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			{{Short description\|Indian historian (1949–2018)}}
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	\| name =Mushirul Hasan		\| name = Mushirul Hasan
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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1949\|08\|15\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1949\|08\|15\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place= Bilaspur		\| birth_place = Bilaspur
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2018\|12\|10\|1949\|08\|15\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2018\|12\|10\|1949\|08\|15\|df=y}}
	\| fields =[[History]]		\| fields = [[History]]
	\| alma_mater ={{Plainlist\|		\| alma_mater = {{Plainlist\|
	*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]		*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
	*[[Cambridge University]]		*[[Cambridge University]]
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	\| notable_students =		\| notable_students =
			\| spouse = [[Zoya Hasan]]
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	'''Mushirul Hasan''' (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018)<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-jamia-vc-mushirul-hasan-dies-after-prolonged-illness/articleshow/67021876.cms\|title=Former Jamia VC Mushirul Hasan dies after prolonged illness \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref> was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the [[partition of India]], [[communalism]], and on the history of Islam in South Asia.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite ~~web\|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1845600193~~\|title=The Nehrus: Personal Histories (9781845600198): Mushirul Hasan: Books\|~~website~~=~~Amazon.com~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title=The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India \|last=Kumar \|first=Girja \|chapter=Mushirul Hasan: victim of academic politics \|pages=253–272 \|year=1997 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|isbn=978-81-241-0525-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Mushirul%20Hasan\|title=Mushirul Hasan: Books\|website=Amazon.com}}</ref>		'''Mushirul Hasan''' (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018)<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-jamia-vc-mushirul-hasan-dies-after-prolonged-illness/articleshow/67021876.cms\|title=Former Jamia VC Mushirul Hasan dies after prolonged illness \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref> was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the [[partition of India]], [[Communalism (South Asia)\|communalism]], and on the history of Islam in South Asia.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite book\|title=The Nehrus: Personal Histories (9781845600198): Mushirul Hasan: Books\|isbn=1845600193 \|last1=Hasan \|first1=Mushirul \|year=2006 \|publisher=Mercury Books }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title=The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India \|last=Kumar \|first=Girja \|chapter=Mushirul Hasan: victim of academic politics \|pages=253–272 \|year=1997 \|publisher=Har-Anand Publications \|isbn=978-81-241-0525-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Mushirul%20Hasan\|title=Mushirul Hasan: Books\|website=Amazon.com}}</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==
	Hasan was the second son of historian [[Mohibbul Hasan]] and brother of journalist [[Najmul Hasan (journalist)\|Najmul Hasan]]. Mushirul Hasan obtained his M. A. from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1969. He then earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy\|Doctorate (PhD)]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1977.<ref name="JMI">{{Cite web \|url=http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=6 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005221113/http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm \|archive-date=5 October 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		Hasan was the second son of historian [[Mohibbul Hasan]] and brother of journalist [[Najmul Hasan (journalist)\|Najmul Hasan]]. Mushirul Hasan obtained his M. A. from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1969. He then earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy\|Doctorate (PhD)]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1977.<ref name="JMI">{{Cite web \|url=http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm \|title=Professor Mushirul Hasan \|access-date=6 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005221113/http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm \|archive-date=5 October 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	He was a ~~Professor~~ in the Department of History and Culture, [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi. He also served as the Director of Academy of Third World Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia from July 2000 to January 2010. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 1992 to 1996. Later, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] (2004-2009).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/aboutjamia/profile/history/Past_Vice_Chancellors_Profile-16/Prof_Mushirul_Hasan-1686#\|title=Jamia - Profile - History - Past Vice Chancellors' Profile - Prof Mushirul Hasan\|website=Jmi.ac.in}}</ref> In May 2010, he was appointed the Director-General of the [[National Archives of India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mushirul-is-DG--Archives/618664\|title=Mushirul is DG, Archives\|website=Indianexpress.com}}</ref> He was elected as the President of the [[Indian History Congress]] in 2002.		== Career ==
			He was a professor in the Department of History and Culture, [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi. He also served as the Director of Academy of Third World Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia from July 2000 to January 2010. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 1992 to 1996. Later, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] (2004-2009) for which he has been described as an "institution builder".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/aboutjamia/profile/history/Past_Vice_Chancellors_Profile-16/Prof_Mushirul_Hasan-1686#\|title=Jamia - Profile - History - Past Vice Chancellors' Profile - Prof Mushirul Hasan\|website=Jmi.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Siddiqi \|first=Majid \|date=2020-01-02 \|title=Mushirul Hasan, 1949–2018 \|journal=South Asian Studies \|volume=36 \|issue=1 \|pages=121 \|doi=10.1080/02666030.2019.1595668 \|s2cid=195407864 \|issn=0266-6030\|doi-access=free }}</ref> In May 2010, he was appointed the Director-General of the [[National Archives of India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mushirul-is-DG--Archives/618664\|title=Mushirul is DG, Archives\|website=Indianexpress.com\|date=14 May 2010 }}</ref> He was elected as the President of the [[Indian History Congress]] in 2002.

