1. Mahmud Husain Khan was a Pakistani historian, educationist, and politician, known for his role in the Pakistan Movement, and for pioneering the study of social sciences.
32 Facts About Mahmud Husain
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Mahmud Husain served as Minister for Kashmir Affairs from 1951 to 1953 and Minister for Education in 1953, as well as minister of state in Pakistan's first cabinet under Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.
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Mahmud Husain refused to rejoin the cabinet when Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismissed the Nazimuddin ministry.
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Mahmud Husain played a key role in authoring the draft Constitution of 1954 and attempting to curtail the governor-general's powers, after which Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the assembly.
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Mahmud Husain later served as vice-chancellor of University of Karachi until his death in 1975.
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Mahmud Husain founded Jamia Milia Islamia, Malir, modelled on the university of the same name in India founded by his brother, Zakir Husain.
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Mahmud Husain was born in Qaimganj, United Provinces, British India to Fida Husain Khan, a lawyer, and Naznin Begum.
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Mahmud Husain was the father of television compere Anwar Husain, uncle of academic Masud Husain Khan, and the father-in-law of General Rahimuddin Khan, the Governor of Balochistan.
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Mahmud Husain's family were ethnic Afridi Pashtuns whose roots were in Kohat and Tirah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Mahmud Husain attended Islamia High School, Etawah and Aligarh Government High School.
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Mahmud Husain was part of the first batch of students to be admitted into the newly established Jamia Milia Islamia, where he was heavily influenced by the ideas of Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.
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Mahmud Husain received his PhD from the University of Heidelberg in Germany in 1932.
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Mahmud Husain started his career in academia as a reader of modern history at the University of Dhaka in 1933, where he became provost, Fazlul Haq Hall in 1944 and professor of international relations in 1948.
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Unlike his brother Zakir Husain, Mahmud Husain had been a strong proponent of the Pakistan Movement, and catalysed support for Pakistan among students in East Bengal and at Dhaka University.
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On Direct Action Day in 1946, Mahmud Husain was charged with leading the pro-Pakistan rally in Dhaka.
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Mahmud Husain was elected Member of the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan from East Bengal on the platform of Muslim League, and elected Secretary of the Muslim League's Parliamentary Group.
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Mahmud Husain was included by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the Basic Principles Committee, the main parliamentary group charged with drafting the underlying principles of the Constitution of Pakistan.
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Mahmud Husain served on the committee of minorities and fundamental rights.
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Mahmud Husain was appointed both Deputy Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Liaquat in 1949, before becoming State Minister for State and Frontier Regions a year later.
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Mahmud Husain was appointed chairman of the five-member Balochistan Reforms Committee by Liaquat on 4 October 1950; the committee submitted its report to the assembly after extensive tours of the province.
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On 21 September 1954, Mahmud Husain was part of the Muslim League parliamentary group, along with party leaders Nazimuddin and Fazlur Rahman, that passed the Fifth Amendment to the Government of India Act, 1935, stripping Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad of his powers to dissolve parliament and remove the prime minister.
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Mahmud Husain joined Karachi University as its first professor of international relations and history.
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Mahmud Husain began the faculties of journalism and library science, the first in Pakistan.
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Mahmud Husain laid the foundation of the Library Association in 1957 and served as its president for fifteen years.
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Mahmud Husain taught as visiting professor at his alma mater Heidelberg University, Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania.
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Mahmud Husain returned to academia in 1954, after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly.
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Mahmud Husain strongly opposed the army operation in East Pakistan in 1971 but to no avail.
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In 1966, Mahmud Husain went back to the University of Karachi as professor of history and worked there as the dean of its Faculty of Arts until 1971.
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Mahmud Husain served as vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi from 1971 to 1975.
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Mahmud Husain died while serving as vice-chancellor on 10 April 1975.
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Mahmud Husain was fluent in Urdu, English, German, and Persian, writing primarily in the Urdu language.
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Mahmud Husain was editor of the A History of the Freedom Movement.