Dr zakir hussain biography in hindi

President of India from 1967 to 1969

For the Pakistani governor, see Zakir Husain (governor).For other people with similar names, see Zakir Hussain.

Zakir Husain Khan (8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969) 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.

Born in Hyderabad in an AfridiPashtun family, Husain completed his schooling in Etawah and went on to study at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh and the University of Berlin from where he obtained a doctoral degree in economics. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Husain was a founding member of the Jamia Millia Islamia which was established as an independent national university in response to the Non-cooperation movement. He served as the university's vice-chancellor from 1926 to 1948. In 1937, Husain chaired the Basic National Education Committee which framed a new educational policy known as Nai Talim which emphasized free and compulsory education in the first language. He was opposed to the policy of separate electorates for Muslims and, in 1946, the Muslim League under Muhammad Ali Jinnah vetoed a proposal by the Indian National Congress to include Husain in the Interim Government of India.

Following Independence and the Partition of India Husain stayed on in India and, in 1948, was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University which he helped retain as a national institution of higher learning. For his services to education, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 and was made a nominated member of the Indian Parliament during 1952 to 1957. Husain served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and was elected the Vice President of India in 1962. The following year, he was conferred the Bharat Ratna. He was elected president in 1967, succeeding Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and became the first Muslim to hold the highest constitutional offic

Dr. Zakir Hussain, former President of the Republic of India, was a was a gracious and sedate man, truly a picture of old-world charm and dignity. Essentially a humanist and a rationalist in thought and deed, his works shine in efficacy and acclaim. Works like ‘Capitalism: An Essay in Understanding’, Fredrich List’s ‘National System of Economics’ (translated in Urdu), and Edwin Cannan’s ‘Elements of Economics’ (translated in Urdu), reflect his training as an economist. But a few of his other works like ‘Hali: Muhibb-e-Watan’, ‘Talimi Khutabat’, and the translation of Plato’s Republic into Urdu, have become treasured pieces of Urdu literature.

Dr. Zakir Hussain’s ancestors came from Afghanistan several centuries ago and settled in Pitaura, a small village in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh. He was born in Hyderabad, Andhra, where his father practiced law. He received his early education at Etawah and then joined the M.A.O. college at Aligarh. In 1920 when he was a graduate student, the Non-co-operative movement was in full swing. The Aligarh Muslim University at that time was basking in the sunshine of British patronage and its chief purpose was to train Muslims to serve the British Government. Muslim nationalist leaders like Muhammad Ali and Abul Kalam Azad visited the campus and awakened the students. A parallel independent educational institution was established under the title of Jamia Milia Islamia. Zakir Hussain was one of the first who accepted the challenge and, quitting Aligarh, walked over to Jamia. He taught there for two years. In 1923 he left to complete his education in Germany, where he took his Ph.D. from the Berlin University. On his return to India, though he had come under the influence of Gandhi, he decided not to join the political movement to dedicate himself to the cause of education. He, therefore, took charge of the Jamia in 1926 and worked as its Vi