Ziauddin Ahmad

Ziauddin Ahmed ضیاء الدین احمد
Sir Ziauddin at Aligarh Muslim University
Born	Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi (1878-02-13)13 February 1878 Meerut, State of Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire
Died	23 December 1947(1947-12-23) (aged 69) London, Great Britain
Residence	Aligarh, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh.
Citizenship	British India (1878–1947)
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Mathematics Parliamentarian Social reformer
Institutions	London Mathematical Society Royal Astronomical Society Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Aligarh Muslim University Trinity College, Cambridge University of Paris University of Bologna
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
Doctoral advisor	Dr. James Reynold
Known for	As a politician, was a member of British Indian Parliament, Muslim Renaissance, 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.
Notable awards	Strachey Gold Medal (1895) Sir Isaac Newton Scholarship Lang Medal CIE
Signature [[File: Signature of Sir Ziauddin |128px|alt=|Ziauddin Ahmed ضیاء الدین احمد's signature]]
Notes
First general secretary of the Muslim League, and the close companion of Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Moti Lal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar.

Sir Ziauddin Ahmad CIE, MP (Urdu: ضیاء الدین احمد‎, born Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi (Urdu: ضیاء الدین احمد زبیری‎) on 13 February 1878 – died on 23 December 1947) was a Genius mathematician,parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and 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 remained 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.