Notable Alumni of Aligarh Muslim University [Sorted List]

1. Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari

1935-2015 (aged 80)

Maulana Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari was an Islamic scholar from Hyderabad, India. He served as the khateeb and imam of the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and the vice chancellor of Jamia Nizamia University.

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2. Syed Ali Nawab

1925-1994 (aged 69)

military personnel engineer

Syed Ali Nawab, was an engineering officer in the Pakistan Army Corps of EME, and a mechanical engineer with an MIMechE from UK and two bachelor's degrees, one in Electrical Engineering, and the other in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He was known for his classified works in the development of atomic bomb at PAEC and...

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3. Roohi Zuberi

1959-. (aged 67)

social worker

Roohi Zuberi is an Indian social worker and women's rights activist. Zuberi has also served as a senior cabinet member at Mumbai University.

4. M. A. Gaffar

1910-1966 (aged 56)

politician

Mohammed Abdul Gaffar, also known as Abdul Gaffar, was a politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar). He was elected to the Legislature of Burma in British Burma from Buthidaung in 1947. After Burmese independence in 1948, the President of Burma Sao Shwe Thaik appointed Gaffar as one of the seven members of the Inquiry Commission of Arakan in...

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5. Mian Ghulam Jilani

1913-2004 (aged 91)

diplomat military personnel politician

Mian Ghulam Jilani SQA, IS, LoM also known as Kaka, Speen Dada, and Jilly, was a politician, businessman, and former two-star general in the Pakistan Army. As a British Indian Army officer during World War II, he survived a Japanese POW camp in Singapore. He played a key role in establishing the ceasefire during the First Kashmir War. During his...

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6. Syed Mahmud

1889-1971 (aged 82)

politician

Syed Mahmud was an Indian politician and senior leader in the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and in post-independence India.

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7. Mohammad Gulrez

1960-. (aged 66)

professor

Mohammad Gulrez is an International Relations & Global Governance expert. He has served as Pro Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 22 June 2022 to 22 April 2024. Previously, on 2 April 2023, Prof Gulrez took over the charge as officiating Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and served there till 22 April 2024. He has also served...

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8. Jamal Khwaja

1926-2020 (aged 94)

academic philosopher politician

Jamal Khwaja was an Indian philosopher.

9. Divya Jain

computer scientist

Divya Jain is an Indian origin software engineer and entrepreneur. Jain has been called a "data doyenne" by Fortune. She is currently a Director of ML at Google. Previously she was the Director of ML at Adobe and prior to that a Data Analysis Engineer at Box Data.

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10. Zahoor Qasim

1926-2015 (aged 89)

marine biologist oceanographer

Sayed Zahoor Qasim was an Indian marine biologist. Qasim helped lead India's exploration to Antarctica and guided the other seven expeditions from 1981 to 1988. He was a Member of the Planning Commission of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia from 1989 to 1991 and an Honorary Professor of universities including Aligarh...

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11. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari

1905-1973 (aged 68)

independence activist

Abdul Qaiyum Ansari was a participant in the freedom struggle of India. He was known for his commitment to national integration, secularism, and communal harmony. He was a leader who worked against the demand of the Muslim League for creation of a separate Muslim nation from India as an independent state. Mr. Ansari fought against Jinnah's two nation theory through...

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12. Prerna Kohli

1965-. (aged 61)

clinical psychologist

Prerna Kohli is a clinical psychologist, social worker and author. She was awarded the ‘100 Women Achievers of India’ in 2016 by the President of India for her work on mental health.

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13. Naima Khatoon

1961-. (aged 65)

professor vice-chancellor

Prof. Naima Khatoon is the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. She is the first female Vice-Chancellor in the history of the university. Khatoon earned her PhD in Psychology from the Aligarh Muslim University and joined as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology in 1988. She also served as an associate professor at the National University of Rwanda...

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14. Masud Choudhary

1944-2022 (aged 78)

police officer

Masud Choudhary was an Indian civil servant, educator, social reformer, thinker and an administrator of Jammu and Kashmir union territory. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri, J&K. He was also the Chief Patron of the Muslim Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust. Choudhary served in the police and retired as the Additional Director of...

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15. Amin Kamil

1924-2014 (aged 90)

poet writer

Amin Kamil was a Kashmiri poet, literary critic, researcher and editor. He is also known for his short stories, a genre of which he was one of the pioneers in Kashmiri. He remains one of the most popular and influential masters of the Kashmiri language, leaving behind a legacy of literary brilliance.

