Obaidullah Khan Azmi

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|3|11|df=y}}[http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx WebPage of Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi Former Member Of Parliament (RAJYA SABHA)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529070559/http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx |date=29 May 2011 }} Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan

| birth_place = Khalispur, United Provinces, India

| residence = Village: Khalispur, District: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

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| office1 = Member of Rajya Sabha

| term1 = 1990–2008

| constituency1 = Madhya Pradesh

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| party = Janata Dal (Secular)
{{small|(2023-present)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/ex-mp-obaidullah-khan-azmi-to-join-jds-1199905.html |title=Ex-MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi to join JD(S) |date=2023-03-13 |website=deccanherald.com |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506101955/https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/ex-mp-obaidullah-khan-azmi-to-join-jds-1199905.html |url-status=live }}

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| profession = Politician

| spouse = Syeda Razia Obaid Khan

| children = Three sons and five daughters

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| otherparty = * Janata Dal

• Indian National Congress
• Samajwadi Party
  {{small|(till 2010)}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/One-more-SP-leader-quits/article16836975.ece | title=One more SP leader quits | date=11 January 2010 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Gargi | last=Parsai | accessdate=10 March 2019 | archive-date=25 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125122416/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/One-more-SP-leader-quits/article16836975.ece | url-status=live }}
• Nationalist Congress Party
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Obaidullah Khan Azmi is an Indian Politician and Islamic scholar, belonging to the Sunni strand of Islam.{{Cite news |date=2016-10-16 |title=Islamic scholar Azmi joins Cong. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/Islamic-scholar-Azmi-joins-Cong./article16073236.ece |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} He joined Janata Dal (Secular) on 13 March 2023.{{Cite web |last=Shifa |date=2023-03-15 |title=Senior politician Ubaidullah Khan Azmi joins JDS |url=https://thehindustangazette.com/politics/senior-politician-obaidullah-khan-azmi-joins-jds-12938 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=The Hindustan Gazette |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-14 |title=ದೇವೇಗೌಡ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬೈದುಲ್ಲಾ ಖಾನ್ ಅಜ್ಮಿ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ.. |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/kannada/karnataka/state/bangaluru-urban/obaidullah-khan-azmi-joined-jds-in-the-presence-of-deve-gowda/ka20230314200537122122062 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=ETV Bharat |language=kn}}[http://www.siasat.com/photos/obaidullah-khan-azmi-joins-ncp Obaidullah Khan Azmi joins NCP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120407/http://www.siasat.com/photos/obaidullah-khan-azmi-joins-ncp |date=2 April 2015 }} www.thefirstmail.in{{cite web |url=http://www.thefirstmail.in/news/news-details/30715-azmi_maulana_obaidullah_khan_joins_ncp#sthash.tPrNNR94.dpbs |title=The First Mail | Azmi Maulana Obaidullah Khan Joins NCP |publisher=thefirstmail.in |accessdate=2015-07-28 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225214932/https://marketcheetah.com/pages/detail.php?catname=30715-azmi_maulana_obaidullah_khan_joins_ncp#sthash.tPrNNR94.dpbs |url-status=dead }} He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from 1990 to 2008. He represented Uttar Pradesh during 1990-96 and from Jharkhand during 1996–2002 from Janata Dal party. During 1992–1996, he was General Secretary of Janata Dal and later became its Senior Vice-President.[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/a.pdf Brief Bio-Data 1952-2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233116/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/a.pdf |date=30 March 2019 }} http://rajyasabha.nic.in {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621155536/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/faq/freaq.htm |date=21 June 2009 }} From 2002 to 2008 he represented Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress.[http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/mpterms.aspx List of Former Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926061533/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/mpterms.aspx |date=26 September 2015 }} rajyasabha.nic.in{{cite web |url=http://mplads.nic.in/rshtml/rsanst12.htm |title=Madhya pradesh(Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 23/07/2015 | DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER MPLADS |publisher=mplads.nic.in |accessdate=2015-07-28 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225214938/https://mplads.nic.in/rshtml/rsanst12.htm |url-status=dead }}[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/bulletin2/01/010101.html General information relating to Parliamentary and other matters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064444/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/bulletin2/01/010101.html |date=24 September 2015 }} parliamentofindia.nic.in | Monday, 1 January 2001{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxWLN2JXZtkC&pg=PA53 | title=Indian Affairs Annual | author=Gaur, Mahendra | year=2005 | pages=53 | publisher=Gyan Publishing House | isbn=9788178354347}}{{Cite book |last1=Sisodia |first1=Yatindra Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvgMEQAAQBAJ&dq=obaidullah+azmi&pg=PT80 |title=Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in India |last2=Chattopadhyay |first2=Pratip |date=2024-08-07 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-040-10120-9 |language=en}}

He is the founder member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) since 1973 and later went against it to form All-India Muslim Personal Law Conference (AIMPLC) with Arshadul Qadri in 1986 but the newly formed organization didn't work and later became a board member of AIMPLB.{{Cite news |date=2004-12-18 |title=AIMPLB members assail Barelvis |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/aimplb-members-assail-barelvis/articleshow/963078.cms |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |last=Rizvi |first=Syed Haider Abbas |title=New challenges face AIMPLB |url=https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/16-31Jan05-Print-Edition/163101200502.htm |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.milligazette.com}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHYMAQAAMAAJ&q=obaidullah%20azmi%20barelvi |title=Muslim India |date=2007 |publisher=Muslim India |pages=23 |language=en}}

He was known as a great speaker of his time.{{Cite book |last=Alam |first=Arshad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOYJEAAAQBAJ&dq=obaidullah+azmi&pg=PT78 |title=Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India |date=2020-11-29 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-08366-8 |language=en}}