Dr. Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the 3rd president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.
Jamia Millia Islamia is a public and research university located in New Delhi,India. Originally established at Aligarh,United Provinces during the British Empire in 1920,it moved to its current location in Okhla in 1935. It was given the deemed status by the University Grants Commission in 1962. Jamia Millia Islamia became a central university by an act of the Indian Parliament which was passed on 26 December 1988.
St. Columba's School in Delhi,India,established in 1941,is one of the 12,000 English medium schools of its kind established by the Indian Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers,which was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school's campus is located in the heart of Delhi and extends over a couple of acres. St. Columba's School alumni include three Rhodes Scholars,a Pulitzer Prize winner,and a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee. Students are referred to as Columbans. The school admits only boys.
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari was an Indian nationalist and political leader,and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement. He was one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia University. He remained it's chancellor from 1928 to 1936.
New Friends Colony is a posh residential colony of South Delhi,India. It consists of A,B,C,D Blocks. It is situated near Uttar Pradesh border.
Khurshed Alam Khan was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.
Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai was an Indian chemist and politician. He served as Governor of the states of Bihar,West Bengal and Haryana. Also,he worked as Governor of the state of Rajasthan. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian parliament,from 1999 to 2004. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award.
Mushirul Hasan was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the partition of India,communalism,and on the history of Islam in South Asia.
Tejendra Khanna is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice,from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University,Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology,Delhi,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Ambedkar University.
Abdul Majeed Khwaja was an Indian lawyer,educationist,social reformer and freedom fighter from Aligarh. In 1920,he along with others founded Jamia Millia Islamia and later served its vice chancellor and chancellor.
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 November 2021 onwards and served the office till 31 October 2027. Previously,he commenced his second stint as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir on 6 August 2018 and served the office till 20 May 2022. Before that,he served as Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia,he resigned from the post a few months short of his full term. He was shortlisted by a committee constituted by the governor to shortlist a panel for the post. He had earlier taken over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir from Professor Riyaz Punjabi on 1 June 2011 and served there until 2014. Prior to this,he was teaching Geology at the University of Delhi.
Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney was a civil servant,governor of the states of Tripura,Nagaland,Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and a chairman of the National Minorities Commission.
Akhtarul Wasey is an Indian scholar and academician,who serves as the president of Maulana Azad University,in Jodhpur,India. He formerly served as professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi,where he remains professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies.
Furqan Qamar is a former vice-chancellor of University of Rajasthan and first vice-chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh. Earlier he was associated with Association of Indian Universities. Professor Furqan Qamar,was the Secretary General of the Association of Indian Universities,i.e. the principal executive officer of the largest and one of the oldest network of universities. He has also served as Advisor (Education) in the Planning Commission of India.
Mohammad Mujeeb (1902–1985) was an Indian writer of English and Urdu literature,educationist,scholar and the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi.
Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Sambhali is an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who established Al-Noor Public School,Sambhal. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband,Delhi University and the Jamia Millia Islamia. He has authored Dars-e-Hadith,Dars-e-Quran,Islahi Mazameen,Journey to Madina,Qur'an and Hadith - Main Sources of Islamic Ideology and Umrah Ka Tariqah
The Jamia Millia Islamia attack refers to the forceful entry by Delhi police into the Jamia Millia Islamia university during a confrontation with student protesters that started outside the campus on 15 December 2019. Hundreds of police officers forcefully entered the campus and detained more than a hundred students during the confrontation with the protesters. The police used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters. The police also entered the university library and washrooms and in the process of the violence ransacked parts of it. The visuals of students being dragged and assaulted by the police were telecast by news channels. About two hundred people were injured and were admitted to AIIMS and the Holy Family Hospital.
Khwaja Mohammed Shahid is an Indian career civil servant,academic and administrator who formerly served as Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University and Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia University. He was also an eminent visitor to the University Grants Commission.
Abdul Lateef Azmi was an Urdu litterateur and among the close associates of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia. He joined Jamia Millia as a student of B.A. in 1936 and served the university over 50 years in various capacities. He was one of the longest serving editors of Jamia Millia's official magazine,Jamia. He died in Delhi on May 11,2002. In 1985,Maktaba Jamia,New Delhi,published a book Abdul Lateef Azmi Hayat-o-Khidmat. Several scholars contributed chapters in the book on various facets of Abdul Lateef Azmi and his life.
