Nazeer Ahmed | |
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Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1978–1979 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Subhan |
Succeeded by | S.Shafi Ahmed |
Constituency | Tumakuru |
In office 1979–1983 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tumkur,Mysore State,United India (now in Karnataka,India) | 28 September 1939
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Nazeer Ahmed (also known as Rank Nazeer) is an Indian Muslim scholar,politician,historian and translator and founder-author of the Encyclopedia of Islamic History. [1] [2] He is a former politician of Indian National Congress,a former Member of Legislative Assembly from Karnataka, [3] and Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission,Government of Karnataka. [4] [5]
He was born in Tumkur in the state of Mysore,India in 1939 to Abdul Azeem,an Islamic scholar of the Qadiriyya. In 1952,he achieved the first rank in the entire state of Mysore and won the Maharaja of Mysore Gold Medal. [1] He has been known as “Rank Nazeer Ahmed”due to the consistency with which he ranked first in state and interstate exams.
He entered the California Institute of Technology in 1961 as an Institute Scholar as well as a Tata Scholar. He was awarded MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. He worked in Huntsville,Alabama on the Saturn,Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964–65. He obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University in 1967. Under Peter Drucker he studied management at New York University. He then obtained an MBA from Rider University,New Jersey.
He received his early religious training from Maulvi Abdul Quddus Qudsi,and he continues to be a student of Nazim al-Haqqani. [1]
In 1977,he was elected a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the 57th constituency but resigned a year later. In 1988 he was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention,42nd Congressional District in California. In 1992 he was a candidate for US Congress,46 CA Congressional District. [6] [7]
The charities he founded in Tumkur,India,have given out millions in scholarships to poor children of all faiths and has built schools,mosques,and a unique Idgah with spiritual themes. [1]
Among his books are the following: [1]
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