Ch. Rashid Azam Inqlabi
The person who has advocated for the education of down trodden and poor. The person who was of the opinion that without education one cannot achieve his goal of life and prosperity. Further, he has advocated for brother hood of mankind, secularism, democracy. The then Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Jnab Bakshi Gulam Mohammed announced the mandate of Rajouri and Derhal assembly constituency in favour of person of his choice ignoring the majority Gujjar community. A tall and well-educated person stood up and raised the Slogan ” Rai Amma Ka Ahtram Karoo” in public against the decision of distribution of mandate in dictator way.
Comrade Gulam Qader of Thanamandi also stood up and sported the young man. This slogan was became so popular that in all the meetings addressed by Prime Minister Bakshi Gulam Mohd at Budhal, Derhal, Mandher and Poonch people raised the slogan ” Rai Amma Ka Ahtram Karoo”. This young person was known as Faiz Hussain Inqlab.
Faiz Hussain Inqlab was born in the Gujjar family of Mian Habib Dehydar somewhere in the first decade of the 20th century in the village of Panhid, District Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir State. His date of birth reportedly is 1915. Initially, he got his education at home from his father Mian Habib Sahib who is among 35 Khlifa of Baba ji Sahib Larvi(RA).
Thereafter, Inqlab left for Punjab being the center of education of that time, Faiz Hussain Inqlab was eldest son of Mian Habib , the other brothers and sister are Abdul Haq ( Who died in teenaged), Mohammed Jamil, Ruqia begum and Fatima.
Mohd Jamil is survived by former registrar of BGSB University Prof Mohd Rashid . Ruqia Bugum married to Satter Din of Sialsui and Fatima Begum to the Molvi Lal Din of Rajpur Kamila in Tehsil Nowshera, Rajouri .
In Panjab he met Dr.Allama Iqbal(RA) popularly known as Shair-e – Mashrik. The Faiz Hussain Inqlab traveled in his childhood throughout India and observed that nation was not only facing starvation , the barriers of slavery, but also the pinch of illiteracy, landlords, and black marketing, sood khori. Mian Nizam ud Din , Ch.Gulam Hussain lassanvi, Ch.Devan Ali and Maulana Mehar Din Qamer were the prominent Gujjar leaders who were putting up their efforts for bringing Gujjar Community out from the barrier of slavery.
The youth of Gujjar community like, Faiz Hussain Inqlab, Rana Fazzal Hussain & Ch. Wazir Mohd Haqla, Ch. Maqbool of Rajouri also played a vital role for the education and creating awareness among the masses. The personality of Inqlab sahib reveals that he was a great intellectual, educationist, social reformer and a competent man of principles.
The circumstantial situation compelled Inqlab to be vigilant in all respects, otherwise, if circumstances would have favored him in any of the fields of politics, education, literature, social service, struggle for freedom, etc. he would have proved himself to be the most successful person in the community.
On the contrary, he excelled in his contemporaries. This way he played his role in performing his social responsibilities. The analysis of his life career reveals that he shared his struggle for freedom. Many a time, he was seen in the company of Sir, Dr. Alama Iqbal and Maulana Ab-ul-Kalam-Azad with the interior to gain knowledge and experience during the time of struggle for freedom. Later Faiz Hussain Inqlab was detained in Kolkata and put in Meerut Jail along with Maulana Azad where his thoughts and standard of confidence were strengthened.
Regarding his urge for knowledge of poetry, he used to visit Sir, Alama Iqbal who had already been imprisoned. He was a fan of Alama Iqbal and came back after seeking an interpretation of the verse “para hai charkha neli fam s manzil musliman ki”.
During the Second World War, he along with the British Army was imprisoned by the Japanese and after facing all the treatment of battle prisoners, they were dropped at Karachi airport where he got the opportunity to visit the grave of Alama Iqbal in Lahore. He also used the stage of the communist party to raise slogans in favor of a miserable community. He also wrote prose viz a viz poetry would that had written his literature. He might have done excellently. Despite that fact, whatever his stanza of inscriptions is available reveals that he felt pain for the Gujjar community. There are only two popular books published so far out of all the inscriptions.
The books are ” Maa aur Mitti” & “Dastan e Razia Beti”, There are other publications shown by his counterpart late Sh. Sarwari Kasana in publications like “Nawa-a-Qoom & the Gujjar Desh”. Though he has the best contribution in Gojri yet late Sarwari Kassana has highlighted his contribution.
HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
CONTRIBUTION:
Once Maulana Azad suffered from fever, he was unconscious in Kolkata jail: (Faiz Hussain Inqilab) pressed his head and feet. Thereafter, they were shifted by rail from Kolkata jail to Meerut Jail but in the meantime, Inqlab fell ill and got unconscious due to high temperature.
The moment he gain consciousness he saw that Maulana was pressing his feet in response to the exercise he did and Inqilab requested him (Maulana Azad) not to plunge into sins. But, Maulana Azad replied that he was responding to his goodness which I had rendered on him.
During the disturbance of 1947 Inqilab left for Pakistan, but soon after the patriotic affection and love for his birth place compelled him to return to Rajouri in 1954 like Late Jb. Lassanvi Sahib.
Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir once want to sunab Inqlab sahib by asking Kab Ayea Ho ( means from Pakistan) but Inqlab Sahib replied ” Ek Daffa 47 Mian Aya Tha Dobarra Aney Walla Hun” Bakshi sb was impressed by hearing the reply from Inqlab sahib” once in 1947 and Now coming back again”.
Bakshi sahib became so fan of him that Bakshi sahib appointed Inqlab sahib as social welfare officer, then and there. He got wedded to Rashim Bi in his village, but remained deprived of issues.
He left behind an adopted Daughter Razia Sultana that is why he kept the title of his book in the name of his adopted daughter “Dastan e Razia Beti”. Faiz Husain Inqlab was trying his best to awaken and educate the Gujjar Community particularly youth. Inqlab became so famous among the youth of Jammu and Kashmir , the educated youth fell privileged to write Inqlab or inqlabi with their name , Such as Gulam Hassan Inqlabi of Kupwara , Azam Inqlabi of Balakote, Mushtaq Inqlabi a BJP young leader from Rajouri, Farooq Inqlabi of Kotranka, late Faiz Hussain Inqlab of Mangota Thanamandi, Mohd Khaliq Inqlabi, former Sarpanch of Kotdhara , Bsharat Hussain Inqlabi senior KAS officer .
Inqlab breathed his last on 12th January 1975 and was buried in his native village Panihad, Rajouri. His untimely death deprived the community of pondering over contemporary thought.
However, Rana Fazal Hussain the Baba-a-Gojari has expressed his grief and wrote bait in memory of Inqilab Sahib:
(FAIZ HUSSAIN REY TERI YAAD AWEY KHOO KHASLAT TERI YARRA PHULTI NHI).
The Jammu and Kashmir Cultural Academy also published a Book ” Gojri Ga Lal” in memory of Faiz Hussain Inqilab Ex-cabinet Minister, former member of Parliament Ch. Talib Hussain , Hassan Din Parwaz renowned Gojri writer, Prof. Mirza Khan Waqar , Late Ch. Yaqoob Bhati renowned Gurjar leader, Late Ch. Gulzar Ahmed Khatana former MLC, DR. Rafiq Anjum, Ch. Anwar Hussain, Ch Youns Rabbani ,Late Manzoor Hussain Gulshan also pen down article on CH Fiaz Hussain Inqlabi.
The best way to pay the homage to Inqlab sahib is that we should work for the upliftment of poor, down trodden and people living in far-flung area.
(The author is former KAS officer)