Leakat Hussain, Maulvi Liakat Hossain : (b.1852) prominent political figure of Bengal; foremost among Muslim leaders antagonistic to the British Divide & Rule. Active in the agitation against the partition of Bengal, he mobilised Muslim opinion in favour of Swadeshi. In 1912 he was convicted of sedition at Barisal & sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. In 1916 he founded & became president of Bharat Hitaishi Sabhā to help the needy of any religion, caste, or creed.
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