Asad Madni


As’ad Madani was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar and a politician. He was the President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind religious party and a member of the executive body of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh for three terms as a member of the Indian National Congress

Early life and education

Asad Madni was born in 1928 to Hussain Ahmad Madni. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband.

Career

In 1960, he was appointed as the president of the Uttar Pradesh circle of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and on 9 August 1963, he was appointed as the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He became the president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on 11 August 1973.
He was president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for 32 years. He was a member of the upper house of the Indian parliament from 1968 to 1974, 1980 to 1986 and 1988 to 1994.

Death and legacy

On 6 February 2006, Madani died in Delhi, India.
He is survived by his son Mahmood Madani who is General secretary of one faction of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.
An international seminar was organized in his memory in New Delhi on 23 and 24 April 2007. Madani's parliamentary speeches were released by the former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in the same seminar.