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Pazhani Baba (14 November 1950 – 28 January 1997) was a Muslim activist and politician from Tamil Nadu.

Adolescence
Pazhani Baba's father's name was V. M. Muhammad Ali known as  Kappikottai Rauthar from Coonoor, and mother's name was Khadija Beevi. Pazhani Baba's birth name is Ahmed Ali. His hometown is a village called Puduayakkudi on the road to Dindigul, 4 km from Palani. His father hails from Coonoor, Nilgiris district. Pazhani Baba was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Coonoor. After the death of his parents, his maternal uncle Abdul Rahman, also known as Chinnathambi Rauthar helped to follow the degree in Palani College under their care. They are a so-called capitalist family in Puduayakkudi. He did not set up a marriage life as his family was embarrassed by his daring public activities which he started during his studies.

Social Life
For the first time during the reign of MGR, the Tamil Nadu government issued an order banning Pazhani Baba from entering the St. George Fort in Chennai. Thus he became known all over Tamil Nadu. DMK supported him for opposing MGR. Later there was a split between the DMK government and Pazhani Baba. He toured all over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Mumbai, and other parts of India and many countries like Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia and spoke about society's problems. The social discourse mixed with politics won him supporters all over Tamil Nadu. His actions landed him in several lawsuits. He was arrested under National Security Act (NSA) and TADA Act.

He filed a case in the Madras High Court demanding againts former President R. Venkatraman's government reimburse the total expenditure incurred on frequent visits to the Tirupati temple during his tenure.

He raised his voice against customs like dowry and usury which were widespread in Muslim society. Baba strongly condemned practices like Santhanakoodu Festival and Dargah worship. This earned him the wrath of a section of Muslims. He maintained friendly relations with the leaders of various community organizations and paved the way for the integration of Muslim and Hindu communities. He saw the fields of struggle along with many human rights fighters. Bara. Kalyani worked with the likes of Dr. Chapan and human rights organizations like the People's Committee for Civil Rights (PUCL). Baba was also well versed in Islamic theology. He spoke at many Islamic policy briefing meetings. He based his Islamic views on the principles of Sunnat Wal Jamaat.

litterature
He did many studies on Christianity. He held debates with Christian priests regarding the Bible and Christianity. Baba was also arrested for writing a rebuttal to Ramagopalan. Baba not only wrote books but also contributed to the books written by other scholars on Islam. Pera A. He sponsored the publication of Marx's book Myths Against Muslims. WHO IS LAW ABIDING ON THE ISSUE OF BABRI MASJID? Apart from the book, he has written many books in English. Apart from writing books, they also started magazines. Wrote scathing articles in Punita Porali magazine. He wrote about the activities against Muslims. Due to this, he created enemies within the Hindu organizations.

Death
Till his last days, he led the Jihad Committee along with the Patali People's Party and the leaders of the party with political involvement. Baba planned to leave the raucous platform speeches and quietly focus on constructive work and started the work of unifying the Muslim Jamaats. He planned to meet the Jamaats all over Tamil Nadu and accelerated the work for that purpose. In this case, when Baba came to the house of his family friend Basavaraj Dhanapal in Pollachi and tried to get into his jeep standing outside after talking to him, on the night of January 28, 1997, Palani Baba was hacked to death by a gang of 6 people.