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Quazi Anwar Ahmed(pronounced [qəai Anwˈr Aˈmed]; born January 1948)[4] is an Indian ex Politicians, social worker. HOW many of us can name our great grand-father? Few can. But ask the 73-year-old Quazi Anwer Ahmed and he will tell you not only his great grandfather's name but also the names of his forefathers up to 13 generations back. He does not just rattle off the names. He always carries with him documents to prove his lineage.And they are all authenticated documents certified by people like Prof S.H. Askari and the late Dr K. K.Dutta. He and the Maharajah of Darbhanga are the only persons from Bihar whose private records have been included in the National Register of Records Mr Ahmed's ancestors had migrated from Bulkh'in Uzbekistan in the USSR and settled in Quazi Daulatpur in Jehanabad district. The first in the line, Maulvi Shaikh Sadar Jahan Farookhi Balkhi, was appointed by Emperor Jehangir to administer Administration Office,justice by a ferman.He showed me the original "appointment letter,beautifully written in Persian on gilt paper. Another such letter, whose original also he showed me, issued by Emperor Shahjahan, bears the inscription'Murawwi-i-millati-Baiza-Muhavy-i-Shariat-t-Charra, which emphasises the Emperor's position as the Defender of the Faith, is historically invaluable All this is of the distant past. Coming to recent history, his great great grandfather, Sheikh Quazi Zulfiquar Ali, was a great nationalist and a close associate of Babu Kunwar Singh, the hero of the First War of Independence. He has in his possession three letters Kuer Singh had written under his seal to his great great grandfather One of them reads

May 1856 Brother Zulfiquar, Time has come Proeced to Meerut where youshall be awaited. All actions have been completed. You are wise and experienced in work Our army is ready. We shall proceed from hereand you from there.The British Army is small. Last word on this awaited. Kunwar Singh

Zulfiquar left for Meerut from where he marched to Delhi but he never returned from the battle. But even several years after his killing, the alien rulers did not withdraw the cases against him. Thus he became a great martyr.Zulfiquars's descendents were also great nationalists and they actively took part in the freedomstruggle. A list of the guests whom Mr Ahmed's grandfather entertained at his ancestoral house in Jehanabad. Teaas Ke awno's wno or tne reeuom struggle and it includas Motilal Nehru, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Maulana Mohammad Ali Joher, Shaukat Ali, Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.When Idia got independence and zamindari rights were abolished later Mr Ahmed's father,Shaikh Quazi Masroor Ahmed, found himself at his wits' end in supporting the family. He had to keep on selling his property to remain alive. And finally when he died in 1974, all that he could bequeath to Mr Ahmed were the precious documents that he now fondly preserves. "Look at our tragedy, the house in which Gandhi and others stayed is now in the hands of a businessman of Jehanabad." His forefathers were the kings of the area but today Mr Ahmed does not have even an inch of land. "I am now staying ot my in-law's place at Samanpura near Raja Bazar in Patna with my wife and five childrens.Mr Ahmed has been knocking at the doors of the Prime Ministet, the Chief Minister and the Governor for some help. "Freedom fighters get pensions. Why can't the Government show some consideration to people like me whose forefathers sacrificed everything they had at the altar of the national cause?." Mr Ahmed asked.He quoted a precedent to justify his demand. Thewidow of Baikunth Shukla, one of the freedom-fighters who were hanged by the British, was given a House by the Bihar Government. Mr Ahmed also needs a house. But more than that, his plea is for a job for his wife (who is an I.Sc.) in Patna Universityas a laboratory technician. "lf she gets a job, at leastwe will be able to have a decent living."Mr Ahmed has little hope of his pleas making any impact on the powers-that-be. Once he met the then Chief Minister, Mr Abdul Ghafoor, to plead his Hamdig fra A Quazi ! Tem k7/told him:There are so many claimants. What can I tnagdi case. The CM was not willing to lend his ears and himself and told him bluntly: "Ghafoor saab, you are today in the chair of Chief Minister because of the sacrifices made by my forefathers like Zulfiquar Ali and not because of your merit or sacrifices." He has many a record to show and many a story to narrate. But who has the patience to listen to him?