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16. Ishwari Prasad

1888-1986 (aged 98)

historian author

Iswari Prasad Upadhyaya was an Indian historian. He was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, and first graduate of the university. He dealt mainly with the Muslim rulers and governments of India, especially with the Mughal and Tughluq dynasties. He did extensive work on rulers such as Muhammad bin Tughluq, the Sultan of Delhi, Humayun, and Aurangzeb.

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17. Yasar Shah

1977-. (aged 49)

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly politician

Yasar Shah is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the Matera constituency in both the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly (2012–2017) and the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly (2017–2022) as a member of the Samajwadi Party. He is the son of late cabinet minister Waqar Ahmad Shah and former MP Rubab Sayda.

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18. Mohammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi

1966-. (aged 60)

Syed Mohammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi is an Indian Sufi leader and spiritual master from Kichchouchcha Sharif, the famous Sufi shrine of Ashraf Jahangir Semnani in Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. Kichhauchhwi is a patron of various social, academic and other developmental activities of Sufi Sunni Muslims in India. He is the Founder and National President of the All India Ulema and...

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19. Pir Ilahi Bux

1890-1975 (aged 85)

politician

Pir Ilahi Bux or Pir Ilahi Buksh was a Pakistani politician and activist who was a prominent member of the Pakistan Movement and served as the Chief Minister of Sindh from 1948 to 1949.

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20. Shahid Jameel

1957-. (aged 69)

researcher virologist

Shahid Jameel is an Indian virologist and academic. Dr. Jameel is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Fellow at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He serves as the Principal Investigator for the Centre's project on Public Health, Science and Technology in Muslim societies. Previously he was the director of the Trivedi School...

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21. Syed Amir Uddin Kedwali

1901-1973 (aged 72)

lawyer

Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii PMGM was a Pakistani barrister, politician and independence activist, known for designing the national flag of Pakistan. He was posthumously awarded the 'Pakistan Movement Gold Medal' in 1991 by the government of Pakistan, for his efforts during the Pakistan Movement.

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22. Ikbal Ali Shah

1894-1969 (aged 75)

biographer

Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah was an Indian-Afghan author and diplomat descended from the Sadaat of Paghman. Born and educated in India, he came to Britain as a young man to continue his education in Edinburgh, where he married a young Scotswoman.

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23. Liaqat Hyat Khan

1887-1948 (aged 61)

politician

Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Liaqat Hayat Khan KCIE OBE, (1887 – 1948) was an Indian official who served for most of his career as a minister and later Prime Minister of Patiala State, in British India. After the partition of 1947, he became the ambassador of Pakistan to France until 1948.

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24. Nazir Ahmed

1898-1973 (aged 75)

physicist

Nazir Ahmed OBE (1 May 1898 – 30 September 1973) was an experimental physicist and the first chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1956 to 1960.

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25. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai

1949-. (aged 77)

lobbyist

Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai is an American citizen of Kashmiri origin, and a Jamaat-e-Islami activist. He founded the organisation Kashmiri American Council in the United States and carried out lobbying on behalf of Kashmiri separatist groups and the Government of Pakistan. In 2011, the US government stated that this was a front group for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

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26. Jalaluddin Umri

1935-2022 (aged 87)

writer philosopher ulema politician

Syed Jalaluddin Umri was an Islamic scholar and writer. He was the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind from 2007 to 2019.

27. Najma Akhtar

1953-. (aged 73)

Najma Akhtar is an Indian academic and academic administrator. She served as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 12 April 2019 until 12 November 2023. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI. In 2022, she was awarded with Padma Shri by the Government of India.

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28. Majid Husain

1940-2019 (aged 79)

geologist

Majid Husain was an Indian geographer known for his contributions to geography.

29. Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram

1880-1943 (aged 63)

writer

Syed Sajjad Haider "Yaldram" was an Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humourist from British India.

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30. Obaid Siddiqi

1932-2013 (aged 81)

geneticist biologist

Obaid Siddiqi FRS was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) National Center for Biological Sciences. He made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the genetics and neurobiology of Drosophila.

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31. Mohsin Wali

1953-. (aged 73)

cardiologist

Mohsin Wali is an Indian cardiologist and a former honorary physician to R. Venkataraman and Shankar Dayal Sharma and the serving physician to Pranab Mukherjee. His first assignment as a physician to the President of India was with R. Venkataraman, at the age of 33, making him the youngest physician to serve an Indian President. He is the only physician...

