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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Other uses|Akbar Khan (disambiguation){{!}}Akbar Khan}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Akbar Khan<br />
|image = Akbar Khan (Blind).jpg<br />
|alt = <br />
|caption = Khan in 1987<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|08|16|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Bangasar]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
|citizenship = <br />
|alma_mater = {{plainlist|<br />
* DAV School, [[Ajmer]]<br />
* Blind School, Ajmer<br />
* Sanatan Dharm Govt. College, [[Beawar]]<br />
* Savitri Girls College, [[Ajmer]]<br />
}}<br />
| occupation = {{unbulleted list| Senior Manager at Circle Office Sriganganagar of [[Punjab National Bank]]}}<br />
|organization = <br />
|known_for = <br />
|movement = <br />
| spouse = Dr. Rana Ruknuddin (1987–present)<br />
|children = <br />
|parents = Rahmat Begum <br /> Kistoor Khan<br />
|awards = {{nowrap|National Award (1989)}}<br />
|website = {{URL|http://www.akbarkhan.co.in}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Akbar Khan ({{lang-hi|अकबर ख़ान}})''' is a recipient of India's National Award for The Welfare of Persons with Disability in 1989.<ref name="o_site">{{cite web|url=http://www.akbarkhan.co.in/biography-en.php|title=Akbar khan: A Brief Autobiography|publisher=Akbarkhan.co.in|accessdate=2014-02-18|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132254/http://www.akbarkhan.co.in/biography-en.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="n_award_v">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSgKEAoIcgg|title=Video of Akbar Khan receiving National Award by President of India Ramaswamy Venkataraman in 1989|publisher=Youtube.com|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf0mmFCYRDk|title=Akbar Khan - TV Interview – Doordarshan Jalandhar – March 18, 1989|publisher=Youtube.com|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0804pQFHUgI|title=Akbar Khan – TV Interview – Mahro Rajasthan – ETV Rajasthan|publisher=Youtube.com|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Akbar Khan was born on 16 August 1962 in a [[Muslim]] family to Kistoor Khan, a farmer and Rahmat Begum, a housewife, at [[Bangasar]], located in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="o_site" /><br />
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==Family and personal life==<br />
Dr. Rana Ruknuddin(Gausia Sultana) did her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/thesisdetailview.jsp?infControlId=197358&field=Name_of_Researcher&term=Rukunuddin&TotRec=2/2 |title=Online Catalogue of Theses |publisher=Indcat.inflibnet.ac.in |accessdate=2014-02-18 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053621/http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/thesisdetailview.jsp?infControlId=197358&field=Name_of_Researcher&term=Rukunuddin&TotRec=2%2F2 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indcat.inflibnet.ac.in/thesisdetailview.jsp?infControlId=196912&field=Name_of_Researcher&term=Rukunuddin&TotRec=1/2 |title=Online Catalogue of Theses |publisher=Indcat.inflibnet.ac.in |accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
[[File:Akbar Khan receiving National Award.jpg|thumb|right|Akbar Khan receiving National Award by President of India Ramaswamy Venkataraman in 1989<ref name="n_award_v" />]]<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year of award or honour !! Name of award or honour !! Awarding organisation !! Awarding authority<br />
|-<br />
| 1988<br />
| Best Employee Award <br />
| <br />
| [[List of governors of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989<br />
| National Award for The Welfare of Persons with Disability<ref name="n_award_v" /><br />
| [[Government of India]]<br />
| [[R. Venkataraman]], [[President of India]] <br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
| Pride of Rajasthan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KGLvy2oYU|title= Akbar Khan – Pride of Rajasthan - TV NEWS - Sar-e-Raah|publisher=Youtube.com|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><br />
| NGO: K.B. Foundation, Ajmer <br />
| Education Minister, [[Government of Rajasthan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
| The Limca Book of Records People of the Year 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/people-of-the-year-details.aspx?id=1|title=Limca Book of Records|publisher=limcabookofrecords.in|accessdate=2016-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422094435/http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/people-of-the-year-details.aspx?id=1|archive-date=22 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
| [[Limca Book of Records]], at [[India Habitat Centre]] in [[Delhi]] <br />
| [[N. R. Narayana Murthy|Narayan Murthy]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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