Saiyid Nurul Hasan

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Saiyid Nurul Hasan
9th Union Minister of Education, Social Welfare and Culture
In office 24 March 1972 – 24 March 1977
Preceded by	Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded by	Pratap Chandra Chunder
12th Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office 1983–1986
Preceded by	V.K. Ahuja
Succeeded by	T.N. Kaul
12th Governor of West Bengal
In office 12 August 1986 – 1 March 1989
Preceded by	Uma Shankar Dikshit
Succeeded by	T. V. Rajeswar
32nd Governor of Odisha
In office 20 November 1988 – 6 February 1990
Preceded by	Bishambhar Nath Pande
Succeeded by	Yagya Datt Sharma
Governor of West Bengal
In office 6 February 1990 – 12 July 1993
Preceded by	T. V. Rajeswar
Succeeded by	B. Satya Narayan Reddy (additional charge)
34th Governor of Odisha
In office 1 February 1993 – 31 May 1993
Preceded by	Yagya Datt Sharma
Succeeded by	B. Satya Narayan Reddy
Personal details
Born	(1921-12-26)26 December 1921 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Died	12 July 1993(1993-07-12) (aged 71) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Spouse	Nawabzadi Khurshid Laqa Begum Sahiba
Occupation	Historian, politician, diplomat

Saiyid Nurul Hasan FRHistS,FRAS (26 December 1921 – 12 July 1993) was an Indian historian and an elder statesman in the Government of India. A member of the Rajya Sabha, he was the Union Minister of State (with Independent Charges) of Education, Social Welfare and Culture Government of India (1971–1977) and the Governor of West Bengal and Odisha (1986–1993).^[1][2][3]