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32. Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo

1917-1989 (aged 72)

politician

Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo was a Pakistani politician from Balochistan. He served as the 3rd Governor of Balochistan.

33. Baharul Islam

1918-1993 (aged 75)

judge

Baharul Islam was an Indian politician and judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, as a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1972, he resigned from the Rajya Sabha to become a judge in the Gauhati High Court, where he eventually retired as Chief...

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34. Talat Ahmad

1955-. (aged 71)

geologist

Talat Ahmad is an Indian Earth Scientist, former Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Delhi and served as Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Senior Scientist. He served as Chairman of Governing body which oversees Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun from 1 December 2021 (full charge from 1 June 2022) onwards and served the office till 30 November...

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35. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

1904-1982 (aged 78)

minister lawyer politician

Fazal Elahi Chaudhry was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978, due to Zia-ul-Haq's martial law following the 1977 coup d'état which overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. He was the first legislatively-elected president in the country's history, serving as a constitutional figurehead.

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36. Ziauddin Ahmad

1873-1947 (aged 74)

mathematician pedagogue philosopher politician

Sir Ziauddin Ahmad was an Indian mathematician, parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and a scholar. He was a member of the Aligarh Movement and was a professor, principal of MAO College, first pro vice-chancellor, vice chancellor and rector of Aligarh Muslim University, India.

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37. Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Darbhanga constituency of Bihar.

38. Gauhar Raza

1956-. (aged 70)

writer film director social activist scientist

Gauhar Raza is an Indian engineer, science communicator, Urdu poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker. He is known for his films like Jung-e-Azadi, on India's First War of Independence, and Inqilab (2008) on Bhagat Singh. He was also the honorary director of Jahangirabad Media Institute.

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39. Mehboob Ali Kaiser

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Khagaria Lok Sabha Constituency. He started his political career from Indian National Congress. He was Member of Legislative Assembly where he represented Simri-Bakhtiarpur constituency for three terms. He also served as Cabinet Minister in Bihar Government. After being denied ticket by Indian National Congress for General Elections...

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40. Roedad Khan

1923-2024 (aged 101)

diplomat

Roedad Khan was a Pakistani politician and civil servant. He was a leading figure in Pakistan from the start to the end of the Cold War. During his long career, Khan was one of the most senior civil servants of Pakistan.

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41. Frank F Islam

writer

Frank Islam is an information technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, civic leader, and writer who heads the FI Investment Group. He was the founder and CEO of the QSS Group. US President Barack Obama appointed him to be the General Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2013.

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42. Mohsina Kidwai

1932-. (aged 94)

politician

Mohsina Kidwai is an Indian politician and former union minister and parliamentarian from the Indian National Congress party belonging from the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. She served as a union minister under Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi holding several important portfolios.

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43. Mahendra Pratap

1886-1979 (aged 93)

author politician journalist

Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh was an Indian independence activist, politician, social reformer, and educationist. He was the president of the provisional government of India, established in Kabul in 1915, with the support of Indian nationalists and revolutionaries during World War I. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1932.

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44. N. R. Madhava Menon

1935-2019 (aged 84)

civil servant legal scholar

Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon was an Indian civil servant, lawyer and legal educator, considered by many as the father of modern legal education in India. He is the founder of National Law Universities system and first director of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal and the founder-vice-chancellor of the West Bengal National...

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45. Qasim Razvi

1902-1970 (aged 68)

politician

Syed Muhammad Qasim Razvi was a politician in the princely state of Hyderabad. He was the president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party from December 1946 until the state's Annexation by India in 1948. He was also the founder of the Razakar militia in the state. He held the levers of power with the Nizam of Hyderabad, blocking the possibilities of...

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46. Abdur Rab Nishtar

1899-1958 (aged 59)

politician

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He served as the first Minister of Communications of Pakistan from August 1947 to August 1949 and then as the second Governor of West Punjab from August 1949 to November 1951.

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47. Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi

1923-2018 (aged 95)

comedian writer

Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi was a Pakistani Urdu satirist and humourist. Yousufi also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. He received in 1999 the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award and in 2002 the Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award, the highest literary honour given by the Government of Pakistan.

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48. Asghar Wajahat

1946-. (aged 80)

writer

Dr Syed Asghar Wajahat, popularly known as Asghar Wajahat, is a Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist, playwright, an independent documentary filmmaker and a television scriptwriter, who is most known for his work, 'Saat Aasmaan' and his acclaimed play, 'Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, O Jamyai Nai', based on the story of an old Punjabi Hindu woman who gets left behind in...

