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Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla
G. M. Banatwalla
Born	(1933-08-15)15 August 1933 Bombay (British India)
Died	25 June 2008(2008-06-25) (aged 74) Mumbai
Education	MCom
Alma mater	Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay S. T. College, Bombay
Occupations	Social worker Politician
Notable work	Religion and Politics in India Muslim League Azadi Ke Bad (in Urdu)
Spouse	Ayesha Banatwalla
Parents	Haji Noor Mohamed (father) Ayesha (mother)

Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla (15 August 1933 – 25 June 2008), also spelled as Banatwala, was an Indian politician and social worker from Mumbai. Banatwalla, a "firebrand orator" and intellectual, was regarded as the pan-India face of the Indian Muslim community.

Banatwalla was born in Bombay, in then-British India, to Haji Noor Mohamed and Ayesha in a Cutchi Memon family. He studied at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and S.T. College, Bombay. He married Ayesha in February 1960.

He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1967 (Umarkhadi, Bombay). He later served seven terms in the Loksabha, from Ponnani in Kerala, between 1977 – 1989 and 1996 – 2004. He also served as the national president of Indian Union Muslim League from 1993 to 2008. He was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

Banatwalla never spoke Malayalam and addressed the people of Kerala in English. Banatwalla, aged 74, died on 25 June 2008. He had no children.

Books by G. M. Banatwala

• Religion and Politics in India

• Muslim League

• Azadi Ke Bad (in Urdu)

Banatwala also contributed numerous articles in various journals both in English and Urdu.

References

1. ^ "Banatwalla, Gulam Mehmood (Member BioProfile)". LokSabha (Official Website).
2. ^ "G. M. Banatwala: Indian Muslim Leader". The Times. London. 22 July 2008.
3. ^ Press Trust of India (26 June 2008). "Muslim League Chief Banatwala Dies". The Times of India. Mumbai.
4. "IUML Leader Banatwala Dead". Arab News. Mumbai. 26 June 2008.
5. Kurudath, Anil (1 April 2019). "A Glimmer of Hope for LDF to Breach IUML Fort Ponnani". Malayala Manorama (English).
6. Kutty, K. Govindan (23 February 1998). "G. M. Banatwala". India Today.
7. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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GE 1999	T. Govindan A. P. Abdullakutty A. K. Premajam K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar A. C. Jose K. Karunakaran George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George V. M. Sudheeran Ramesh Chennithala Kodikunnil Suresh P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan V. S. Sivakumar
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v t e Members of the 12th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1998	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran A. K. Premajam P. Sankaran E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan A. C. Jose George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup P. C. Chacko V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Chengara Surendran N. K. Premachandran Varkala Radhakrishnan K. Karunakaran
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v t e Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1996	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran O. Bharathan M. P. Veerendra Kumar E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan P. C. Chacko Xavier Arackal P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala A. C. Jose V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh N. K. Premachandran A. Sampath K. V. Surendranath
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GE 1991	Ramanna Rai Mullappally Ramachandran K. P. Unnikrishnan K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait V. S. Vijayaraghavan K. R. Narayanan P. C. Chacko Savithri Lakshmanan K. V. Thomas P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala K. M. Mathew T. J. Anjalose P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh S. Krishna Kumar Susheela Gopalan A. Charles
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• 1933 births
• 2008 deaths
• Politicians from Mumbai
• Maharashtra MLAs 1967–1972
• People from Kutch district
• India MPs 1977–1979
• India MPs 1980–1984
• India MPs 1984–1989
• India MPs 1989–1991
• India MPs 1996–1997
• India MPs 1998–1999
• India MPs 1999–2004
• Indian Union Muslim League politicians
• Lok Sabha members from Kerala