- Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha
Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (
Pithapuram ,1885-02-28 -Narsapur ,1945-01-23 ) was the sixth "Peethadhipathi" ofSri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham inPithapuram ,India . He succeeded his father Mohiddin Badusha I.Infobox Person
name =Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha
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caption = 6th Peethadhipathi ofSri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham
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birth_date = birth date|1885|02|28
birth_place =Pithapuram
death_date = death date|1945|02|23
death_place =Narsapur
death_cause = Cerebral Hemorrhage
resting_place = Old Ashram ofSri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham
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residence = Umar Alisha Nilayam
nationality = Indian,
other_names = Umar Aly Sahab
known_for = Telugu Poetry, Author of more than 50 books
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title = Moulvi, Pandit,Doctor Literarum
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predecessor =Mohiddin Badsha I
successor = Hussain Sha
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spouse = Akbar Bibi
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children = Hussain Sha
parents = Mohiddin Badsha I, Chand Bi
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website = [http://www.sriviswaviznanspiritual.org www.sriviswaviznanspiritual.org]
footnotes = He is a Poet ,Freedom Fighter, and a social Reformer.He has Participated in the Khilafat andIndian Freedom Movement .Positions Held
1) Peethadhipathi-
Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham – 1928- 19452) Member -
Indian National Congress : 1916-19303) National Secretary -
Khilafat Movement -19244) Vice President, Secretary –
Muslim League ,Madras Branch5) Member of the National Legislative Assembly [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] (Parliament) - North Madras constituency: 1936-19456) Member – Education Committee -
Banaras Hindu University 7) Member –
Muslim Board of Studies forTelugu –Andhra University - 1933Role In Khilafat Movement [The Hindu Dated 2000-10-14 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/14/stories/2002101401180300.htm Available Online] ]
Dr Umar Alisha has Actively participated in the
Khilafat Movement of those days. A unique battle against the British rulers was waged withGandhi caps in the early 1920s by the students of the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medical School, which later became theAndhra Medical College . It all started on1921-09-19 , when one of the students, impelled by patriotic fervour, came to the classroom sporting thekhadi cap.He was incensed like his compatriots of those days over the arrest of the freedom-fighter
Maulana Mohammad Ali at theWaltair (nowVisakhapatnam ) railway station on1921 -09-14 . Mohammed Ali, one of the famed Ali Brothers (the other was Maulana Shaukat Ali), was proceeding toMadras , along withMahatma Gandhi , travelling by the Howrah-Madras Mail. Both the leaders alighted at the station, packed with a lot of people and also policemen. As soon as Mohammed Ali got down from the train, a shivering Superintendent ofPolice served the arrest warrant on Ali and whisked him away to the Central Jail.Gandhiji addressed the gathering and continued his journey toMadras .While in the jail, Ali was visited by local Congress leaders like P.C. Venkatapathi Raju and Vasantarao Butchisundara Rao. In the evening that day a public meeting was held on the beach where loads of foreign clothes were burnt. Umar Alisha, a Telugu poet, made a fiery speech against the arrest of the
Khilafat movement leader. On the morning of1921 -09-17 , Ali was taken to theWaltair station from the jail withpolice escort for being sent toKarachi . People in large numbers cheered Ali all along the route from the jail to the station.Titles Awarded
He Was Awarded with the Following Tiltes.
1) “Moulvi” by
Aligarh Muslim University . 2) “Pandit” by AllIndia orientalconference and declared on this occasion that : FirstMuslim Telugu Poet inAndhra Pradesh to have learnedSanskrit , Persian,Arabic , English”- 19243) Awarded and Honored by of
Aryan University ofFrance .4) “Doctor Literarum” [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] at en.wikipedia.org] ( Doctor of Literature) by International Academy of America - 1936He has written more than 50 books in
Telugu which reflects his ideas relating to Patriotism, women education, women freedom, untouchability, Dowry system, Spiritual philosophy etcAuthor of
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