Faridul Haq Ansari
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Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (cousin) Hamid Ansari Mukhtar Ansari
Faridul Haq Ansari | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1958 – 2 April 1964 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1964 – 4 April 1966 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1895 |
| Died | 4 April 1966 (aged 70) New Delhi |
| Relations | Nezamul Haq Ansari (father) Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (cousin) Hamid Ansari Mukhtar Ansari |
| Children | Zaheer Ul Haq Ansari |
| Education | St. Stephen's College, Delhi, University of Oxford, England |
| Occupation | Barrister, politician |
Faridul Haq Ansari (Urdu:فرید الحق انصاری)(1 July 1895 – 4 April 1966), popularly known as Farid Ansari, was a lawyer and politician who actively participated in Indian independence movement. He was a prominent socialist leader who got special mention in Jayprakash Narayan's writings. He served two terms as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.[1]
Faridul Haq Ansari was born in 1895 in Yusufpur town of Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.[2] His father Nezamul Haq Ansari was a zamindar. Faridul Haq Ansari was a descendant of an illustrious family of Ansari sheikhs who settled in south asia in 1526, he traced his lineage to the sufi saint of Herat Abdullah Ansari.[3] Faridul Haq got his education at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Aligarh Muslim University and Oxford University. After returning to India he started practicing as lawyer at Delhi High Court in 1925. He joined Indian National Congress in 1927 and served as the Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. He was cousin of former president of Indian National Congress Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari.
