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	Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq is seated in the last row 6th from the left and fourth from the right at the Indian Olympic Association Managing Committee, 1942
Born	Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq; 1881; Nalanda district, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Asthawan, Nalanda district, Bihar)
Died	1970; Patna
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Professor Of English
Employer(s)	Founding vice-presidents Bihar Cricket Association, in the year 1936, served as Principal of Bihar National College from 1935-1955, And Former General secretary Indian Olympic Association(IOA) from 1952-56.

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Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq OBE^[2] (popularly known as Moin Saab; 1881–11 December 1973), was an Indian Academic and Sports Administrator who had been Professor of English and Principal of Bihar National College from 1935 to 1953.^[3] He has been the first President of All India Football Federation and a recipient of the Padma Shri in 1970.

text — Indian National Games 1950: Moinul Haq, S.Bhoot, Bombay Chief Minister Kher (center with cane), and Bombay Home Minister Morarji Desai (center)

Early life

Moin-ul-Haq was born as Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq at Asthawan in the Nalanda district of Bihar in 1881.^[4]

Sports

He has been crediting for organizing and starting the Inter-University Football Cup Competition in 1929 at Patna College.^[5]

He was elected as the President of the Patna University Teacher’s Association in 1953 following the formation of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur in 1952, a conference was organized at the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur where he was elected ad the President.^[6]

He was elected as the Founding Vice-president of the Bihar Cricket Association with KAD Naraoji, the founding president. It was established after a meeting held in Jamshedpur.^[7]

He was a Chef-de-mission of the Indian Olympic contingent during the 1948 Olympics held in London and the 1952 Olympics held in Helsinki.^[8]

Accolades

The British government appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1930 Birthday Honours.^[2]
He was awarded the Padma Shri in the field of sports in 1970 by the Government of India.^[8]

Legacy

Abdul Ghafoor, then Chief Minister of Bihar issued the order to rename Rajendra Prasad Stadium in tribute to Moin Saab, and it was later renamed as Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in 1973.^[7]
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium metro station, a Metro station near the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium.
Author and Retired IPS Sudhir Kumar Jha mentions Moin-ul-Haq in his book Patna Reincarnated: A New Dawn and writes:
He was immensely impressed with the strong nation character of the British people and their resilience.^[9]

References

^ "INTRODUCTION". Bihar National college, patna. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "No. 33611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1930. p. 3484.
^ Sujit Mukherjee (1996). Autobiography of An Unknown Cricketer. Ravi Dayal Publisher. ISBN 81-7530-001-9.
^ Ashraf, Md Umar (22 January 2024). "Moin Ul Haq: The Enduring Spirit of Sportsmanship". Heritage Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Prasad, Om Prakash (1 January 2013). Bihar Ek Etihasik Adhyayan (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 358. ISBN 978-81-267-2349-2.
^ "About L.N.M.U.T.A." Lalit Narayan Mithila University Teachers’ Association. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Remembering Moin-ul-Haq: An administrator par excellence". The Times of India. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Padmashri Shri Syed Mohd. Moinul Haq". proud to be bihari. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Jha, Sudhir Kumar (2005). A New Dawn: Patna Reincarnated. Sudhir Kumar Jha. p. 181. ISBN 978-81-7525-621-7.

[Prof._Moinul_Haque-1] "INTRODUCTION". Bihar National college, patna. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[london-gazette-2] "No. 33611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1930. p. 3484.

[3] Sujit Mukherjee (1996). Autobiography of An Unknown Cricketer. Ravi Dayal Publisher. ISBN 81-7530-001-9.

[4] Ashraf, Md Umar (22 January 2024). "Moin Ul Haq: The Enduring Spirit of Sportsmanship". Heritage Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[5] Prasad, Om Prakash (1 January 2013). Bihar Ek Etihasik Adhyayan (in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 358. ISBN 978-81-267-2349-2.

