Early Life & Family
Majeed was born on December 20, 1909, in Vakkom, a small village which was then part of the Travancore Princely State, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala). He was born into a well-known Muslim family 'Poonthran Vilakom' which had ancestral roots to Madurai and Hyderabad. Majeed was the first of four children born to Syed Mohamed and Mohamed Beevi. Majeed had one sister: Safiya Beevi (1912–1986) and two brothers: Mohamed Abda (1914–1992), and Abdul Latheef (1917-1999). His uncle, Vakkom Moulavi, was a visionary, social reformer, scholar, educationist, writer, journalist and the proprietor of Swadeshabhimani newspaper. Majeed obtained his early education at St. Joseph High School, Anjengo. In 1936, Majeed married Suleha Beevi, the niece of Vakkom Moulavi. They had five children: Fathima (born 1937), infant boy (1939-1940), Najma (1943-1957), infant girl (1953-died soon after birth) and Shameema (1957-2011).
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