Maulana has been accused of concocting a false story to help him gain political asylum abroad. He reportedly fled Sri Lanka more than a year ago and sought asylum in a European country However, it ...

'It was Maulana Azad's foresight which created the IITs, UGC, science academies across the country.' IMAGE: From left to right, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, president of the Indian National Congress; Asaf ...

Raising the demand during a discussion on the supplementary demands for grants, BSP MP Danish Ali said the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship must be restored. NEW DELHI: Several ...

'The move is an insult to Maulana Azad. It also disregards all the freedom fighters and their memories of sacrifice,' Congress member K Suresh said. NEW DELHI: Congress member K Suresh on Friday ...

The Maulana Azad Memorial Academy conducted a memorial programme at Eram Girls’ Degree College, on the 66th death anniversary of Maulana Azad, the first minister for education in India. A compilation ...

Bringing out a comprehensive biographical account of Maulana Azad (1888-1958) is a challenging task in various ways. The first challenge for a professional historian is to figure out the aspects that ...

Historian S Irfan Habib had always admired Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958), both as a scholar of Islam and as a committed nationalist. But his understanding of Azad’s greatness deepened after he ...

The leaders of six religions have praised Maulana Muhammad Abdul Qadir Azad, recently deceased grand imam of one of Pakistan´s largest mosques and promoter of Christian-Muslim dialogue. The grand imam ...

The cover of 'Maulana Azad: A Life' by S. lrfan Habib Anti-colonial sentiments began to rise during Azad's house arrest near Ranchi, which lasted more than three years. India had already seen two Home ...

There is no mention anymore of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first education minister, in the revised political science textbook for Class 11 published by the National Council for Educational ...

Islamic theologian Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 11, 1888, and passed away in New Delhi, India, on February 22, 1958. He was the first education minister of ...

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Education Minister, had predicted in an interview published in 1946 that it would not be possible for “East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to stay with West Pakistan ...