Freedom Struggle

Moradabad district has played an improtant role in India's freedom sturggle. Moradabad has the credit for giving the final shape to Mahatma Gandhi's Non - Cooperation Movement. This land has produced several brave soldiers of freedom struggle and the prominent amongst them are Amba Prasad, Prof. Ram Saran, Maulana Mohd. Ali, Maulavi Abdul Salam, Dau Dayal Khanna and Pandit Shankar Dutt, etc. Amba Prasad spent his whole life in freedom struggle and was jailed for about a year and a half in 1897.Prof. Ram Saran Known as Gandhi of MORADABAD district was born in 1894 in a middle class family. He was the first person of Moradabad who left this vakalat during Non-Cooperation Movement. In 1923, he became a Professor of Economics in Kashi Vidyapeeth. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamla Pati Tripathi, and T N singh were his main students. Maulana Mohd. Ali was a great man born in Moradabad whose fame crossed international borders and he was a complete patriot. He had the privilege of presiding over an open connvention of Indian National Congress and sacrified his life for country's independence. Maulana Mohd. Ali started Khilafat movement aginst the British in 1918. This movement was so popular that every body became familiar with Maulana's name. Maulavi Abdul Salam was a frontline patriot of Moradabad district born on 22nd Sept. 1888. His whole life was devoted to Congress. All important national leaders used to stay at his residence Darul Salam to prepare line sketch of different movements. Despile being a Zamindar, he always favoured landless and small farmers. He was a strong supporter of Hindu Muslim unity. The credit for revolutionery events which took place in Moradabad district goes to Dau Dayal Khanna born on 19 Nov.1910. He left his studies in 18 years of age to participate in the freedom movement and established Moradabad Youth League.Other prominent freedom fighter from Moradabad include Pandit Shanker Dutt Sharma, Banwari Lala Rahbar, Zafar Hasan, Wasti Vakil, Lala Bhaqwat Saran, Dr. Narottam Saran, etc.