Personal Life And Education: Dr Zakir Husain
Personal Life and Education
Dr. Zakir Husain, was an Indian statesman, the 3rd President of India, and the first Muslim to hold the largely ceremonial position of President of India. His tenure was the shortest, serving only 2 years due to his sudden death in 1969.
Dr. Zakir Husain was born to an upper middle class family in Hyderabad, into a Pashtun family. His father, Fida Husain Khan, passed away when he was 10 and mother, Naznin Begum, when he was 14. In 1915, at the age of 18, he married Shah Jahan Begum and had two daughters, Sayeeda Khan and Safia Rahman.
Zakir Husain attended Islamia High School, Etawah, and was then educated at the Anglo-Muhammadan Oriental College, where he was a prominent student leader. He received his doctorate …show more content…
Husain became vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, which was facing trying times in post partition India because of active involvement of a section of its teachers and students in the movement for creation of Pakistan. The World University Service made him the Chairman of the Indian National Committee and in 1954 he was elected the World President of the organization. In the same year, Dr. Zakir Hussain was awarded Padma Vibhushan. He served on the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization from 1956 to 1958. He was also a member of the first Indian Universities …show more content…
Husain was steeped in the spiritual and aesthetic culture and the ethical principles of the Muslim Sufis and poets. He upheld the highest moral values and lived up to them. He believed in democracy with individual freedom and self-discipline. He was one of the most prominent educational thinkers and practitioners of modern India. He strongly believed in the fact that national renaissance could not be attained through active politics all alone. He understood the importance that education would play and thus, indulged himself completely in it. He spent his entire life working for the cause of education and value of secularism. For his services to the country he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest national
Dr. Zakir Husain, was an Indian statesman, the 3rd President of India, and the first Muslim to hold the largely ceremonial position of President of India. His tenure was the shortest, serving only 2 years due to his sudden death in 1969.
Dr. Zakir Husain was born to an upper middle class family in Hyderabad, into a Pashtun family. His father, Fida Husain Khan, passed away when he was 10 and mother, Naznin Begum, when he was 14. In 1915, at the age of 18, he married Shah Jahan Begum and had two daughters, Sayeeda Khan and Safia Rahman.
Zakir Husain attended Islamia High School, Etawah, and was then educated at the Anglo-Muhammadan Oriental College, where he was a prominent student leader. He received his doctorate …show more content…
Husain became vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, which was facing trying times in post partition India because of active involvement of a section of its teachers and students in the movement for creation of Pakistan. The World University Service made him the Chairman of the Indian National Committee and in 1954 he was elected the World President of the organization. In the same year, Dr. Zakir Hussain was awarded Padma Vibhushan. He served on the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization from 1956 to 1958. He was also a member of the first Indian Universities …show more content…
Husain was steeped in the spiritual and aesthetic culture and the ethical principles of the Muslim Sufis and poets. He upheld the highest moral values and lived up to them. He believed in democracy with individual freedom and self-discipline. He was one of the most prominent educational thinkers and practitioners of modern India. He strongly believed in the fact that national renaissance could not be attained through active politics all alone. He understood the importance that education would play and thus, indulged himself completely in it. He spent his entire life working for the cause of education and value of secularism. For his services to the country he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest national