Faridul Haq Ansari

[1] Faridul Haq Ansari was born in 1895 in Yusufpur town of Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Faridul Haq actively participated in Indian independence movement and got arrested many times.

In 1952 at the invitation of Marshal Tito he led a delegation of socialist leaders to Yugoslavia, which included Karpoori Thakur, Banke Bihari Das, Shanti Narayan Naik and Madhu Dandavate.

[4] Faridul Haq along with Asaf Ali made a major contribution for expansion of Congress Party.

After independence Faridul Haq served two terms as the Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha between 1958 and 1966.