[moinul-_haq-6] "About L.N.M.U.T.A." Lalit Narayan Mithila University Teachers’ Association. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[:0-7] "Remembering Moin-ul-Haq: An administrator par excellence". The Times of India. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[Padmashri-8] "Padmashri Shri Syed Mohd. Moinul Haq". proud to be bihari. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[9] Jha, Sudhir Kumar (2005). A New Dawn: Patna Reincarnated. Sudhir Kumar Jha. p. 181. ISBN 978-81-7525-621-7.

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-'''Sayyid Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]<ref name="london-gazette">{{London Gazette|issue=33611|supp=y|page=3484|date=30 May 1930}}</ref> (popularly known as ''Moin Saab'') (died 1970), was an Indian coach who made important contributions to sports and education. He was a pioneer of Olympic movement in India, championing the cause for sports all his life. He served as
+'''Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Order of the British Empire|OBE}}<ref name="london-gazette">{{London Gazette|issue=33611|supp=y|page=3484|date=30 May 1930}}</ref> (popularly known as ''Moin Saab''; 1881–11 December 1973), was an Indian Academic and Sports Administrator who had been Professor of English and Principal of [[Bihar National College]] from 1935 to 1953.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbEy8dZYzjUC&pg=PR3| title=Autobiography of An Unknown Cricketer | publisher=Ravi Dayal Publisher | author=Sujit Mukherjee | year=1996 | isbn=81-7530-001-9}}</ref> He has been the first President of [[All India Football Federation]] and a recipient of the Padma Shri in 1970.[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators11.jpg|thumb|right|alt=text|Indian National Games 1950: Moinul Haq, S.Bhoot, Bombay Chief Minister Kher (center with cane), and Bombay Home Minister Morarji Desai (center)]]
-*General Secretary of the [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA).<ref>[http://www.olympic.ind.in/ioa_history.html Indian Olympic Association]</ref>
-*A main organiser of the inaugural [[Asian Games]] held in [[1951 Asian Games|Delhi in 1951]].
-*Chef-de-mission of the [[India at the Olympics|Indian Olympic contingent]] during the 1948 and 1952 Olympics held in London and Helsinki respectively.
-*Indian Olympic Association representative to many Indian national games such as the [[1950 National Games of India|1950 Indian National Games]] in Bombay.
-*Founding vice-president along with K A D Naoroji of the [[Bihar Cricket Association]], in 1936, at [[Jamshedpur]]-[[Bihar]].
-*Professor of English, and Principal (1935–53), at the [[Bihar National College]] (B N College) in Patna;<ref name="Prof. Moinul Haque"/> he urged students to take to sports apart from regular studies.
-*President of ''Patna University Teachers Association'' in 1953. After the formation of [[B R Ambedkar Bihar University]], [[Muzaffarpur]] in 1952, a conference of teachers of the University was held in T.N.B. college Bhagalpur; at this conference Prof. Moinul Haque was elected as a President.<ref name="moinul- haq">{{cite web|publisher=Lalit Narayan Mithila University Teachers’ Association|title=About L.N.M.U.T.A.|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MzrYQ9oZunYJ:lnmuta.com/about.html+&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk|access-date=2014-01-06}}</ref>
+== Early life ==
-''Moin saab'' didn't promote only cricket or football but also tennis, squash, and badminton.
+Moin-ul-Haq was born as Syed Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq at [[Asthawan]] in the [[Nalanda district]] of [[Bihar]] in 1881.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashraf |first=Md Umar |date=2024-01-22 |title=Moin Ul Haq: The Enduring Spirit of Sportsmanship |url=https://www.heritagetimes.in/moin-ul-haq-the-enduring-spirit-of-sportsmanship/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Heritage Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
+== Sports ==
-"He was immensely impressed with the strong nation character of the British people and their resilience," says author and retired IPS officer, Sudhir Kumar Jha in his book ''Patna Reincarnated: A New Dawn''.<ref>{{cite book | url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=xCVuAAAAMAAJ}} | title=A new dawn: Patna reincarnated | author=Sudhir Kumar Jha | year=2005}}</ref>
+He has been crediting for organizing and starting the Inter-University Football Cup Competition in 1929 at Patna College.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Om Prakash |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNUCDQAAQBAJ |title=Bihar Ek Etihasik Adhyayan |date=2013-01-01 |publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan |isbn=978-81-267-2349-2 |pages=358 |language=hi}}</ref>
+He was elected as the President of the [[Patna University|Patna University Teacher’s Association]] in 1953 following the formation of [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University|Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur]] in 1952, a conference was organized at the [[Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University|Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur]] where he was elected ad the President.<ref name="moinul- haq">{{cite web |title=About L.N.M.U.T.A. |url=http://lnmuta.com/about.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131229142247/http://lnmuta.com/about.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2013 |access-date=2014-01-06 |publisher=Lalit Narayan Mithila University Teachers’ Association}}</ref>
