Sir Wazir Hasan

Sir Wazir Hasan was one of the admirers of Shri Nathji. He attended His lectures in Lucknow and also in Mussorie.  In the 1930's Sir Wazir Hasan of Lucknow met Shri Nathji on the Camel's Back Road in Mussoorie, and Shri Nathji said to him: "I have a large place in my heart for you!" "That is my good fortune," said Sir Wazir Hasan. "You are great, and it makes one's heart great to give place to greatness!" Shri Nathji responded. "No, Hazrat," said Sir Wazir Hasan, "it is you who are great!"

Syed Wazir Hasan (later, Sir Wazir Hasan) (1874 – August 1947) was Indian jurist and Secretary and later President of the All-India Muslim League. A practitioner in the Judicial Commissioner's Court, he was the first Indian Chief Justice of the Awadh Chief Court (1930–1934). His Presidential address at the 24th Session, of Muslim League, held on 11–12 April 1936 in Bombay, was noted for its call of Hindu-Muslim unity, before the call for separate Muslim state was raised by Jinnah the very next year. During Indian Independence movement, he was the counsel for Hindustan Times newspaper, for the noted 'Hindustan Times Contempt Case', August–November, 1941 at Allahabad High Court. He was born to Syed Zaheer, who belonged to a family was landed gentry from the Jaunpur district and he was expected to look after the estate. But he saw the opportunities that an English education would bring, quarrelled with his father and left for Aligarh Muslim University to study law, and also at Muir Central College, Allahabad. He had 4 brothers: Syed Jafar Hasan, Syed Shabbir Hasan, a prominent poet of his time, also known as "Qateel Lakhnawi", Syed Asghar Hasan, and Syed Kazim Hasan. He had 2 sisters. He also had a large volume of work and was the first Indian member of the Oudh Bar Association to be elevated as Additional Judicial Commissioner in 1921. He continued as such till the Oudh Chief Court came into being in 1925, and he became a Justice of the Court. His judgments spoke volumes of his erudition and it is said that none of his judgments were ever upset by the Privy Council. He became the Chief Judge of the Chief Court in 1930 and retired in 1934. After retirement he shifted to Allahabad to practice. He lived like any Taluqdar, and in later life dabbled in politics. His successful career proved him right and getting a good education became the rule in the family. His daughters Fatima Zehra and Noor Zehra were among the first students to get enrolled in the newly established Muslim School for Girls, later known as Karamat Hussain College. His son Syed Ali Zaheer was a politician and member of the First Indian Cabinet, under Jawahar Lal Nehru, and Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973) was a renowned Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary. His other children were Syed Baquar, Syed Hussain, Nur Zehra, Nur Fatima, and Syed Hasan. His wife Lady Wazir Hasan, gave up purdah in 1930, during the Non-cooperation movement of Gandhi ji. She gifted away all her French chiffon saris and started wearing khadi and weaving on a charkha. she is from Bhopal, the first girl to complete Middle School.