Saiyid Nurul Hasan

Hasan was born in Lucknow, India, son of Syed Abdul Hasan and Nur Fatima Begum. He was educated at La Martiniere Boys' College in Kolkata,, Muir College, Lucknow and New College, Oxford, where he completed an M.A. and D.Phil.. He began his career as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University.

From 1969 to 1978, Hasan was a member of Rajya Sabha. From 1971 to 1977, he was the Union Minister for Education, Social Welfare & Culture in the Government of India. He also served as India's ambassador to the USSR from 1983 to 1986 and as Governor of West Bengal from 1986 to 1989. In 1989, he served as Governor of Orissa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society in London.

He was married to Nawabzadi Khurshid Laqa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Raza Ali Khan of Rampur. They had two children, Sirajul Hasan and Talat Fatima Hasan.

He died in Calcutta, West Bengal.

The Nurul Hasan Education Foundation is named after him.

Publications

• Religion, State, and Society in Medieval India : Collected Works of S. Nurul Hasan (Satish Chandra, editor). New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005. - viii, 335 S. : Kt. ISBN 0-19-566765-4 / 978-019566765-3
• Sufis, Sultans and Feudal Orders : Professor Nurul Hasan Commemoration Volume (Mansura Haidar, editor), 2004.

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