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title says "Saeed Mohammed" text says "Sayeed Mohammed" - which is it?confirmed any moved KylieTastic (talk) 11:07, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Sayeed Mohammed | |
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Born | 25th August 1878 Kamakhyanagar Dhenkanal, British Raj |
Died | 18th July 1919 |
Resting place | Qadam e Rasool, Cuttack |
Citizenship | ![]() |
Alma mater | Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Calcutta Madrasa |
Occupation | Educationist |
Spouse | Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar |
Children | Athar-ul Amin, Afzal-ul Amin, Fazal-ul Amin, Niharara Akhtar, Husanara Akhtar |
Parent | Atharuddin Mohammed Mirza (father) Nadeera Sultana (mother) |
Relatives | Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy (grandfather in law)
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (brother in law) Hussain Rabi Gandhi (grandson in law) |
Sayeed Mohammed (1878 - 1919) was an Indian Odia educationist and philanthropist from Cuttack. In 1913 he founded the Muslim Seminary (present day Sayeed Seminary) at Cuttack, which is regarded as the second nationalist school of Odisha. [1]. Sayeed is known for his activism against the British in the early 1900's. He was one of the prominent members of the Utkal Sammilani.
Early Life and Career
Sahabzada Sayeed Mohammed was born at Kamakhyanagar, into the Diwan family of Dhenkanal, to Mirza Mohammed Atharuddin and his senior wife (Badi Bahu Begum), Begum Nadeera Sultana. Sayeed's father was the ruling chief of Kamakhyangar and also the Diwan of Dhenkanal during Raja Shura Paratap Mahendra Bahadur's rule [2]. Sayeed moved to Cuttack in order to join the nationalist movement. After studying at Ravenshaw Collegiate School, he joined the Utkal Sammilani. Both he and his father made attempts to unify the Odia speaking tracts by working for the Sammilani. In Cuttack, Sayeed emerged as a local leader and started to serve the Muslim community. He led the Odia muslims to participate in the Indian freedom struggle.
After earning a scholarship, Sayeed started working as an assistant teacher at Victoria high school, Cuttack. As a nationalist, he also worked in close association with Gopabandhu Das, Bhakta kabi Madhusudan Rao and Radhanath Rath, the editor of Samaja. Because of his participation in the nationalist movements against the British government, he along with some of his other Indian colleagues at Victoria high school, who were nationalists too, were asked to resign from their respective positions. It was during this period when Gopabandhu Das established the first nationalist school in Odisha called the Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya at Sakhigopal, Puri in 1909.[3][4]
Sayeed saw this as an excellent idea to educate Indian children without serving or working under the British. Thus he too thought of building a nationalist school at Cuttack, where Indian children could educate themselves without facing discrimination in the hands of the British. Thus he along with his expelled colleagues established a new nationalist school called the 'Muslim Seminary' in 1913 at Cuttack for Indian students.[1].
Marriage and Family
Sayeed got married to Badr un nissa Akhtar, the youngest granddaughter of Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy. The couple bore 5 children (3 sons and 2 daughters). After Sayeed's death, Begum Badr continued to work for the Muslim community in Cuttack. She particularly emphasized on female education.
Sayeed Seminary
The school started from a rented building with 500 students on its roll. It was largely dependent on donations. Meanwhile, Sayeed managed to persuade a generous merchant of Madras, C.Abdul Hakeem to donate the present land and building. Even the Nizam of Hyderabad made a monthly grant of Rs 50.[5]
After the partition of 1947, it's name was changed from 'Muslim Seminary' to 'Sayeed Seminary' in order to throw a more secular light at it. Sayeed Seminary became a reputed high school in the city, that offered education to both Muslim and Hindu students in Urdu and Odia. The school has produced many distinguished alumni including, Mohammad Mohsin Sushil Kumar Sinha (scientist), Abdul Majid (sportsperson), S.M Osatullah (I.A.S) and Mustafiz Ahmed (Minister). [5]
References
- ^ "SAYEED SEMINARY HS - Ward No.17, District Cuttack (Orissa)". schools.org.in. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Rathore, Abhinay. "Dhenkanal (Princely State)". Rajput Provinces of India. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Fani Aftermath:Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya loses substantial green cover - OrissaPOST". Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Odisha govt to set up Odia University at Satyabadi in Puri - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b Jaffrelot, Christophe; Gayer, Laurent (1 December 2013). Muslims In Indian Cities : Trajectories Of Marginalisation. HarperCollins Publishers India. ISBN 978-93-5029-555-7.