‘Al Balah’ which soon became so popular that the British Government out of fear closed both the publications and externing him from Calcutta, kept him under house arrest in Ranchi.
After 4 years in 1920, he being set free, met Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi for the first time and soon became his close confident. He served jail terms many times while fighting for Indian Freedom. Impressed deeply by his personality JawaharLal Nehru started treating him as his elder brother. At the age of 35 years in 1923, he became youngest congress president. During the long jail terms of Mr Gandhi, the Congress broke into two groups but Maulana Azad brought back again into one fold.
As Education Minister in free India, he revolutionised the education system by introducing science and technology and levelling India to the parallel of western countries. He fought valiantly devoting his whole life for the Hindu-Muslim unity. How? For answer visit the silver screen.]]>