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49. Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan, Prince of Chhatari

1888-1982 (aged 94)

politician

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan, Nawab of Chhatari GBE KCSI KCIE also generally referred to as Nawab of Chhatari was Governor of the United Provinces, Chief Minister of United Provinces, President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad (i.e. Prime Minister of Hyderabad) and Chief Scout of India.

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50. Ashok Seth

cardiologist interventional cardiologist writer

Ashok Seth is an Indian interventional cardiologist, credited with the performance of over 50,000 angiograms and 20,000 angioplasties, which has been included in the Limca Book of Records, a book for achievements and records from an Indian perspective. He is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh and Ireland and serves as the chief cardiologist, holding...

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51. Punathil Kunjabdulla

1940-2017 (aged 77)

writer

Punathil Kunjabdulla was an Indian writer from Kerala. A medical doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla was a practitioner of the avant-garde in Malayalam literature. His work includes more than 45 books, including 7 novels, 15 short story collections, memoirs, an autobiography and travelogues. His work Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) won the Central and State Akademi Awards.

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52. Muhammad Mansur Ali

1919-1975 (aged 56)

politician

Muhammad Mansur Ali was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League, Mansur also served briefly as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975 until he was assassinated while incarcerated on 3 November 1975.

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53. Ross Masood

1889-1937 (aged 48)

scientist

Sir Ross Masood was the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University starting in 1929.

54. Tazeen Fatma

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Tazeen Fatma is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. She belongs to the Samajwadi Party and is a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Rampur assembly constituency of Rampur district. She is pro-vice-chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.

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55. Mohammed Abdur Rahiman

1898-1945 (aged 47)

autobiographer freedom fighter revolutionary politician

Mohammed Abdur Rahiman Sahib was an Indian freedom fighter from Kerala. He was a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly. As president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(Malabar) in 1939 he played a key role in setting up the Indian National Congress in Kerala.

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56. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

1894-1954 (aged 60)

politician

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. Kidwai served as Minister of Agriculture in the interim government of India and as first Minister of Communications in the first cabinet of independent India. He was also the first Member of Parliament for Bahraich and before that a member of the Constituent Assembly.

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57. Bijan Abdolkarimi

1963-. (aged 63)

translator poet philosopher writer

Bijan Abdolkarimi is an Iranian philosopher, thinker, translator, and editor. His main interests are ontology, political philosophy and the critique of religious and intellectual traditions. He claims to challenge the dominant ideological discourse in Iran. He has participated in debates at Iranian universities and also in IRIB TV4 in which he has opposed the notion of Islamic humanities. He is...

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58. KK Muhammed

1952-. (aged 74)

archaeologist

Karingamannu Kuzhiyil Muhammed is an Indian archaeologist who served as the Regional Director (North) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Muhammed is credited for the discovery of Ibadat Khana, as well as various prominent Buddhist Stupas and Monuments. During his career, he undertook the restoration of the Bateshwar Complex, successfully convincing naxal insurgents and dacoits to cooperate, as well...

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59. Mushtaq Ali

1914-2005 (aged 91)

cricketer

Syed Mushtaq Ali was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112 against England at Old Trafford in 1936. Mushtaq Ali was noted for his graceful batting style and a flair which often cost him his wicket by being over-adventurous too soon...

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60. Maulana Shaukat Ali

1873-1939 (aged 66)

freedom fighter

Shaukat Ali Khan was an Indian Muslim member of the Khilafat Movement. He was the elder brother of the renowned political leader Mohammad Ali Jouhar.

61. Khawaja Nazimuddin

1894-1964 (aged 70)

politician barrister

Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin KCIE was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and then as the second prime minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953.

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62. Shakeel Badayuni

1916-1970 (aged 54)

writer songwriter poet lyricist

Shakeel Badayuni was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films.

63. Fahad Ahmad

1992-. (aged 34)

social activist

Fahad Ahmad is an Indian student activist and politician who is member of the NCP. He was previously a Member of Samajwadi Party and had served as President of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha in Maharashtra.

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64. Sahib Singh Verma

1943-2007 (aged 64)

politician

Sahib Singh Verma was an Indian politician. He served as the 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and Union Labour Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He was a member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of India (1999–2004).

