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{{Infobox military person
| name = Enaith Habibullah
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|4|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lucknow, India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|7|15|1910|4|2|df=y}}
| alma_mater =
| spouse = [[Hamida Habibullah]]
| allegiance = {{ubl|{{flag|British India}}|{{flag|India}}}}
| branch = {{ubl|{{army|British India}}|{{army|India}}}}
| branch_label = Branch
| rank = [[Major general (India)|Major general]]
| unit = [[16th Light Cavalry]]
| commands = [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]]
}}
[[Major General]] '''Enaith Habibullah'''<ref>https://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/nda-joining-instruction.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=April 2022}}</ref> (2 April 1910 – 15 July 1990) was an [[Indian Army]] [[General]] and the first Commandant of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]].

==Background and family==
Enaith Habibullah was born in [[Lucknow, India]], into the Muslim feudal aristocracy of [[Oudh]]. They were the ''Taluqdars'' of [[Saidanpur]] estate in [[Barabanki district]], which they had received for services rendered to the [[Nawab of Awadh]], and which they continued to enjoy under the [[British Raj]]. Enaith's father, Sheikh Mohammad Habibullah, himself taluqdar of Saidanpur, also served for many years as regent or governor of the (much larger) estate of [[Mahmudabad]]. Enaith's mother was Inam Habibullah, she came from an educated and affluent Muslim family belonging to [[Kakori]] near [[Lucknow]].

Enaith was one of four children both to Sheikh Mohammad Habibullah and Begum Inam Habibullah. He had two brothers, Isha'at and Ali Bahadur, and a sister, Tazeen.
*Isha'at settled in Karachi and took up a corporate career there. In 1942, he had become the husband of Jehanara (or Jahan Ara) of [[Najibabad]]. Jehanara was a sister of Rafa'at-uz-zamani Begum, wife of Mohammad Raza Ali Khan, last ruling [[Nawab of Rampur]]. Isha'at and Jehanara had two daughters, Muneeza and Naushaba. Muneeza is married to Saleem Shamsie and is the mother of two daughters, Saman Shamsie (an educationist) and Kamila Shamsie (a writer). Naushaba lives with her two children, son Sa'ad and daughter Samirah, in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]].
*Ali Bahadur Habibullah entered the colonial government service and happened to be posted in London when the partition of India happened. He chose India over Pakistan but remained posted in London for several years. When he was transferred eventually to India, his wife and children did not move with him, but remained in the UK. Much before partition, he had married [[Attia Hosain]], his first cousin (his mother's sister's daughter). Attia is recognized as a gifted and empathetic writer, both of whose books deal with change being visited upon the settled and genteel land-owning families of Awadh. Her semi-autobiographical ''Sunlight on a broken column'' is prescribed reading, as a textbook, for degree courses in several universities in India and abroad. Her other work is a collection of short stories. Ali Bahadur and Attia grew estranged after the former moved to India and the latter, finding it impossible to let go of her memories and associations, chose to divide her time between India and England. They had two children, a son, [[Waris Hussein|Waris Habibullah]], and a daughter, the scriptwriter Shama Habibullah.
*Tazeen Faridi was Enaith's only sister. Her daughter, Shahla, is married to Enaith's only son, [[Wajahat Habibullah]].

==Education and career==
Enaith was educated at [[Clifton College]], [[Bristol]]<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p396: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 </ref> and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant for the Indian Army on 28 August 1930.<ref>London Gazette 29 August 1930, Issue: 33639 Page:5361</ref> He spent a year attached to the 1st battalion [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] stationed in India before being posted to the [[16th Light Cavalry]] on 5 January 1932.<ref>January 1931 & April 1932 Indian Army List</ref> He saw action in Africa and faught against General Rommel in the battle of El Alamein [[World War II]], later he was posted in Burma with the [[16th Light Cavalry]].

In 1947, upon partition he opted for the Indian Army.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Jawaharlal Nehru ordered 'Dronacharya' out of the NDA |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/when-jawaharlal-nehru-ordered-dronacharya-out-of-the-nda}}</ref>

He served as Commandant, National Defence Academy from 1953–58. Promoted Major-General 28 August 1955. Served as Deputy G.O.C. Malayan Federal Army from April to October 1959, when he was recalled to India. Retired Major-General in 1965.

==Personal life==
His son [[Wajahat Habibullah]] is a distinguished bureaucrat and his grandsons Amar Habibullah and Saif Habibullah are prominent businessmen.

The Habibullah Hall at the National Defence Academy is named in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Habibullah Hall at National Defence Academy |url=https://www.spentamultimedia.com/flipbooks/NDA/files/assets/basic-html/page37.html |work=www.spentamultimedia.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hyderabadi Muslims]]
* [[Golkonda]]
* [[Hyderabad State]]
* [[India]]
* [[Muslim culture of Hyderabad]]
* [[History of Hyderabad]] for a history of the city of Hyderabad.
* [[Hyderabad (India)]] for the city.

==References==
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==Sources==
* [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] – [https://web.archive.org/web/20101127110635/http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-habibullah.html Habibullah Hall Web Page]

==External links==
* National Defence Academy of India – [https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071236/http://nda.nic.in/html/nda-commandants-gallery.html Gallery of the Commandants].

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