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Najmudin Gulamhusain Bookwala (Special Executive. Officer)

Name: Lion Najmudin Bookwala was born on 6th June 1950 at Bombay in South Mumbai Districts in Umarkhadi Taluka

Education qualification:

S.S.C. Maharashtra State

Pratihamic - Prvesh – Parichay and Kovid in Hindi Rashtrabhsa Prachar Samiti Wardha

Business: Lovers Gift Exporter Softy Toys (manufacturers of Soft Toys) Avvas Corporation for slums and dilapidated buildings (Builder and Developer)

My Residence: 24/52 Anand Sagar Bandra Reclamation Bandra West    Mumbai 4000 050 Telephone Number: 26435927 – Mobile 9821427592--- 93222 46090

My office: 52 Ashirwad, Nehru Nagar, near Abhyudaya Bank, Kurla West Mumbai 400024 My Father: Mr. Gulamhusain Bhimji Virji Mohmed Ladha Jetha Dhariwala (Bookwala) was one of the oldest booksellers in Mumbai.

My Grand Father: My (NANA) Mr. Hasanali Topiwala of Poona settled in Bombay was a congress activist and awed by Mahatma Gandhi, since the independent movement. He was jailed with late Shri. S .K. Patil and was also in- charge for organizing the 1st Parliament election till he quit social work in Immawada for Congress in Umarkhadi Taluka. He was also member of Khilafat Committee, I remember going with him to Byculla Khilafat House.

How I join Congress Hasanali Topiwala My Ajji (Nana) convinced me to join congress and inducted me as member of congress in 1967. As a primary member of Indian National congress, the fee to become a member at that time was around 0.25 paisa. I remember that he said after paying money for my membership ‘that this is not for fun but for responsibility’.

Since then I was a primary member of Indian National Congress, till I joined NCP, my membership was renewed many times through various people like Mr. Kurbanallly Sariwala of Umarkhadi, then Mr. Akerberallly Alibhai Premji Tyerwala Mr. Murli Deora MP South Mumbai  ,Lalitbhai Kapadia MLA and District President South Mumbai,  Masoom Husain Block President and  Ebrahim Gandhi

Political Activities

1.	Contested the Parliaments Election thrice from 4 South Bombay Constituency. As a Independent Candidate in 1986-1991-1993 and Assembly Election for 20 Umarkhadi

2.	Winner of International Friendship Society of India Award, In 1992 along with Shri Vilashrao Deshmukh (Minister of Maharashtra) Lal Thanawala ( Then Chief Minister of Mizoram) Ramdas Athavle (Minister of Maharashtra) Shri Khorakiwala, Shri Zain Rangoonwala  ( Chairmen of Bombay Mercantile CO-Operative, Bank.

3.	Clean Bombay Green Bombay Award with Certificate winners by then Mayor of Bombay Dr. Santi Patel, year of 1972 / 1973.

4.	Nominated for Award in 1992, in the memory of Late Rajiv Gandhi by a committee of 20 Parliament members who contributed in working for peace n harmony.

5.	Founder General Secretary of Indo South African Friendship Society founder President was Shri Dada Saheb Rupwate and vice president Shri Govindrao Adik after the freedom of South Africa

6.	Honorary Official Consignment receiver on behalf of Shri Lamaji Dhamviru Saheb of Minority Commission of India  for Buddha’s  Literature  form Japan and other Country

7.	President of Lions Club of Seven Bungalow for Two terms, and Pioneer of Polio Corrective Surgery Camp in Lions Districts 323 / A -3, in 1995. And around 4500 operations have done so far in Maharashtra and Gujarat 8.	9.	Special Activities: •	Filed a Writ Petition in Supreme Court with other shareholders for Public Interest, in interest of Cooperative Movement under Sanction 37 E of Multi state cooperative Society act, for the benefit of share holders as a result of which the rule was changed in favor of shareholders for more then two consecutive terms and was abolished for Chairman in the Multi sate Co-Operative Society Act.”

•	I was appointed as an Administrator in the Awami Co- Operative Bank Ltd. by Government of Maharashtra.

•	In the interest of Bank’s Rehabilitation scheme and in the interest of the shareholders, I booked the culprits and found out irregularities of around 4.50 Cr of Three government corporations money, and managed to save the money of Vasantrao Naik Prathistan, Mahatma Phule Prathistan, and Anna Bhau Sathe corporations.