Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958), has largely remained less explored as a
political leader in the history of India's struggle for independence. Two
reasons seem quite plausible for this; one, historians have ignored the claims
and contributions of those, generally described as nationalist Muslims in view
of India's Partition as they focused more on the politics and claims of the
Muslim League; the second would be lack of knowledge of Urdu, in which, Azad has
left behind a considerable corpus of evidence. The combination of the two has
resulted in near silence of historians on political life of Azad, honourable
exceptions notwithstanding.