List of Indian muslims

List of notable Muslims of independent India
Arts
*A. R. Rahman
*Salim Khan
*Abrar Alvi
*Ayesha Takia
*Mohammed Rafi
*Saroj Khan
*Farah Khan
*Salma Arastu
*M. F. Husain
*Bismillah Khan
*Ghulam Sadiq Khan
*Ali Akbar Khan, musician
*Amjad Ali Khan
*Aslam Farshori
*Begum Akhtar
*Javed Jaffrey
*Saeed Jaffery
*Jagdeep
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*Meena Kumari
*Katrina Kaif
*Madhubala
*Sajid Khan
*Ayaan Ali Khan
*Amaan Ali Khan
*Vilayat Khan
*Zakir Hussain, musician
*Iqbal Khan
*Shah Rukh Khan
*Aamir Khan
*Dilip Kumar
*Naseeruddin Shah
*Salman Khan
*Shabana Azmi
*Eijaz Khan
*Prem Nazir
*Waheeda Rahman
*Zeenat Aman
*Tabassum Hashmi/Tabu
*Farida Jalal
*Jalal Agha
*Mammooty
*Kabir Khan
*Sanjay Khan
*Feroz Khan
*Shafi Inamdar
*Talat Mahmood
*Anwar
*Kushboo
*Mohammad Aziz
*Shabbir Kumar
*Talat Aziz
*Naushad
*Salman Khan
*Ghulam Haider
*Kamal Amrohi
*Nimmi
*Nargis
*K Asif
*K A Abbas
*Sohail Khan
*Ghulam Abbas Khan
*Jyothika
*Saif Ali Khan
*Soha Ali Khan
*Fardeen Khan
*Zayed Khan
*Resul Pookutty
Sports
*Football
**Syed Nayeemuddin
*Badminton
**Syed Modi
*Field hockey
**Mohammed Shahid
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**Mohammed Riaz
**Aslam Sher Khan
**Saba Anjum Karim
*Basket ball
**Gulam Abbas Moontasir
*Tennis
**Sania Mirza
**Zeeshan Ali
**Asif Ismail
**Akhtar Ali
*Table tennis
**Mir Khasim Ali
*Volleyball
**Abdul Basith
*Shooting
**Moraad Ali Khan
*Weightlifting
**Mohammed Asdullah
*Cricket
**Nazir Ali
**Mohammad Nissar
**Gul Mohammad
**Abdul Aziz
**Nawab of Pataudi Sr.
**Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
**Abid Ali
**Ghulam Ahmed
**Syed Kirmani
**Arshad Ayub
**Ghulam Parkar
**Mushtaq Ali
**Salim Durrani
**Abbas Ali Baig
**Rashid Patel
**Mohammad Azharuddin
**Saba Karim
**Iqbal Siddiqui
**Mohammed Kaif
**Zaheer Khan
**Irfan Pathan
**Wasim Jaffer
**Munaf Patel
**Yusuf Pathan
Coaching
*Ilyas Babar
*Akhtar Ali
*Syed Naeemuddin
*Fatima Bano (Wrestling Coach)
Politics
Presidents of India
*Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
*Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
*Zakir Hussain
Vice-Presidents of India
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*Mohammad Hamid Ansari
*Muhammad Hidayatullah
Governors of the states
*Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
*Ali Yavar Jung
*Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
*Asaf Ali
*Dr.Shaukatullah Shah Ansari Orissa
* Justice Fatima Beevi
*Gulsher Ahmad
*Idris Hasan Latif,Air Chief Marshal
*Mohammad Yunus Saleem
*Mohammed Fazal
*Mohammed Usman Arif
*Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
*Sajjad Zaheer
*Saiyid Nurul Hasan
*Khurshed Alam Khan
*Sikander Bakht
*Syed Sibtey Razi
*Sadiq Ali
Ministers
*Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
*Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
* A.B.A. Gani Khan Choudhury,
* CK Jaffer Sheriff,
* Abdul Rehman Antulay,
*Asaf Ali
*Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
*Shakeelur Rehman
*Mohammed Usman Arif
*Saiyid Nurul Hasan
*Maulana Azad
