Sir Ziauddin Ahmed
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Sir Ziauddin at Aligarh Muslim University
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Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi 13 February 1873 Meerut, State of Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire |
| Died | 23 December 1947 (aged 74) London, Great Britain |
| Resting place | Aligarh Muslim University's Mosque |
| Residence | Aligarh, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | British India (1878–1947) |
| Alma mater | Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Allahabad University Calcutta University Cambridge University University of Göttingen University of Bologna Al-Azhar University Royal Astronomical Society Patna University |
| Known for | As 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. |
| Awards | Strachey Gold Medal (1895) Sir Isaac Newton Scholarship Lang Medal CIE |
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| Fields | Mathematics Parliamentarian Social reformer |
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London Mathematical Society Royal Astronomical Society Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Aligarh Muslim University Trinity College, Cambridge University of Paris University of Bologna |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. James Reynold |
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First general secretary of the Muslim League, and the close companion of Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Moti Lal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar.
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Sir Ziauddin Ahmad CIE, MP (born Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi on 13 February 1878 – died on 23 December 1947) was a mathematician,parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and a scholar. He was a member of the Aligarh Movement and was a professor, Principal of MAO College, first Pro Vice-Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Rector of Aligarh Muslim University, India. He served as Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University for three terms.
In 1917, he was appointed a member of the Calcutta University Commission 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.
He was born on 13 February 1873, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, British India. His primary education was at a madrasa and later joined Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh.
Dr Ziauddin’ s association with Aligarh began in 1889, when at the age of 16 years, he joined the ‘first year’ at the M.A.O. College School. He passed high school in first division and was awarded the Lang Medal and a government scholarship.
He had to join the Government College, Allahabad, as science courses were not available at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. He returned to Aligarh and passed his B.A in 1895 in first division, standing first among science students, and was awarded Strachy Gold Medal. Soon after passing B.A., he was appointed assistant lecturer in mathematics at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.
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