Syed Ahmad Hashmi

Syed Ahmad Hashmi (17 January 1932 - 4 November 2001) was an Indian Muslim scholar and politician who served as the seventh general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and the chairman of Passenger Amenities Committee. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh for two terms.

Biography Syed Ahmad Hashmi was born on 17 January 1932 in Darbhanga at the house of his maternal grandfather. He was brought up by his brother Syed Muhammad Hashmi, who enrolled him at the Madrasa Dīniya in Ghazipur, where he received his primary education, where he received his primary education from 1940 to 1948. He received his higher education at the Madrasa 'Aliya in Kolkata between 1948 and 1954, and graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1955. He was appointed the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board in 1977 and served as the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind from 1973 to 1980. Later in his life, he dissociated from the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and formed Milli Jamiat Ulama, existence of which remained limited to the paper only.

Hashmi died on 4 November 2001 in Delhi. His funeral prayer was led by Abdul Ghafar, the then senior hadith professor of Madrasa Alia, Fatehpuri.