In the memory of Senior Communist leader Khan Shakir Ali Khan, a seminar was organised by Communist Party of India (CPI) at the local ‘Shakir Sadan’ on Sunday. Khan Shakir Ali Khan, the great freedom fighter of Bhopal popularly known as Sher-e-Bhopal.
The programme was presided by Govind Singh Asiwal and was conducted by Shailendra Kumar Shaily.
In the seminar lajjashankar Hardeniya, MM Sharma, RR Yadav, Habib, RN Prasad, Fida Husain and Shahbaz Khan were present. They praised Shakir’s Secular values and his hard work and dedication and said he is humanities guide. Asiwal said that Shakir could explain maxims in simple words, where as Hardeniya said that he was a good orator like Fidel Castro. He was highly disciplined and lived a simple life, added Hardeniya.
Other leaders also called him a true representative of the people and a great leader.
In the programme Nawabuddin, Mohammad Usman Guru, Brijesh,Ml Satpute, Gulam Rasul, Gulam Hussain, Yogendradatt Sharma, Ashok Kushwaha, Yusuf and Ashok Pandey were present.
Tikaram Yadav demanded that the collection of late leaders’ speeches should be published. He presented the photographs of Communists leaders of Bhopal to the guests. Khan Shakir Ali Khan (1904-1978) is a person who was more famous by his title Sher-e-Bhopal than his name. He was really a leader of the masses. Throughout in his life he rendered his services to the people, the down-trodden and the poor. He was a true servant of the society. He served both the society and polity of Bhopal.
During the time of Nawab, he organised the labourers of mills and factories under different organisations and Unions and fought for their rights.