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Jun 7, 2020 • 13 tweets • 12 min read
Today is 106th Birth Anniversary of Legendary Writer and Film maker : Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
(7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) popularly known as K. A. Abbas
He was an award winning Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages.
K A Abbas made important Hindi films such as Saat Hindustani (1969) & Do Boond Pani (1972),
both of which won the National Film Award for Film on National Integration,Palme d'Ornominated (Cannes Film Festival)
Pardesi(1957)& Shehar Aur Sapna (1963),which won the National Awards
May 6, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892 –1977 Barabanki) was an Indian Muslim scholar who
was actively associated with the Khilafat Movement;Royal Asiatic Society London;
Aligarh Muslim University,Nadwatul Ulema;Shibli Academy & several other leading Islamic & literary organisations
Abdul Majid Dariyabadi was born in Daryabad, Barabanki district of UP in the Qidwai family.
His grandfather Mufti Mazhar Kareem was sentenced to the Andaman Islands for signing a fatwa against the British Raj
Pic : Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi Urdu Library, Begumganj, Barabanki