-"Moin saab was like the guardian of sports culture in Patna. He feverishly promoted all kinds of sports among students, first in colleges and later in universities and urged them to take part in sporting competitions. In fact, the sports quota in educational intuitions in Bihar owes its genesis through his efforts only," said Shabab Anwar, veteran [[sports journalist]] and [[Sports commentator|commentator]] based in [[Patna]], who has written on Moin-ul-Haq's life and legacy.
+He was elected as the Founding Vice-president of the [[Bihar Cricket Association]] with KAD Naraoji, the founding president. It was established after a meeting held in Jamshedpur.<ref name=":0" />
-Scholar [[Sujit Mukherjee]], who also played a bit of first-class cricket, spoke highly of Haq in his book ''Autobiography of an Unknown Cricketer'': "... the nearly immortal Principal Moin-ul Haq, holder of the highest offices in various national bodies, saw to it that any talent in any game was given whatever support or encouragement that Patna had to offer," the book says.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbEy8dZYzjUC&pg=PR3| title=Autobiography of An Unknown Cricketer | publisher=Ravi Dayal Publisher | author=Sujit Mukherjee | year=1996 | isbn=81-7530-001-9}}</ref>
-[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators14.jpg|thumb|right|alt=text|Indian Olympic Association Cte: Moinul Haque seated beside [[Yadavindra Singh|Maharaja of Patiala]] (seated in center)]]
-[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators11.jpg|thumb|right|alt=text|Indian National Games 1950: Moinul Haq, S.Bhoot, Bombay Chief Minister Kher (center with cane), and Bombay Home Minister Morarji Desai (center)]]
+He was a Chef-de-mission of the Indian Olympic contingent during the 1948 Olympics held in London and the 1952 Olympics held in Helsinki.<ref name="Padmashri" />
-==Appreciation==
+==Accolades==
 *The British government appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1930 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="london-gazette"/>
+*He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in the field of sports in 1970 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Padmashri">{{cite web |title=Padmashri Shri Syed Mohd. Moinul Haq |url=http://www.proudtobebihari.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=82 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032159/http://www.proudtobebihari.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=82 |archive-date=6 January 2014 |access-date=2014-01-06 |publisher=proud to be bihari}}</ref>
-*For his immense contribution to the field of sports and as a mark of honour, the then [[Bihar]] [[Chief Minister]] [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician)|Abdul Ghafoor]] in the 1970s renamed Patna's Rajendra Nagar Stadium as '[[Moin-ul-Haq Stadium]]', after the icon's death.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/others/33181627_1_ioa-indian-olympic-association-indian-sports | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501155238/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/others/33181627_1_ioa-indian-olympic-association-indian-sports | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 May 2013 | title=Remembering Moin-ul-Haq: An administrator par excellence | date=13 August 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=7 January 2014}}</ref>
-*He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] award in the field of sports in 1970 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name=Padmashri>{{cite web|publisher=proud to be bihari|title=Padmashri Shri Syed Mohd. Moinul Haq|url=http://www.proudtobebihari.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=82|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032159/http://www.proudtobebihari.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=82|archive-date=6 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+== Legacy ==
+*[[Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918)|Abdul Ghafoor]], then Chief Minister of Bihar issued the order to rename Rajendra Prasad Stadium in tribute to Moin Saab, and it was later renamed as [[Moin-ul-Haq Stadium]] in 1973.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Remembering-Moin-ul-Haq-An-administrator-par-excellence/articleshow/15474719.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501155238/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/others/33181627_1_ioa-indian-olympic-association-indian-sports | url-status=live | archive-date=1 May 2013 | title=Remembering Moin-ul-Haq: An administrator par excellence | date=13 August 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=7 January 2014}}</ref>
+*[[Moin-ul-Haq Stadium metro station]], a Metro station near the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium.
+*Author and Retired IPS Sudhir Kumar Jha mentions Moin-ul-Haq in his book ''Patna Reincarnated: A New Dawn'' and writes:<blockquote>He was immensely impressed with the strong nation character of the British people and their resilience.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Sudhir Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCVuAAAAMAAJ&q=Moin |title=A New Dawn: Patna Reincarnated |date=2005 |publisher=Sudhir Kumar Jha |isbn=978-81-7525-621-7 |pages=181 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>
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+[[Category:Academic staff of Bihar National College]]
+[[Category:People from Nalanda district]]
+[[Category:1881 births]]

