1. Naheed Abidi is an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and writer.
10 Facts About Naheed Abidi
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Naheed Abidi moved to Varanasi, an ancient seat of Sanskrit scholarship after her marriage with Ehtesham Abidi - an advocate in the city.
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Naheed Abidi went on to secure a doctoral degree from the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, a public university in the city, and published her thesis titled as Vedic Sahitya Mein Ashviniyon Ka Swaroop in 1993.
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In 2005, Naheed Abidi started working as a lecturer without any pay at Banaras Hindu University.
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Naheed Abidi's first book was published in 2008 and was titled Sanskrit Sahitya Mein Rahim - which is an account of the Sanskrit leanings of the renowned poet, Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana.
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Naheed Abidi has published a Hindi translation of Vedanta, translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh and the Sufi texts by the prince.
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Naheed Abidi serves as an Executive Council member at the Sampurnanad Sanskrit University.
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Naheed Abidi was conferred with Padma Shri, in 2014, by the Government of India, for her services to literature.
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Naheed Abidi has been conferred DLitt by the Lucknow University.
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Naheed Abidi met Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India on 9 September 2014 at the latter's residence and presented two of the books written by her.