Mumbai Haj House
Muhammad Amin Khandwani : Bombay ki Awami Khidmaat aur Haj House ka Shahkaar Mumbai (saabiqa Bombay) ki awami, siyasi aur samaji tareekh mein Muhammad Amin Khandwani (1932) ek numaya aur tareekhsaz shakhsiyat ke taur par jaane jaate hain. Woh Central Haj Committee of India ke Chairman, Maharashtra Assembly ke Member (MLA) aur 27 saal tak Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) ke Corporator rahe. Khandani Pas-e-Manzar aur Ibtidai Zindagi Amin Khandwani ka talluq Mumbai ke mashhoor Khandwani khandan se tha, jo Mahim mein muqeem ek mumtaz Meman tajir aur samaji gharana tha. Pehli Jang-e-Azeem (1914) ke dauran is khandan ne Khandwani Steam Navigation Company qayam karke Bombay se Jeddah tak Haj zaaireen aur tijarati samaan ke liye commercial jahaz service shuru ki thi. Is khandan ne sirf Makkah Mukarrama aur Madina Munawwara ke darmiyan pehli bus service muta'arif nahi karayi, balki Mumbai aur Hijaz-e-Muqaddas dono jagahon par taleemi aur falahi kaamon ki bhi bunyaad rakhi. Khid...