Maulvi Liaquat Ali

Maulvi Liaquat Ali (1817-1892) was a Muslim religious leader from village Mahgaon, near Allahabad (Prayagraj), now Kaushambi district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in present-day India. He was one of the leaders in the revolt against the British in 1857, in what is now known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857. As one of the most prominent leaders, Maulvi Liaqat Ali belonged to Village Mahgaon in Pargana Chail of District Kaushambi. He was a religious teacher, an upright pious Muslim, and a man of great courage and valour. His family traced their descent from the Jafri branch of Hashmis which had their offshoots at Jaunpur and Phulwari Sharif, Patna. He was a humble and simple man but when he took the reins of the freedom struggle, he became a dreadful enemy of the British.