On the auspicious occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of "Umed Bhawan Palace" on 21 November 1929, it was announced by His Highness Shri Umed Singhji, the erstwhile ruler of the Jodhpur state, that the Mohammaden Community shall be provided with a suitable school building. Immediately after this announcement Marwar Muslim Education Society was established in 1929 with the primary object of running the school and promoting modern education in the Muslim Community of Marwar Region. Maharaja of Jodhpur Shri Umed Singh Ji was the Patron of the Society and Mr. A.P. Cox the erstwhile Director of Education of the state was the President and Janab Mehandi Hasan was Secretary. The other prominent members were Janab Rehmatullah Khan father of Janab Barkatullah Khan the late Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Janab Wahidullah Khan.

The School was first started in the Haveli of Janab Barkatullah Khan the late C.M. of Rajasthan.

Construction of the new School building was started on 6 February 1934 by Thekedar Choudhary Binja Ram. The design of the building was prepared by an eminent architect Janab Abdul Hameed, a British national who expired in London.

The School building was inaugurated and gifted to the Muslims by His Highness Maharaja Umed Singhji on 18 February 1936. The School was upto High School standard and named as "Darbar Muslim School".

Though the school was gifted to Muslim Community by the His Highness but unfortunately the Government of Rajasthan took over the assets of the school after the independence and re-named it in 1948 as Mahatma Gandhi School, by which it is presently known. This action of the Government put obstacles in the progress of education among Muslims and deprived Muslim generations of education for years. It is worth mentioning that the building of the Darbar Muslim School stands registered as Waqf Property with Rajasthan Board of Muslim Waqfs at Serial No…………in an extraordinary gazette. The Society struggled hard to get justice for the community and with the efforts of Janab Haji Mohammad Ji, Janab Haji Imadad Ali, Janab Haji Ibrahim, Janab Advocate Yunus Sahib, Janab Ishaque Mohammad retired Distt. Education Officer, Janab Khan Mirza Sahib retired P.A. to Director of Education, Janab Kaptan Haqiqatullah Khan, Janab Shokat Ansari, many Muslim youths and political leaders we ultimately succeeded partly in the year 1978 when the Government of Rajasthan lead by Hon'ble Bhairu Singh Shekhawat allotted 5 acres of land for the construction of a new school building. We are thankful to the then Chairman of the U.I.T., Shri Rewachand, who extended his full cooperation in the said allotment.

On this allotted land, the foundation stone of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Muslim Senior Secondary School was laid down by Mufti Moulana Ashfaque Hussain Sahib on 2 January 1981. At last on 11 September 1988 with the blessings of Almighty Allah, Shri Shiv Charan Mathur, the then Chief Minister of Rajasthan inaugurated the school in the presence of Sh. Ashok Gehlot, who was then the local Member of Parliament. Since then the Society is continuously stepping forward and achieving its targets in the field of education and many other welfare programmes for an all-round development of the weaker sections of society in general and Muslim community in particular.

Kaptan Haqiqatullah Khan got the Society registered under Societies Act with the Registrar Societies on 14.10.70 and its Registration Number is 109/70-71. Since, with the passage of time, the old constitution of the Society had become obsolete, a new constitution was prepared keeping in view the new progressive programmes and got registered, with the Registrar of Societies in the year 1996. The Society is also registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 and its registration number is 125610025 dated 02.09.98.

Realising the importance of modern education for Muslim girls, a secondary school was established for them in 1995, which was inaugrated by Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the erstwhile Chief Minister of Rajasthan (later on Vice President of India). The school has been named after Late Shri Firoz Khan a prominent citizen and an I.P.S. Officer of Jodhpur city who was keenly interested in the education of Muslim girls.

The Society is at present running one Boys' Higher Secondary School, one Girls' Secondary School, one Upper Primary School, two Industrial Training Centres for Boys and Girls separately, one English Medium School, one Hospital and Research Centre and one Goushala (an animal care centre).

Acknowledgement

We gratefully acknowledge all the donations received by the Society from a large number of individuals / agencies / societies for the establishment / development of different institutions during the last two decades. However, the generous donations received from the following government agencies / individuals are worth mentioning:

 

1.	Rajasthan Board of Muslim Wakfs, Jaipur
2.	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Education Foundation, Delhi
3.	Shri Abdul Majeed Gauri, Dy. Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur for the construction of 2nd floor of the Girls School
4.	Shri Ashok Gehlot, M.P. for the construction of Library Building
5.	Dr. L.M. Singhvi, M.P. for the construction of Barkatullah Khan Boys Hostel Building
6.	Shri Rajendra Solanki, Chairman U.I.T. Jodhpur for the construction of Computer Centre Building (Under Ground)
7.	Shri Jugal Kabra, M.L.A. for the Hardware Engg. Lab & I.T.I. Computer Units
8.	Shri Jaswant Singh Ji Jasole, former Union Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance. Now leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha
9.	Shri Jaswant Singh Bishnoi, Member of Parliament from Jodhpur
10.	Shri Mohan Meghwal MLA, Soorsagar Constituency (Jodhpur)
11.	Smt. Suryakanta Vyas, MLA, Jodhpur City
12.	Shri Mool Chand Meena, Member Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan
13.	Smt Najma Heptulla, Member Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan
14.	I.D.B. Jeddah
15.	W.M.O. London