10 Facts About Mohammad Habib

Mohammad Habib was an Indian historian, who worked at the Aligarh Muslim University.

Mohammad Habib was involved in the Indian Independence movement, and was an associate of both Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Mohammad Habib was a son of Mohammed Naseem, a barrister in Lucknow.

Mohammad Habib then proceeded to New College, Oxford for higher studies.

Mohammad Habib became president of the Oxford Majlis for one term.

Mohammad Habib admired Jawaharlal Nehru and donated a considerable part of his income to the Congress Party.

Mohammad Habib himself wrote on social and cultural history, and painstakingly unravelled the history of Muslim mystics for some of whom he came to cherish an almost personal affection.

Mohammad Habib visited Paris to represent his country at the UN General Assembly, followed by a trip to Peking in 1952 on the first goodwill mission from India to the People's Republic of China.

Mohammad Habib kept nursing the sapling of liberalism in the portals of his university.

Mohammad Habib unsuccessfully contested for the office of the Vice-President of India in 1967 as a candidate of the combined opposition.