Ziauddin Ahmad

Ziauddin Ahmed
Sir Ziauddin at Aligarh Muslim University
Born
Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi

(1873-02-13)13 February 1873[2]
Died23 December 1947(1947-12-23) (aged 74)[2]
Resting placeAligarh Muslim University's Mosque
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipBritish India (1878–1947)
Alma materMuhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Allahabad University
Calcutta University
Cambridge University
University of Göttingen
University of Bologna
Al-Azhar University
Royal Astronomical Society
Patna University
Known forAs a politician, was a member of British Indian Parliament, Muslim Renaissance activist, Aligarh Movement, Sadler Commission or Calcutta University Commission on higher education, Reserve Bank of India Act. Had leading and central role in the Pakistan Movement.
As a mathematician, did research work on Differential geometry, Projective geometry, Logarithmic applications and sciences, and Algebraic geometry and analytic geometry.
AwardsStrachey Gold Medal (1895)
Sir Isaac Newton Scholarship[1]
Lang Medal
CIE
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Parliamentarian
Social reformer
InstitutionsLondon Mathematical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
Aligarh Muslim University
Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Paris
University of Bologna
Doctoral advisorDr. James Reynold
Signature
Notes
First general secretary of the Muslim League, and close companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Moti Lal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar.

Sir Ziauddin Ahmad CIE (born Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi; 13 February 1873 – 23 December 1947) was an Indian mathematician,[3][4] parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and a scholar.[5] He was a member of the Aligarh Movement and was a professor, principal of MAO College, first pro vice-chancellor, vice chancellor[6][7] and rector of Aligarh Muslim University, India.[2]

He served as vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University for three terms.[1]

In 1917, he was appointed a member of the Calcutta University Commission[8] also known as the Sadler Commission. He was also a member of Skeen Committee also known as Indian Sandhurst Committee and Shea Commission for the Indianisation of the British Indian Army.

  1. ^ a b "Sir Ziauddin Hall at Aligarh Muslim University". Aligarh Muslim University website. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Habib A. Zuberi. "Profile of Sir Ziauddin Ahmad". aligarhmovement.com website. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMU alumni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Prospectus 2020. zu.edu.pk.
  5. ^ Karachi: Services of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad highlighted Dawn newspaper, Published 29 April 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ Dasgupta, Uma (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784-1947. Pearson Education India. ISBN 9788131728185.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheLondonGazette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference aligarhmovement2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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