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65. Irfan Habib

1931-. (aged 95)

historian university teacher

Irfan Habib is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He is known for his strong stance against Hindutva. He has authored a number of books, notably the Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556–1707, an Atlas of the Mughal Empire: Political and Economic Maps with Detailed Notes,...

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66. Hasrat Mohani

1875-1951 (aged 76)

writer poet freedom fighter politician

Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan, known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian independence activist and a poet in Urdu. Together with Swami Kumaranand, he is regarded as the first person to demand complete independence for India in 1921 at the Ahmedabad Session of Congress. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi supported the complete independence motion demanded by Hasrat Mohani. He wrote the ghazal (love...

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67. Habib Tanvir

1923-2009 (aged 86)

actor playwright director writer theatre manager

Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Indian Urdu playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975). A pioneer in Urdu and Hindi theatre, he was most known for his work with Chhattisgarhi tribals, at the Naya Theatre, a theatre company he founded in 1959...

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68. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

1914-1987 (aged 73)

autobiographer film producer film director columnist journalist

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English.

69. Begum Para

1926-2008 (aged 82)

actor

Begum Para was an Indian Hindi film actress. She was active mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. After almost 50 years of absence in the industry, she returned to films with her last role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother. In her time during the 1950s, she was considered a 'glamour girl' of Bollywood, so much...

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70. Lala Amarnath

1911-2000 (aged 89)

cricketer

Lala Amarnath Bhardwaj was an Indian cricketer. He is considered to be the father figure of Indian cricket. He scored the first ever century for India in Test Cricket in 1933. He was independent India's first cricket captain and captained India in their first Test series win against Pakistan in 1952.

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71. Malik Ghulam Muhammad

1895-1956 (aged 61)

civil servant financier politician chartered accountant

Sir Malik Ghulam Muhammad was a Pakistani politician and economist who served as the third governor-general of Pakistan from 1951 to 1955. He carried out what is called a 'constitutional coup' by dismissing Khawaja Nazimuddin's government in 1953 and dissolving of the constituent assembly in 1954.

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72. K. Asif

1922-1971 (aged 49)

film producer screenwriter film director

K. Asif was an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who is known for his epic film, Mughal-e-Azam (1960).

73. Maulana Mohammad Ali

1878-1931 (aged 53)

translator author journalist freedom fighter

Muhammad Ali Jawhar was an Indian politician and activist of the Indian independence movement. He was a co-founder of the All-India Muslim League and Jamia Millia Islamia.

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74. M. A. G. Osmani

1918-1984 (aged 66)

military personnel politician

Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani was a Bangladeshi military officer, revolutionary and politician. His military career spanned three decades, beginning with his service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II, and after the partition of India in 1947, he joined the Pakistan Army and served in the East Bengal Regiment, retiring...

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75. Surekha Sikri

1945-2021 (aged 76)

film actor television actor stage actor

Surekha Sikri was an Indian actress widely known for her performance in theatre, films and television. She has received several awards, including a Filmfare Award and three National Film Awards.

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76. Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah

1905-1982 (aged 77)

chemist writer politician

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir. Abdullah was the founding leader and President of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later renamed Jammu and Kashmir National Conference). He agitated against the rule of the Maharaja Hari Singh and urged self-rule for Kashmir. He is also known...

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77. Azam Khan

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Mohammad Azam Khan is an Indian politician, lawyer and former elected representative who has served as the Member of Parliament from Rampur. He is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He was also the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and...

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78. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

1936-2016 (aged 80)

lawyer politician

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016. He held various positions, including minister of Tourism in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet and minister of Home Affairs in V. P. Singh's cabinet. Sayeed began his...

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79. Kaifi Azmi

1919-2002 (aged 83)

lyricist poet songwriter

Kaifi Azmi was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated in many memorable Mushaira gatherings of the twentieth century. He was also a communist who wanted to see India one day become a socialist state. His wife was theatre...

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80. Ayub Khan

1907-1974 (aged 67)

autobiographer military personnel financier politician

Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan NPk HJ HPk MBE was a Pakistani army officer and military dictator who served as the second president of Pakistan from 1958 until his resignation in 1969. He was the first native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army, serving from 1951 to 1958. Khan's presidency started in 1958 when he overthrew President Iskander Mirza in a coup d'état, and...

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81. Anubhav Sinha

1965-. (aged 61)

film director screenwriter

Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005), and Ra.One (2011). He also directed a series of socio-political films Mulk (2018), Article 15 (2019), Thappad (2020), Anek (2022), and Bheed (2023). His latest Netflix series is IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (2024).

