Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. Kidwai served as a Minister of Communications in the first Cabinet of Independent India (First Nehru Ministry). He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India.

Quotes

 * After the ceremony, Nehru and other Congress leaders addressed a mass meeting on the river bank. As the meeting ended, Ran Ahmed Kidwai whispered to me: "Jawaharlal has performed the last rites not only of Gandhi but of Gandhiism as well. Now that the master has gone, there will be no one to discipline the crowd. The High Command is dead."
 * India from Curzon to Nehru and after    Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Quoted by Ram Gopal from Durga Das: India from Curzon to Nehru and After. Quoted also in Elst, Koenraad (2018). Why I killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse's defence. New Delhi : Rupa, 2018.