Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla (15 August 1933 – 25 June 2008), also spelled as Banatwala, was an Indian politician and social worker from Mumbai.
[1][2] Banatwalla, a "firebrand orator" and intellectual, was regarded as the pan-India face of the Indian Muslim community.
[3][4] Banatwalla was born in Bombay, in then-British India, to Haji Noor Mohamed and Ayesha in a Cutchi Memon family.
[1][5] He also served as the national president of Indian Union Muslim League from 1993 to 2008.
[2][3] Banatwala also contributed numerous articles in various journals both in English and Urdu.