v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Sports
1950s	Balbir Singh Sr. (1957) K. D. Singh (1958) Mihir Sen (1959) Milkha Singh (1959)
1960s	Vijay Hazare (1960) Jasu Patel (1960) Arati Saha (1960) Nari Contractor (1962) Sonam Gyatso (1962) Ramanathan Krishnan (1962) Gostha Pal (1962) Polly Umrigar (1962) Syed Mushtaq Ali (1963) M. J. Gopalan (1964) Nawang Gombu (1964) Charanjit Singh (1964) H. P. S. Ahluwalia (1965) Avtar Singh Cheema (1965) D. B. Deodhar (1965) Phu Dorjee (1965) Wilson Jones (1965) Verghese Kurien (1965) Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (1965) Chandra Prakash Vohra (1965) Sonam Wangyal (1965) Kishan Lal (1966) Narendra Kumar (1965) Shankar Lakshman (1967) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1967) Gurdial Singh (1967) Prithipal Singh (1967) Chandu Borde (1969)
1970s	Bishan Singh Bedi (1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) Sailen Manna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971) Gundappa Viswanath (1971) Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna (1972) B. S. Chandrasekhar (1972) Ajit Wadekar (1972) Farokh Engineer (1973) Pankaj Roy (1975) Roshan Lal Anand (1976) Meena Shah (1977)
1980s	Vasudevan Baskaran (1981) Syed Kirmani (1982) Kapil Dev (1982) Prakash Padukone (1982) Vijay Amritraj (1983) Bahadur Singh Chauhan (1983) Guru Hanuman (1983) Eliza Nelson (1983) Chand Ram (1983) Kaur Singh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Satpal Singh (1983) M. D. Valsamma (1983) Geeta Zutshi (1983) Charles Borromeo (1984) Phu Dorjee (1984) Chuni Goswami (1984) D. K. Khullar (1984) Bachendri Pal (1984) Omprakesh Agrawal (1985) P. T. Usha (1985) Anupama Gokhale (1986) Swaroop Kishen (1986) Geet Sethi (1986) Mohammad Shahid (1986) Bhagyashree Thipsay (1987) Dilip Vengsarkar (1987) Viswanathan Anand (1988) Mohammad Azharuddin (1988)
1990s	Chandraprabha Aitwal (1990) P. K. Banerjee (1990) Premchand Degra (1990) Gulshan Rai (1990) Jaman Lal Sharma (1990) Taranath Narayan Shenoy (1990) Selma D'Silva (1991) Aspy Adajania (1992) Ajit Pal Singh (1992) Sriram Singh (1992) Hakam Singh (1992) Shiny Abraham (1998) Ramesh Krishnan (1998) Lila Ram (1998) Pargat Singh (1998) Karnam Malleswari (1999) Sachin Tendulkar (1999)
2000s	Santosh Yadav (2000) Mahesh Bhupathi (2001) Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla (2001) Bhuvneshwari Kumari (2001) Leander Paes (2001) Dhanraj Pillay (2001) Sunita Rani (2001) Diana Edulji (2002) Jaspal Rana (2002) Mukesh Kumar (2003) Gopal Purushottam Phadke (2003) Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (2003) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (2003) Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (2003) K. M. Beenamol (2004) Gurmayum Anita