*Khurshed Alam Khan
*Kamaluddin Ahmed
*Ghulam Nabi Azad
* Mohsina Kidwai
* Omar Abdullah
* Sikander Bakht
* Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
*P. M. Sayeed
*Salman Khurshid
*Rasheed Masood
*Tariq Anwar
*Arif Beg
*Captain Mohd. Ayub Khan
*Arif Mohammad Khan
*Mohammad Yunus Saleem
* Justice M.C. Chagla
* E Ahamed
*Rafique Alam, Union Minister of Health, Textiles, Petroleum in govt of India in the Rajiv Gandhi's GOM
Chief Ministers
*Abdul Rehman Antulay, Maharashtra
*Abdul Gafoor, Bihar
*Barkatullah Khan , Rajasthan
*Anowara Taimur, Assam
*C.H. Mohammed Koya, Kerala
*Ghulam Nabi Azad, J&K
*Omar Abdullah, J&K
*Syed Mir Qasim, Jammu & Kashmir
*Farooq Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir
*Sheikh Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir
*Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Jammu & Kashmir
Gulam Nabi Azad, Jammu & Kashmir
Members of Parliament
*Zafar Ali Naqvi
*Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
*Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi from Hyderabad
*Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM party
Other politicians
*Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi A great freedom fighter,patriot,nationalist leader and flag-bearer for the cause of Urdu language.Popularly known as Baba-e-Urdu-Bihar from Muzaffarpur
* Saifuddin Kitchlew, barrister and freedom fighter
*Begum Aizaz Rasul, first woman to Chair a Legislative Council, 1939
*Najma A. Heptulla, former Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha
*Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Member of Parliament Rajya-sabha and Prominent Educationist, (RAICHUR City, Karnataka)
*Ahmed Patel,leader of Indian National Congress Party
*Rafiq Zakaria,former deputy leader of Congress Party.
*Amir Haider Senior Congress leader from Barabanki (U..P)
*Syed Shahabuddin M..P Seewan, Bihar
*Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
*,former kerala PWD Minister
*E T MOHAMMED BASHEER
*Mahmood A. Madani, Member of Parliament & General Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hnd
*P M Aboobacker, Former Kerala PWD Minister and Leader of Muslim League and Indian National League.
*Akbaruddin Owaisi,MIM party, Current MLA and Floor Leader of AP Assembly
*Shaikh Shamim Ahmed Ex. MLA and Senior Congress Leader from Bombay.
Judiciary & Law
*Chief Justice of India
**Muhammad Hidayat Ullah
**Mirza Hameedullah Beg
**A. M. Ahmadi
*Attorney
**Syed Shabbar Hasan Abidi
*Judge Supreme Court of India
**Fatima Beevi
**Faizanuddin
**S.Saghir Ahmad
**S.S.M.Quadri
**V.Khalid
**Altamas Kabir
** Aftab Aalam
*Chief Justice, High Court
**Mahommed Ali Currim Chagla
**Justice Bashir Ahmad Khan
**Syed Mahmood Quadri
**Firasat Hussain
**Iftiqar Ahmed
**Badruddin Siddiqui
**Doulat Khan
*Jurists
**Tahir Mahmood, Member, Law Commission of India
Military
*Abdul Hamid
*Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah
*Idris Hasan Latif
*M. A. Zaki,Lt Gen
*Brigadier Mohammad Usman
*Rajiq Khan
*Sqn Ldr Zafar Ali Shah
*Lt Hanifudeen
Administration (Civil service)
