Kedwaii was born in 1901 in
Barabanki,
North Western Provinces of
British India. Kedwaii completed his
LL.B at
Aligarh University. He started his political career as an activist of the
Khilafat movement in the
British Raj. He was a member of the Khilafat Committee and was later made its Chief Leader.
Maulana Shaukat Ali used to call him "My Lieutenant". After the termination of the Khilafat Movement, Maulana Shaukat Ali laid the foundation for the Khuddam-e-Ka'aba Association in the British Raj, of which Kedwaii was appointed President of the
United Provinces branch. In 1922, Kedwaii, in the leadership of
Allama Raghib Ahsan, created the All India Muslim Youth League of which he was the
Secretary-General. There was a feeling of disappointment after the adoption of the
Nehru Report by the
All India Congress Committee, in 1928. Under such circumstances, the All India Muslim Conference was founded by the Muslims of the British Raj, whose president was
Sir Aga Khan III. Kedwaii, started as a member and later became its Secretary. Kedwaii joined the
All-India Muslim League in 1936 and became a member of its Council in 1938. Kedwaii, along with his other companions in
Aligarh, drafted the "Pakistan Scheme" on the basis of which the All India Muslim League developed the "
Lahore Resolution" in 1940. Kedwaii migrated to the
Dominion of Pakistan as a
Muhajir in
1947 and settled in Lahore. He remained the faculty member of the
University of the Punjab's Law college and practiced law as a
senior advocate. Kedwaii was one of the founding members of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and participated in its meetings as its vice president. Kedwaii had great spiritual affiliations with
Data Ali Hajveri of Lahore. Because of this spiritual attachment, he remained in Lahore until his death on 21 August 1973. ==Notes==