Jalaluddin Umri was born in 1935 in a village called Puttagram, District of North Arcot, Tamil Nadu, British India.
He served as the city Ameer of Jama'at of Aligarh for a decade, and the editor of its monthly Zindagi-e-Nau for five years.
Later, the Jama'at elected him to its All-India deputy Ameer, which he served for four consecutive terms (sixteen years).
[4][5] Jalaluddin Umri was elected as Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the fourth term (April 2015 – March 2019).
[9] Jalaluddin Umri was widely considered, among the Islamic circles of India, an authority on human rights and Muslim family system.