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SHIFA-UL-MULK HAKIM KHWAJA SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD

and His younger brother

KHWAJA QAMARUDDIN AHMAD

Sons of

HAJI HAFIZ KHWAJA QUTBUDDIN AHMAD

( - 22nd Moharram 1354 / 25th April 1935 )

Founder of

NAMI PRESS, ( Established in 1883 )

KHWAJA QUTUBUDDIN ROAD.

LUCKNOW

Shifa-ul-Mulk Hakim Khwaja Shamsuddin Ahmad

( 1894 - 29th April 1971 )

Shifa-ul-Mulk Hakim Khwaja Shamsud din Ahmad was a renowned physician of Lucknow with an extensive practice in the Province.

He was a direct descendent of Nawab Sa-adullah Khan, Prime Minister of the great Moghul Emperor Shahjahan.

Two other members of his family were Prime Ministers under the Oudh Kings.

Hakim Shamsuddin was ranked as one of the most eminent scholars of Arabic in the country. He had several works to his credit. He took his degree in Medicine in the first division from the premier Tibbi (Unani Medicine ) institution of the Province, Takmilut-Tib College in 1914. He had a good working knowledge of English.

He has since 1914 been practising regularly and has received patronage from high personages of the country.

He gives free advice to all his patients who came to his Matab (Practice ) and had no Dawakhana (specific pharmacy ), He prescribes medicines available everywhere.

Apart from his professional activities Hakim Shamsuddin has also had a distinguished record of public service as a Municipal Commissioner of Lucknow. He served in this capacity for a total period of seventeen years.

He has been a Chairman of the Public Health Committee of the Board for three terms. He has also served on the Board of Indian Medicine U.P. as Government nominee to represent his profession for several years and greatly contributed to the development of the Unani system of medicine in this Province. He was elected as a member of the Railway Advisory Committee in 1929. He was appointed a Deputy Chief Warden A.R.P. for the city of Lucknow during the Second World War.

In 1943 the then Viceroy of India conferred on him the title of Shifa-ul-Mulk ( healer of the nation )

His younger brother

Khwaja Qamaruddin Ahmad

(1903 - 2nd August 1961 )

Managing Proprietor Nami Press, Special Magistrate I class and Railway Magistrate, was appointed Honorary Magistrate in 1938 and then continued to function as such. He had done excellent work and gained the confidence and respect of the public and the authorities. He unstintingly helped in all public causes. He organised several public functions for charitable purposes.In 1944 he was granted an Assignment of Land Revenue in recognition of his meritorious services rendered in connection with the war. He took active part in Civil Defence matters and worked as Deputy Chief Warden.

A. R. P. upto the end of the second world war and was awarded a Sanad in recognition of his exemplary services. In 1946 Field Marshal Lord Wavell, the then Viceroy of India, conferred a title on him as a personal distinction. For several years he worked as a member of the House Allotment Committee Lucknow. He is a member of the Ad-hoc committee of the Lucknow S.P.C.A (Society for prevention of cruelty to Animals) The Governor of the Uttar Pradesh has appointed him a non-official member of Committee of visitors of the Reformatory School for 5 years. He was also Director of Upper India Couper Paper mill committee Lucknow

one of the main roads of Old Lucknow ( Nadan Mahal Road ) is also names after Khwaja Shamsuddin Ahmad and the road leading to their residence from Khwaja Shamsuddin road is named after his Father Khwaja Qutubuddin, its very rare to find roads named after Father and Son which signifies what this family has done for one and all in giving back to the society with their services and humbleness.