Biography of S M Moin Ul Haque, after whom a stadium in Patna is named | Moin Ul Haq Stadium | Patna

Sayyid Muhammad Moin-ul-Haq, popularly known as Moin Saab, 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
* General Secretary of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for 19 Year's
* A main organiser of the inaugural Asian Games held in Delhi in 1951.
* Chef-de-mission of the Indian Olympic contingent during the 1948 and 1952 Olympics held in London and Helsinki respectively.
* Founding Member of Indian Hockey Federation in 1927 and Served as vice president of this organization for many years.
* Founding President of All India Football Federation (AIFF) in 1935, Which is the national governing body of football in India.
* Indian Olympic Association representative to many Indian national games such as the 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; he urged students to take to sports apart from regular studies.
* President of Patna University Teachers Association in 1953.
After his detag on 11 December 1973, A stadium was previously known as Rajendra Nagar Stadium. was renamed as Moin Ul Hqque Stadium after the death of icon Moin-ul-Haq, who was general secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), India's chef-de-mission of the Indian Olympic contingent in 1948 to London and in 1952 to Helsinki, and one of the founding vice-presidents along with K A D Naoroji of the Bihar Cricket Association, in the year 1936 at Jamshedpur, of Bihar.
He was the founder of Astanwa Urdu Girls School.
Moin Sahab, Man Behind Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Biography of Syed Moin Ul Haque after whom a stadium in Patna is named
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