Naseeruddin Mauzi

Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar was an Indian Khilafat Movement activist. He was one of three Khilafat Movement activists hanged by the colonial authorities for the killing of Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby, Deputy Commissioner of Kheri, on 26 August 1920.[1]

Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar
Born
Lakhimpur Kheri, British India
MovementKhilafat Movement

The East India Company built Willoughby Memorial Hall in 1924 in memory of Robert William Douglas Willoughby.[2][3] On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library was established. The Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed the Naseeruddin Memorial Hall.

References
  1. Uttar Pradesh district gazetteers, Vol. 33. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, 1979. p. 34
  2. "Haileybury Roll of Honour: India 1920s". Haileybury School website. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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