Mohammad Ali Jauhar

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Mohammad Ali Jauhar (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931) was an Indian politician and activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a co-founder of the All-India Muslim League and Jamia Millia Islamia. Born into an anti-colonial family, Jauhar was a member of the Aligarh movement. He was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1923, but his tenure lasted only a few months owing to disagreements with the organization—particularly with Mohandas Gandhi—over the abrupt ending of the Non-Cooperation Movement. In the following years, he ended up being antithetical to Congress and accused Gandhi and Motilal Nehru of succumbing to the appeasement of Hindus and refusing to accommodate Muslim demands for political representation. As one of the founders and the 10th president of the All-India Muslim League, he represented the party in the first round-table conference held in London. Jauhar was also a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement.

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