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82. Dalip Tahil

1952-. (aged 74)

actor television actor

Dalip Tahil is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his work in Baazigar (1993), Raja (1995), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Pyaar Ki Miss Call (2009) along with actor Gaurav Prateek. In the UK, he appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Dan Ferreira, the head...

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83. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

1890-1988 (aged 98)

freedom fighter politician

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan and Badshah Khan, was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British rule in colonial India. After the partition occurred, he became a Pakistani politician and led the Azad Party.

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84. Liaquat Ali Khan

1895-1951 (aged 56)

diplomat lawyer politician

Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He played a key role in consolidating the state of Pakistan, much as Muhammad Ali Jinnah did in founding it. A leading figure in the Pakistan Movement, he is revered as Quaid-e-Millat ("Leader of...

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85. Kulbhushan Kharbanda

1944-. (aged 82)

film actor television actor stage actor

Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group borkh in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic Arth (1982),...

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86. Naseeruddin Shah

1950-. (aged 76)

film actor stage actor film director

Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi films. He was notable in Indian parallel cinema and has starred in various international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. The Government of India honoured him...

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87. Javed Akhtar

1945-. (aged 81)

poet screenwriter writer lyricist songwriter

Javed Akhtar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, poet, and political activist. Renowned for his extensive work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honours. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest...

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88. Major Dhyan Chand Singh

1905-1979 (aged 74)

field hockey player autobiographer

Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. Dhyan Chand's influence extended beyond these victories,...

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89. Syed Hamidul Hasan

writer

Syed Hamid ul Hassan is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India. He is also the current principal of Jamia Nazmia.

90. Arif Mohammad Khan

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Arif Mohammad Khan is an Indian politician currently serving as 30th Governor of Bihar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and previously served as Governor of Kerala from 2022 to 2025, and as a Union minister who has held several portfolios ranging from energy to civil aviation.

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91. Abdul Majid Daryabadi

1892-1977 (aged 85)

ulema writer university teacher philosopher journalist

Abdul Majid Daryabadi was an influential Islamic scholar, philosopher, writer, critic, researcher, journalist, and Quranic exegete active in the Indian subcontinent during the 20th century. He was deeply concerned with modernism, comparative religion, and orientalism in India.

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92. Rajeev Kumar Varshney

1973-. (aged 53)

geneticist researcher

Rajeev Kumar Varshney FRS FAA is an Indian-Australian agricultural scientist specialising in genomics, genetics, and molecular breeding. As of 2022, he serves as Director of the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Director of the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, and International Chair - Agriculture & Food Security at Murdoch University.

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93. Mohammad Hamid Ansari

1937-. (aged 89)

diplomat

Mohammad Hamid Ansari is an Indian bureaucrat and retired diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.

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94. Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman

1964-. (aged 62)

academic

Md. Akhtaruzzaman is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 28th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Prior to this position, he served in different academic, administrative and co-curricular development activities at the University of Dhaka including the pro-vice chancellor (administration), dean (Faculty of Arts), chairman, Department of Islamic History & Culture, and provost of the Kabi Jashim Uddin Hall,...

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95. Munier Choudhury

1925-1971 (aged 46)

author writer

Abu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971.

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96. K M Baharul Islam

2019-2021 (aged 2)

writer

K M Baharul Islam is presently the Director, Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, India. He was a Professor and the Chairperson of Centre of Excellence in Public Policy and Government at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur from July 2012 to Jan 2025. He served as the Dean during 2019-2021 at the same institute. He was elected as a Fellow of...

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97. S. M. Khan

1957-2024 (aged 67)

civil servant

S. M. Khan was an Indian Information Service officer of Government of India. Khan, a 1982-batch IIS officer, had a long tenure with Central Bureau of Investigation as its spokesperson and Press Secretary to then President of India A P J Abdul Kalam, and served as Director of Jamia Hamdard Residential Coaching Academy.

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98. Zakir Husain

1897-1969 (aged 72)

politician

Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the vice president of India from 1962 to 1967 and president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.

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99. Syed Mujtaba Ali

1904-1974 (aged 70)

journalist writer

Syed Mujtaba Ali was a Bengali writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanistan and Egypt.

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100. Syed Ziaur Rahman

1972-. (aged 54)

translator pharmacologist

Syed Ziaur Rahman is a permanent member of 'Board of Trustees' and Chair of the Advisory Council, International Association of Medical Colleges (IAOMC). He also serves as Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Elected Secretary of IAOMC and Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI).

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