*Zafar Saifullah
*Abid Hussain
*Wajahat Habibullah
Diplomats
*Asaf Ali
*Mohammad Yunus
*Idris Hasan Latif
Science
*A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
*Salim Ali
*Obaid Siddiqui
*Dr.Qaiser Baqri
*Dr. Husain Zaheerex DG CSIR
*Syed Zahoor Qasim
*Faizan Ahmad
*Ahmad Raza khan
Medicine
* Dr. C.M. Habibullah
* Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman
Unani Medicine
* Hakim Ajmal Khan
* Hakim Syed Karam Husain
* Hakim Abdul Hameed
* Professor Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
Academia
* Abad Ahmad
* Mirza Saiyyedain
* Furqan Qamar
* Iftikhar Alam Khan
* Mushirul Hasan
* Md Afshar AlamJamia Hamdard ,New delhi
* Professor Nawab Ali Khan Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Economists
*Abid Hussain
*H Abdul Raqeeb
* Prof. Mohd Muzammil, Lucknow
*Prof Ali Muhammad Khusro
*F.R. Faridi
*Dr. A.A. Islahi
*Dr. Mohammed Galib Hussain
Industry and business
*Azim Premji
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*Yusuf Hamied
*Mohd Arshad (Founder & CEO, Cherisys Technologies)
*Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala
*Shahnaz Husain
* S.H.Khan, ex Chairman IDBI
* Ishaat Husain, Tatas
*M.A.Yusafali(LULU Groups)
*Muhmadali(Gulfar Group)
* K.R Malick(SRK groups
*Patel Md. Yousuf Hijaz Leathers, Vaniyambadi
*V.P. Nayeemur Rahman Nadeem Leather Exports, Vaniyambadi
*A.G. Naser Ahmed Vaniyambadi
*M. Rafeeq Ahmed Farida Group, Ambur
*T. Rafeeq Ahmed T.A.W.& Company, Ambur
*N.M. Zackriya N.M.Z. Group, Ambur
*Malak Md. Hashim K.H.Group, Melvisharam
Islamic scholars
*Mufti Akther Raza khan Azhar Jamit-Ul-Raza Islamic University Bareilly
*Allama Hashmi Miya Ashrafi Jeelani Kachocha Shareef UP
*Allama Yaseen Akther Mishbi darul kalm new Delhi
*Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi Darul Uloom Deoband
*Mufti Muhammad Ashraf Ali Rector, Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, Bangalore
*Md.Asad Hussain Nadwi Okhla, New Delhi
* Abdul Haq AnsariJamat-e-Islami Hind
*baderuddin Ahmed Al Mazahiri Hyderabad
* Jalaluddin Umri Jamat-e-Islami Hind
* Mufti Mukarram Ahmad
*Maulana Mansur Ahmed Aslam Chennai
* Abul Fazl Syed Mahmood Quadri
* S Ameen ul Hasan Jamat-e-Islami Hind
* Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad
* Syed Ameen Mian Qaudri
* Shibli Nomani
* Yusuf Islahi
* Zakir Naik aka kafir naik
Award winners
Gallantry Awards

Param Vir Chakra
*Company Havildar Major Abdul Hamid, (4 Grenadiers)
Maha Vir Chakra
*Mohammed Ismail: 1947-48 Operation
*Lt.Col Salim Caleb: 1965 Indo Pak War
*Mohammed Usman: Indo-Pakistan War
Shaurya Chakra
*Rifleman Raiece Ahmad Ganaie, Jammy & Kashmir Light Infantry/50 Rashtriya Rifles
*Havildar Mohammad Maroof: 23 Rajput Regiment,
*Havildar Abrahim: Jammu And Kashmir Light Infantry/47 Rashtriya Rifles
*Rifleman Riyaz Ahmad Bhat: Assam Regiment/35 Rashtriya Rifles
Civil awards
*Bharat Ratna
**Bismillah Khan
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**Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
**A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

