ME AND MAULANA: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF WAHIDUDDIN KHAN - John M. Butt

Chidanand in 1992 when communal tensions were rife in Maharashtra. He addressed people at 35 different places along the way from Bombay to Nagpur. Khan was awarded India’s second-highest civilian award — the Padma Vibhushan — this year for his exceptional contribution in the field of spiritualism. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2000. In 2015, when he was conferred with the Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Ibn Ali Peace Award in Abu Dhabi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated him via Twitter. “Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s knowledge and efforts towards peace make him one of the most respected scholars, admired all over,” tweeted the prime minister. In the same year, he was also part of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world list, along with 21 other Indian Muslims. The list was collated by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC), an international non-governmental institute based in Jordan. https://theprint.in/india/renowned-islamic-scholarmaulana-wahiduddin-khan-in-icu-after-testing-positivefor-covid/639351/