Devi (2004) Rahul Dravid (2004) Sourav Ganguly (2004) Anju Bobby George (2004) S. P. Nimbalkar (2004) Dilip Tirkey (2004) Pullela Gopichand (2005) Anil Kumble (2005) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (2005) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2005) Rachel Thomas (2005) Madhumita Bisht (2006) Mohan Singh Gunjyal (2006) Mary Kom (2006) Sania Mirza (2006) Bahadur Singh Sagoo (2006) Koneru Humpy (2007) Jeev Milkha Singh (2007) Bhaichung Bhutia (2008) Bula Choudhury (2008) Pankaj Advani (2009) MS Dhoni (2009) Balbir Singh Kullar (2009) Harbhajan Singh (2009)
2010s	Ramakant Achrekar (2010) Narain Karthikeyan (2010) Saina Nehwal (2010) Virender Sehwag (2010) Vijender Singh (2010) Ignace Tirkey (2010) Kunjarani Devi (2011) Sushil Kumar (2011) VVS Laxman (2011) Shital Mahajan (2011) Gagan Narang (2011) Krishna Poonia (2011) Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer) (2011) S. M. Arif (2012) Ravi Chaturvedi (2012) Jhulan Goswami (2012) Zafar Iqbal (field hockey) (2012) Devendra Jhajharia (2012) Limba Ram (2012) Prabhakar Vaidya (2012) Premlata Agrawal (2013) Yogeshwar Dutt (2013) Vijay Kumar (2013) Girisha Nagarajegowda (2013) Dingko Singh (2013) Bajrang Lal Takhar (2013) Anjum Chopra (2014) Sunil Dabas (2014) Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (2014) Dipika Pallikal (2014) H. Boniface Prabhu (2014) Yuvraj Singh (2014) Mamta Sodha (2014) Saba Anjum Karim (2015) Mithali Raj (2015) P. V. Sindhu (2015) Sardara Singh (2015) Arunima Sinha (2015) Sushil Doshi (2016) Deepika Kumari (2016) Vikas Gowda (2017) Dipa Karmakar (2017) Virat Kohli (2017) Deepa Malik (2017) Sakshi Malik (2017) Shekhar Naik (2017) P. R. Sreejesh (2017) Mariyappan Thangavelu (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (2018) Somdev Devvarman (2018) Murlikant Petkar (2018) Srikanth Kidambi (2018) Sunil Chhetri (2019) Harika Dronavalli (2019) Gautam Gambhir (2019) Sharath Kamal (2019) Bombayla Devi Laishram (2019) Bajrang Punia (2019) Prashanti Singh (2019) Ajay Thakur (2019)
2020s	Oinam Bembem Devi (2020) M. P. Ganesh (2020) Zaheer Khan (2020) Jitu Rai (2020) Tarundeep Rai (2020) Rani Rampal (2020) Anitha Pauldurai (2021) Anshu Jamsenpa (2021) Mouma Das (2021) Sudha Singh (2021) Virender Singh (2021) K. Y. Venkatesh (2021) Sumit Antil (2022) Pramod Bhagat (2022) Neeraj Chopra (2022) Sankaranarayana Menon (2022) Faisal Ali Dar (2022) Vandana Katariya (2022) Avani Lekhara (2022) Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (2022) S. R. D. Prasad (2023) K. Shanathoiba Sharma (2023) Gurcharan Singh (2023) Joshna Chinappa (2024) Rohan Bopanna (2024) Purnima Mahato (2024) Harbinder Singh (2024) Satendra Singh Lohiya (2024) Gaurav Khanna (2024) Uday Vishwanath Deshpande (2024)