Mushirul Hasan

Professor Mushirul Hasan (Born: 15 August 1949 ) second son for noted historian and professor at his time Muhibbul Hasan he originally belongs to Village Muhammadpur Tehsil Fatehpur District Barabanki,is an internationally known historian,^[1][2] author ^[3] and ex-Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Delhi.^[4] He has written extensively on the Partition of India, on communalism , and on the histories of Islam in South-Asia.

Mushirul Hasan was the elected President of the Indian History Congress in 2002. In 2007, He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India and the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government in 2010.^[5] In May 2010, he was appointed the director-general of the National Archives of India.^[6]

Education

Mushirul Hasan did his M. A. from Aligarh Muslim University in 1969. He later earned a Doctorate (Ph.D.) from the University of Cambridge, 1977.^[7] In September 2008, The Calcutta University offered him an honorary D.Litt.^[8]

Books

Some of his well know works are ^[1][9]:

• The Nehrus: Personal Histories (2006) ^[10]
• Legacy of a Divided Nation: India s Muslims Since Independence ( Oxford University Press, 1997);
• John Company to the Republic: A Story of Modern India (2001);
• Islam in the Subcontinent: Muslims in a Plural Society (2002);
• From Pluralism to Separatism: Qasbas in Colonial India (Oxford University Press, 2003);
• A Moral Reckoning: Muslim Intellectuals in Nineteenth-Century Delhi (Oxford University Press, 2004).
• Between Modernity and Nationalism: Halide Edip’s Encounter with Gandhi’s India (Oxford University Press, 2010).
• Moderate or Militant? Images Of India’s Muslims (Oxford University Press, 2008).
• Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia, (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2006), (with Rakhshanda Jalil).
• Making Sense of History: Society, Culture and Politics (Manohar, 2003).

Awards and Recognition

Mushirul Hasan was awarded with numerous honours both nationally and internationally. Some of his major awards are ^[7][9] :

• 'Officer dans I'Ordre des Palmes Academiques' (Officer of the Order of Academic Palms) by the Prime Minister of the France.
• Padma Shri by the President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 2007.
• D.Lit (Honoris Causa) by Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), Allahabad, 2006.
• D.Lit (Honoris Causa) by Calcutta University, Kolkatta, 2008.
• Professor Sukumar Sen Memorial Gold Medal by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 2006.
• The Ford Foundation (SARC) Fellowship by the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-3.
• The D.P. Singhal Scholarship, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2003.

Hasan was also awarded the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship by the Indian Council of Social Science Research for the term 2009-2011. He has also held in the past, academic positions at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, Centre D’Etudes De L’Inde ET de L’ Asie Du Sud(The Center for Studies in India and South Asia ), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK and the St Antony's College, Oxford and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.^[7][9]

Memorial Lectures

Memorial lectures delivered by Hasan

• Moin Shakir Memorial Lecture
• Bhagat Singh Memorial Lecture
• Ved Pal Memorial Lecture
• Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture
• SC Misra Memorial Lecture
• D.D. Kosambi Lecturer
• Durgabai Deshmukh Lecture
• Ibn Sina Memorial Lecture (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Nehrus: Personal Histories [Hardcover Mushirul Hasan - (About the author) - Amazon.com Editorial Review
2. ^ Kumar, Girja (1997). "Mushirul Hasan: victim of academic politics". The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 253–272. ISBN 9788124105252. 
3. ^ Amazon.com Books authored by Mushirul Hasan
4. ^ "Sack Jamia Millia Islamia Vice-Chancellor: BJP". The Hindu. 25 September 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/25/stories/2008092557681200.htm. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
5. ^ Top French honour for Mushirul Hasan - Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, July 15, 2010 - The Hindustan Times
6. ^ Mushirul is DG, Archives - Express news service - Fri May 14 2010,New Delhi:
7. ^ ^{a b c} http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm
8. ^ Honorary doctorate for Mushirul Hasan - The Hindu Sep 12 2008
9. ^ ^{a b c} Profile of Mushirul Hasan - National Archives of India
10. ^ The Nehrus: Personal Histories - Amazon.com

External links

• Profile - Vice Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia

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