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Zakir Husain was the third President of India who served from 1962 until his death in 1969. He is historically significant as an influential educator and political figure who helped shape independent India during its formative years.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Hyderabad
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Allahabad
- Employer
- University of Calcutta
- Languages spoken
- Pashto
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN - PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY 0005.jpg
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- date of death
- 1969-05-03
- date of birth
- 1897-02-08
- name in native language
- ذاکِر حسین
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- Zakir Husain
- Commons category
- Zakir Husain (politician)
- candidacy in election
- 1967 Indian presidential election
- place of burial
- India
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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 Afridi Pashtun 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 (literally meaning "New Education" in Urdu) 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.
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