Party Name : Indian Union Muslim League
Constituency : Malappuram
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri M.P. Abdul Hameed Haidari
Mother's Name : Smt. Ottakath Zainab
Date of birth : 01 Jan 1959
Profession : Educationist Writer,Professor,Journalist
Positions held :
1991-1994 Member, Zila Parishad1994-2006 Member, Rajya Sabha (Two Terms)2011-2016 Member, Kerala Legislative AssemblyMay 2021 Elected to Lok Sabha in a bye-election
More Information :
Books Published
(i)“Bharatiya Gitam” (Malayalam with Foreword by Dr. Sukumar Azhikode); (ii) “Chandrodayam” (Collection of Articles in malyalam); (iii) “Urdu Sahitya Manjari” (Compilation of Malayalam Articles on Urdu Poets as Editor); (iv) Translation of ‘Fuyud al-Haramain’ (Book on Sufism in Arabic) into Malayalam; (v) “Chitariya Chintakalile Ratnashatakam” (Foreworded by Jnanpith Winner Shri M.T. Vasudevan Nayar
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
(i)Jnanpith S.K. Pottekkatt Award (For the Book “Bharatiya Gitam’ in 2010); (ii) K.K. Rahulan Award (2015); (iii) Babu Rajendra Prasad Award for National Integraton (2012); (iv) The Leadership Award of International Gurukula Yoga Bhavan (2008); (v) The Mumbai Art Center Award for Innovative Contribution to Education (2000); (vi) Human Fraternity Award of Trichur Dist. Souhrda Vedi (2009); (vii) Communal Harmony Award of K.A.T.F. (2011); (viii) Maulana Azad Award of KPCC Minority Dept. (2018); (ix) Secularism Award in the name of Freedom Fighter Muhammed Abdu Rahman (2015)
Social And Cultural Activities
(i) Senior Vice-President, IUML (ii) Director, Indianness Academy, Calicut; (iii) Director, Gandhian Center for Indology, Calicut; (iv) Director, Kantian Center for Philosophy, Calicut; (v) Chairman, Maulana Azad Indian Humaneness Rennaissance Foundation, Calicut; (vi) President, Anjuman Tarqi-e Urdu, Kerala Branch; (vii) Patron, Kerala Sanskrit Prachara Samiti; (viii) Chairman, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Foundation
Special Interests
(i) Philosophy: Eastern and Western especially Indian Philosophy; (ii) Indian History and Culture, Freedom Movement; (iii) North Indian and South Indian Literature and Literary Heritiage
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Ghazal, Hindustani and Carnatic Vocal
Countries Visited
(i) Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Saudi Arabia led by Shri P.A. Sangama (1996); (ii) Member, Indian Official Delegation to Egypt, Syria and Jordan led by Shri R.L. Bhatia; (iii) Member, Haj Delegation appointed by Prime Minister, Shri H.D. Deve Gowda (1997); (iv) Member, Haj Delegation appointed by Prime Minister, Shri A.B. Vajpayee (2002) Visited: Middle East Countries: like UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain also: Malaysia and Singapore
Other Information
(i) Translated the speeches of celebrated poets as well as cultural and intellectual figures from English, Urdu Padma Bhushan Bhisham Sahni, Jnanpith Winner Padma Shri Ali Sardar Jafri, Padma Shri Shamshu Rahman Faruqi, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj, Kuldip Nayar, Gulzar, Dr. Karan Singh etc.; (ii) Honoured by Zamorin P.K. Ettanunny Raja in the traditional and historical assembly `Revathi Pallathanain`; (iii) Columnist in Malayalam dailies and Periodicals
