He switched careers after the Emergency, at the time when the Congress began its decline and Hindu nationalism first started its ascent to power.
[3] His only son, Nayyar Parvez, worked as a professor at Columbia University which is located in the United States of America.
[5] His daughter, Parveen Amanullah, is a social activist turned politician who in 2014 left Janata Dal (United) and joined Aam Aadmi Party.
College died after police fired on students who were protesting against a bus driver leading to agitations and demonstrations.
He went on to serve in Rangoon, Burma, as Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and later as Ambassador to Venezuela and Algeria from 1969 to 1976.
The then Morarji Desai-led central government refused to give him a monthly pension of one thousand rupees as he did not complete 20 years in the service.
[10] Shahabuddin wrote to party leader Karpoori Thakur saying that legislators Satya Narayan Sinha and Munishwar Singh conspired to defeat him and demanded action against them.
[11][12] In 1985, Shahabuddin was elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Indian parliament) as a candidate of the Janata Party.
[14] He often called for persistent action against corruption, nepotism, and inefficiency, for democracy within political parties and for equitable distribution of national income and resources in order to provide a life of minimum dignity for all people.
[14][additional citation(s) needed] In Parliament, he was well known for his contributions to debates not only on Muslim issues but also on areas ranging widely from External Affairs and Defence to Education and Health.
Looking to build support for minority rights and Muslim issues, he founded the Insaf Party in 1989,[15] dissolved it in 1990, and later revived it.
[citation needed] The Satanic Verses, a novel written by Salman Rushdie became controversial in the 1990s due to the allegedly inflammatory and insulting text about Islamic prophet Muhammad, his wives and the Companions causing worldwide protests.
In the essay, he mentioned Article 295 of the Indian Penal Code which makes insulting religious faith a punishable offense.
[21] The local vernacular press felt that the reason behind the ban imposed by Rajiv Gandhi-led government was to appease the minority Muslim community in India.