| Names |
HUMAYUN KABIR |
| Date of
Birth |
February 22, 1898 |
| Date of
Death |
August 18, 1969 |
| Identity |
Indian
educationist, politician, writer and philosopher. |
| General |
- His full name is Humayun Zahiruddin Amir-i Kabir.
- He was the Former Chairman of the University
Grants Commission in Delhi.
- He was the Minister of State for Civil Aviation,
Education Minister of India twice, under the Prime
Ministerships of Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
- He was also Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs
Minister.
- He was the editor of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's biography
'India Wins Freedom'. Maulana Azad dictated his biography to
him in Urdu, which Kabir translated in English.
- He was one of the co-drafter of the UNESCO 1950
statement titled 'The Race Question'.
- His daughter Leila Kabir is married to Indian politician
George Fernandes.
- His nephew Altamas Kabir was the 39th Chief Justice of
India (CJI).
- His niece Shukla Kabir Sinha is a judge of the Calcutta
High Court.
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