Education
He completed his early education from MAO Aligarh (now Aligarh Muslim University). In 1908 he graduated and came back to India.
He completed his early education from MAO Aligarh (now Aligarh Muslim University). In 1908 he graduated and came back to India.
Shakir Ali Barrister (7 June 1879 – 26 December 1962) was an Indian lawyer and politician. His ancestors acted as Quazi during the Mughal regime. He went to England in 1905 to join Lincoln"s Inn for his degree in Law (Lincoln Inn"s Library records).
He was appointed inspector of Schools but after some time he preferred to go into his own legal practice.
He resigned the post and started to practice as a Barrister in Gorakhpur. He was one of the well known criminal lawyers of India.
He had occasions to appear in some of the most important and noted cases e.g. the Meerut Conspiracy Case, the INA trials held in Red Fort Delhi, the Kakori train dacoity and Chauri Chaura arson case. During the Quit India Movement, he joined the Congress and very soon became a force to reckon in the party, became a member in the Executive Committee of the Congress and was very popular in whole of the eastern region of India.
He was a staunch nationalist throughout his life and led the Khilafat Movement in Gorakhpur in 1920.
He retired in 1956 after practising Criminal Law for 45 years and died at the age of 84 on 26 December 1962.
Mr Shakir Ali was the member of the reformed Legislative Council from 1921 to 1923 (Uttar Pradesh Assembly Archives).