*Padma Vibhushan
**2006: Prof. Obaid Siddiqui : Karnataka.
**2001: Amjad Ali Khan [Art(Indian Classical Instrumental Music)]: Delhi
**2000: Vilayat Khan
*Padma Bhushan
**2006:
***Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan : Maharashtra
***Ghulam Mustafa Khan : Maharashtra
***Sabri Khan: Delhi
**2005:
***Azim Premji: Bangalore
***Prof. Irfan Habib: Aligarh
***Qurattulain Hyder: Noida UP
***Dr. Sardar Anjum: Panchkula, Haryana
***Syed Mir Qasim: New Delhi
***Dr. Yusuf Khwaja Hamied: Mumbai
**2003:
***Naseeruddin Shah [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai
**2002:
***Habib Tanvir: New Delhi
***Ismail Merchant [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai
***Zakir Hussain: Mumbai
**2001:
***Maulana Abdul Karim Parekh : Nagpur
**2000:
***Begum Kudsia Aizaz Rasul
***Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
**1965:
***Mohammad Mujeeb: Delhi
*Padma Shri
**2009:
***Shamsur Rahman Faruqi : Uttar Pradesh
**2007:
***Mujtaba Hussain Andhra Pradesh
**2006:
***Fatma Rafiq Zakaria : Maharashtra
***Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Unani: Uttar Pradesh
***Mehmood Dhaulpuri : Delhi
***Mehmooda Ali Shah : Jammu & Kashmir
***Rashid Khan : West Bengal
***Sania Mirza : Hyderabad
***Dr. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain :Andhra Pradesh
***Shahnaz Husain : Delhi
**2005:
***Amin Kamil: Srinagar
***Ghulam Sadiq Khan: New Delhi
***Mehrunnisa Parvez: Bhopal
***Muzaffar Ali: Lucknow
***Shah Rukh Khan: Mumbai
***Shameem Dev Azad: New Delhi
**2004:
***Prof. Asifa Zamani: Lucknow
***Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini: Gulberga, Karnataka
**2003:
***Aamir Khan [Art(Cinema)]: Mumbai
***Manzoor Ehtesham : Bhopal
***Ustaad Shafaat Ahmed Khan: Delhi
**2002:
***Abdul Lateef Khan: Bhopal
***Fazal Mohammad : Agra
***Muzaffer Hussain: Mumbai
***Raj Begum: Jammu & Kashmir
**2001:
***Jeelani Bano : Hyderabad
***Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Mohammad Ahmad Zaki : Hyderabad
***Khalid A.H. Ansari [Literature and Education(Journalism)]: Mumbai
***Dr. C.M. Habibullah [Medicine(Gastro-Entrology)]: Hyderabad
***Amir Raza Hussain [Art(Cinema)]:
***M. Tayab Khan [Art(Craftsmanship)]: Jodhpur
***Prof. Mohammad Shafi [Science and Engineering(Geography)] : Aligarh
**2000:
***A.R. Rehman
***Abdul Rarman Rahi
*Dronacharya Award*
**1990 : Syed Naeemuddin (Football)
**1994 : Md. Ilyas Babar (Athletics)
**2000 : S. M. Arif (Badminton)
**2005: Ismail Baig (Rowing)
*Shilp Guru
**Rehana Begum
*1995 Zoe Ansari Award by the Maharashtra State Urdu Academy
**Ali Sardar Jafri
Sahitya Akademi Award
;1950s
*1955 Maal aur Mashiyat (Philosophical treatise) Zafar Hussain Khan
*1956 Qaumi Tehzib Ka Masala (A survey of Indian culture) S. Abid Hussain
*1957 Mir Taqi Mir (Literary criticism) K.A. Faruqui
*1958 Sat Sangar (Short stories) Akhtar Mohi- ud- Din (Ghulam Mohiud- Din- Akhtar Wani)
*1958 Atish-i-Gul (Poetry) `Jigar Muradabadi' (Ali Sikandar)
*1959 Urdu Drama aur Stage (History of Urdu drama and stage) Syed Masud Hasan Rizvi
;1960s
*1961 Nauroz-i-Saba (Poetry) A. Rahman Rahi
*1961 Diwan-i-Ghalib (A critical edition of Ghalib's poetry) Imtiyaz Ali `Arshi'
