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Muhammad Miyan Deobandi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian sunni islamic scholar and indian freedom struggle activist”. Today it says “indian sunni islamic scholar”.
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Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari . Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903-1975) ( Urdu : مولانا سید محمد میاں دیوبندی) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and Indian freedom struggle activist. He was a disciple of Hussain Ahmad Madani . He wrote historical books in Urdu.1
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Then
indian sunni islamic scholar and indian freedom struggle activist
Now
indian sunni islamic scholar
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