Born in 1933, Shakeb grew up in Hyderabad and Aurangabad. He received a BA in Political Science from Osmania University, and an MA from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1956. He completed his doctorate on Relations of Golkonda with Iran from Deccan College. He was appointed as an archivist at the State Archives of Andhra…
M.Y. Eqbal Former Supreme Court Judge Justice M.Y. Eqbal passed away recently in New Delhi.He was a judge of the Supreme Court from 24 December 2012 – 12 February 2016.Before that, he was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. Justice Eqbal was born on 13 February, 1951, passed B.Sc. from Ranchi University in…
An institution-builder, he was a beacon of light for scores of social workers. Dr. Salaam Musheer, noted social worker and former professor of the Bishop Cotton Women’s College in Bengaluru died this morning (May 3, 2021) after a short tenure in a hospital. He died of Covid. He was 68. He leaves behind his wife,…
Educationist, founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society and Daily Salar newspaper, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan passed away on the 27th May 2021 in Bengaluru. He was 86. He founded the Al-Ameen Educational Society in 1966. The Al-Ameen group of Institutions now number more than 200 in Karnataka and all over the country. In Bengaluru, the Al-Ameen…
Maulana Wali Rahmani Noted educationist Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani breathed his last in Patna on April 3. He became the “Sajjada Nashin” of Khanqah Rahmani, Munger (Bihar) in 1991, after the death of his father, Sayyid Minatullah Rahmani. He served as Secretary-General of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and was Ameer-e-Shariat, or the…
Mr. Hasanuddin Ahmed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad, died on August 13, Tuesday. He was 96. He was an author, historian, philanthropist and administrator. His noted works included a translation of the Bhagavad Gita. He was known for land acquisition for the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and resettlement of oustees while being the collector of a…
Head of erstwhile Arakkal Royal Family Kannur; (Kerala): Sulthan Arakkal Adiraja Fathima Muthu Beevi, the 38th head of the erstwhile Arakkal royal family here, passed away at her residence in Chettumkunnu near Thalassery. She was 86.She had assumed the title of Arakkal Beevi, following the death of her sister Sulthan Arakkal Adiraja Zainaba Aysha Beevi…
Educationist Dr. M. A. Ataulla passed away in Bengaluru on April 27 after brief hospitalisation. He was 86. A noble soul, Ataulla sahib was a widely respected figure in Karnataka who served several institutions with distinction and a high degree of integrity. A very well-read person, he served the public sector undertaking Indian Telephone Industry…
A Doyen of English Studies in India Aligarh: Prof. Masoodul Hasan, renowned professor of English at Aligarh Muslim University and author of several books, died here on March 11. He was 91. For some years, he also headed the department. He had retired from the University in 1987. He taught English at the University from…
New Delhi: Dr.Mohd. Imtiyaz Hassan, Assistant Professor from Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences has been elected as the Vice President of Indian Biophysical society (IBS), one of the leading scientific societies of the nation. IBS was founded in 1965 and celebrated its golden jubilee in 2014 at Jamia Millia Islamia. It has over…
