Rahil Begum Sherwani

Rahil Begum Sherwani (1894 - 1982) was the founder of the All India Women's Muslim League. The AIWML was the women's wing of the All India Muslim League. It was inaugurated by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Aligarh in 1938. She was the younger sister of the famous Indian scholar Haroon Khan Sherwani and the daughter of Haji Musa Khan Sherwani.

Active worker of Movement…

Raheel Begum Sharwania.

During the present regime the people treated this as the story that on 6 June 1954 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan suggested in dream to Raheel Begum Sharwani for establishment of Women Education institution. So within 15 days she (late) obtained a rental house on 27 June for one hundred rupees, she founded the within four days i.e. along with other four women on the basis of day and night struggle.

Raheel Begum Sharwania was born on 29 May famous family of Sharwani in Utter Pradesh, her late father Nawab Moosa Khan was one of the leading personality of Aligarh, he was also greatest leader of Freedom Movement and leading politician.

Nawab Faiz Ahmed Khan of Datawali, grandfather of Raheel Begum migrated to Hijaz when the Englishmen taken over the control in . Nawab Moosa Khan (Late) father of Raheel Begum was born in Holy Makkah, Nawab Faiz Ahmed Khan purchase lot of properties in Holy Makkah and Taif and also constructed houses, mosques, gardens etc. he was the leading man in Hijaz and called as “Khawaja Hindi” in all the Arab, he also constructed out of residential houses, one house just opposite Haram Sharif Mountain which is called as

Jabl-e-Hindi. In 1877 when the Russian attack on the Turkey Nawab Faiz Ahmed Khan grandfather of Raheel Begum paid Rs.50,000/- to Khalifa Al-Muslimeen Sultan Abdul Hameed Khan as Financial Assistance and thereafter the Salami of eight guns made for late Nawab Sahib.

Nawab Moosa Khan late father of Raheel Begum Sharwania was born in Makkah and after the death of his father he return to India. He was a great writer on the basis of his ability and merit Sir Syed Ahmed Khan deputed him at the age of 19 years as the Trustee of M.A.O. College.

During the early age he took interest in the country politics when day by day his participation in politics in increased. In the year 1903 he separated from Indian National Congress and invited all the leading personality of Indian Muslim at Aligarh, hence through this process separate political party started movement for the Muslims of India, on the basis of this movement in 1906 under the leadership of His Highness Sir Aga Khan Third with Lord Minto Viceroy of India and accepted the suggestion of separation.

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