Allama Fazl e Haq Khairabadi

Allama Fazl e Haq Khairabadi (1797-1861), son of Maulana fazl e Imam was born in 1797 in an affluent family in Khairabad (Old Oudh) in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. He was one of the first political prisoners of colonial times, who not only resigned from the post of kutchery chief and is said to have issued a fatwa-e jihad against the British but also drafted the first constitution of Independent India based on the principles of democracy. Besides being a scholar of Islamic studies and theology, he was also a literary personage, especially in Arabic and Persian literature. On account of his deep knowledge and erudition, he was called Allama and later was venerated as a great Sufi.

A Mazaar or say Dargah situated at a sea shore at South Point in South Andaman, is a resting place of Allama Fazl e Haq Khairabadi, the great iconic person of the First War of Independence 1857. The islanders of all religions come here and pray for the spiritual blessings of the sacred souls seeking divine intercession. They offer a sacred feast on fulfilling their mannat (wish).