*1962 Yadein (Poetry) Akhtar ul-Iman
*1963 Aandhi Mein Chiragh (Sketches) K.G. Saiyidain
*1967 Laveh Te Praveh (Poetry) Amin Kamil
*1967 Patjhar Ki Awaz (Short stories) Qurratulain Hyder
*1969 Ka `Shri Zab': Ny Hund Alleqavaad Phera (Linguistic study) Abdul Khaliq Tak Zainageri
*1969 Bisat-Raqs (Poetry) Makhdum Mohiuddin
;1970s
*1970 Adhunikata O Rabindranath (Literary criticism) Abu Sayeed Ayyub
*1970 Lahoo Ke Phool (Novel) Hayatullah Ansari
*1970 Maqualaat (Essays) Mohiuddin Hajini
*1971 Ghalib ki Shakhsiyat aur Shairi (Literary criticism) Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui
*1972 Suyya (Play) Ali Mohammad Lone
*1972 Aghari Atmar Kahini (Novel) Syed Abdul Malik
*1974 Nazar aur Nazariya (Literary criticism) Ale Ahmed Suroor
*1975 Gaashir Munaar (Essays) Ghulam Nabi Khayal
*1975 Awara Sajde (Poetry) Kaifi Azmi
*1976 Khak-e-Dil (Poetry) * Jan Nisar Akhtar
*1978 Hafiz aur Iqbal (Criticism) Yusuf Husain Khan
*1979 Nawa-e-Awara (Poetry) Gulam Rabbani Taban
*1979 Partavistan (Poetry) Marghoob Banihali
;1980s
*1980 Iqbal Ki Terah Nazmen (Literary criticism) A.A. Ansari
*1984 Essay (Essays) Mohd. Zaman Azurdah
*1984 Iqbal Ki Nazari-o-Amali Sheriyat (Criticism) Masud Husain Khan
*1985 Lole Vetsar (Poetry) Mirza G.H. Beg Arif
*1986 Tanquidi Afkar (Literary criticism) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
*1987 Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai (Poetry) A. M. K. Shahryar
*1987 Awaz-i-Dost (Poetry) Mir Ghulam Rasool Nazki
*1988 Pun-Te-Paap (Novel) Ghulam Nabi Gauhar
*1988 Aatish-e-Chinar (Autobiography) *Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
;1990s
*1990 Do Gaz Zameen (Novel) Abdus Samad
*1990 Kashur Sarmaya (Poetry) Fazil Kashmiri
*1991 Achhre Tsange (Poetry) Ghulam Nabi Tak Naazir
*1991 Identity Card (Novel) Salahuddin Pervez
*1992 Chautha Aasmaan (Poetry) Mohammed Alvi
*1992 Amaar (Poetry) Shafi Shaida
*1993 Kenh Natu Kenh (Essays) Syed Rasool Pompur
*1993 Daivathinte Kannu (Novel) N. P. Mohammed
*1994 Pichhle Mausam Ka Phool (Poetry) Mazhar Imam
*1994 Kaeji Raath (Play) Sajood Sailani
*1994 Aleek Manush (Novel) Syed Mustafa Siraj
*1995 Naar Hatun Kazal Wanas (Poetry) M. Farooq Nazki
*1996 Fire Area (Novel) Ilyas Ahmad Gaddi
*1997 Nai Che Nallan (Poetry) Rafiq Raaz
*1997 Chaivu Narkali (Novel) Thoppil Mohamed Miran
*1998 Mahjoor Shinasi (Criticism) Mohammad Yousuf Taing
*1998 Khoya Hua Sa Kuch (Poetry) Nida Fazli
*1999 Aas (Poetry) Bashir Badr
*1999 Vahrat (Poetry) Rashid Nazki
*1999 Aalapanai (Poetry) S. Abdul Rahman
;2000s
*2000 Sookhi Tahni Par Hariyal (Poetry) Mohd. Idrees Ambar Bahraichi
*2001 Gharano (Novel) Abdul Vaheed ‘Kamal’
*2001 Taoos Chaman Ki Maina (Short stories) Naiyer Masud
*2001 Rikhah (Poetry) *Mohiud- Din- Gowhar
*2002 Pursaan (Criticism) Naji Munawar
*2003 Baad-E-Saba Ka Intizar (Short Stories) Syed Muhammad Ashraf
*2004 Sada Te Samandar (Poetry) Gh. Nabi Firaq
*2004 Shikasta Buton Ke Darmiyan (Short Stories) Salam Bin Razzak
*2005 Ret par khema (Memoirs) Jabir Hussain
*2005 Yath Miani Joye (Poetry) Hamidi Kashmiri
*2009 Thrikkottoor Novellakal (Novel) U. A. Khader

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