Background
He was born in a Marathi-speaking Muslim family in the Ratnagiri district of Konkan.
He was born in a Marathi-speaking Muslim family in the Ratnagiri district of Konkan.
His Village is Mirjoli near Chiplun. Despite living in a period when most people were staunchly religious and orthodox, Hamid Dalwai was one among the few religiously secular people. He strove towards a uniform civil code rather than religion specific laws.
He organised many public meetings, gatherings, conventions and conferences to campaign for better social practices.
He was also a great Marathi litterateur. He used the medium of his writing for social reform.
Hamid Dalwai dealt with opposition with tremendous equanimity and worked towards social reform without getting discouraged at the slow rate of success. lieutenant is because of these traits that the great Marathi genius P. L. Aka PuLa Deshpande described him as a great social reformer and put him in the same bracket as the great Indian leaders Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Ambedkar.
He died of progressive kidney failure on May 3, 1977, at the age of 44.
Dalwai"s brother Husain Dalwai is a Congress leader in Maharashtra. He also served as a Congress spokesperson in Maharashtra.
He is currently a member of Parliament upper house - Rajya Sabha.