	He also held in the past academic positions at the [[Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin\|Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study)]], Berlin, ''Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud'' (Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, [[University of Cambridge]], UK, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], and the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library\|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], New Delhi.<ref name="JMI"/><ref name="NAI"/>		He also held in the past academic positions at the [[Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin\|Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study)]], Berlin, ''Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud'' (Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, [[University of Cambridge]], UK, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], and the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library\|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], New Delhi.<ref name="JMI"/><ref name="NAI"/>

	~~==Memorial lectures==~~
	* Moin Shakir Memorial Lecture
	* Bhagat Singh Memorial Lecture
	* Ved Pal Memorial Lecture
	* Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture
	* SC Misra Memorial Lecture
	* D. D. Kosambi Lecturer
	* Durgabai Deshmukh Lecture
	* Ibn Sina Memorial Lecture ([[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]])
	* Asghar Husain Bilgrami Memorial Lecture

	==Awards==		==Awards==
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	* Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia, (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2006), (with Rakhshanda Jalil)		* Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia, (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2006), (with Rakhshanda Jalil)
	* Wit and Humour in Colonial North India (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2007)		* Wit and Humour in Colonial North India (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2007)
	* Moderate or Militant? Images Of ~~India’s~~ Muslims ([[Oxford University Press]], 2008)		* Moderate or Militant? Images Of India's Muslims ([[Oxford University Press]], 2008)
	* Between Modernity and Nationalism: Halide ~~Edip’s~~ Encounter with ~~Gandhi’s~~ India ([[Oxford University Press]], 2010)		* Between Modernity and Nationalism: Halide Edip's Encounter with Gandhi's India ([[Oxford University Press]], 2010)
	* Faith and Freedom: [[Mahatma Gandhi\|Gandhi]] in History (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2013)		* Faith and Freedom: [[Mahatma Gandhi\|Gandhi]] in History (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2013)
	* [[Islam]], Pluralism, Nationhood: Legacy of [[Maulana Azad]] (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2014)<ref>{{cite news\|last=Maroof\|first=Abu\|title=Prince among politicians\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/prince-among-politicians/article5578767.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/maulana-azad-s-contested-legacy-113121901091_1.html\|title=Maulana Azad's contested legacy\|author=C P Bhambhri\|date=19 December 2013\|~~website~~=Business-~~standard~~.com}}</ref>		* [[Islam]], Pluralism, Nationhood: Legacy of [[Maulana Azad]] (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2014)<ref>{{cite news\|last=Maroof\|first=Abu\|title=Prince among politicians\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/prince-among-politicians/article5578767.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/maulana-azad-s-contested-legacy-113121901091_1.html\|title=Maulana Azad's contested legacy\|author=C P Bhambhri\|date=19 December 2013\|newspaper=Business Standard India}}</ref>

			== Death and legacy ==
			Hasan died on 10 December 2018 and was buried at Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard.<ref>{{Cite news \|last= \|first= \|date=2018-12-10 \|title=Mushirul Hasan, noted historian, passes away \|language=en-IN \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/historian-mushirul-hasan-passes-away/article25708430.ece \|access-date=2022-04-15 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

			An endowment named after him was established by Jamia Millia Islamia with the donation from his wife [[Zoya Hasan]]. The endowment was slated to offer a post-doctoral fellowship and two post-graduate merit-cum-means scholarships annually. An annual ''Mushirul Hasan Memorial Seminar'' on contemporary history, society and politics in India is also organized at the university.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ara \|first=Ismat \|date=2020-08-16 \|title=Jamia Establishes Endowment to Honour Renowned Historian, Former VC Mushirul Hasan \|url=https://thewire.in/education/jamia-millia-islamia-endowment-mushirul-hasan \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820225855/https://thewire.in/education/jamia-millia-islamia-endowment-mushirul-hasan \|archive-date=2020-08-20 \|access-date=2022-04-15 \|website=The Wire}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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{{Infobox scientist
| name =Mushirul Hasan
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|08|15|df=y}}
| birth_place= Bilaspur
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|10|1949|08|15|df=y}}
| fields =[[History]]
| alma_mater ={{Plainlist|
*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
*[[Cambridge University]]
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| notable_students =
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'''Mushirul Hasan''' (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-jamia-vc-mushirul-hasan-dies-after-prolonged-illness/articleshow/67021876.cms|title=Former Jamia VC Mushirul Hasan dies after prolonged illness |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref> was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the [[partition of India]], [[communalism]], and on the history of Islam in South Asia.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1845600193|title=The Nehrus: Personal Histories (9781845600198): Mushirul Hasan: Books|website=Amazon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The book on trial: fundamentalism and censorship in India |last=Kumar |first=Girja |chapter=Mushirul Hasan: victim of academic politics |pages=253–272 |year=1997 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-0525-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Mushirul%20Hasan|title=Mushirul Hasan: Books|website=Amazon.com}}</ref>

==Education==
Hasan was the second son of historian [[Mohibbul Hasan]] and brother of journalist [[Najmul Hasan (journalist)|Najmul Hasan]]. Mushirul Hasan obtained his M. A. from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1969. He then earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctorate (PhD)]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1977.<ref name="JMI">{{Cite web |url=http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005221113/http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He was a Professor in the Department of History and Culture, [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi. He also served as the Director of Academy of Third World Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia from July 2000 to January 2010. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 1992 to 1996. Later, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] (2004-2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jmi.ac.in/aboutjamia/profile/history/Past_Vice_Chancellors_Profile-16/Prof_Mushirul_Hasan-1686#|title=Jamia - Profile - History - Past Vice Chancellors' Profile - Prof Mushirul Hasan|website=Jmi.ac.in}}</ref> In May 2010, he was appointed the Director-General of the [[National Archives of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mushirul-is-DG--Archives/618664|title=Mushirul is DG, Archives|website=Indianexpress.com}}</ref> He was elected as the President of the [[Indian History Congress]] in 2002.

He also held in the past academic positions at the [[Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin|Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study)]], Berlin, ''Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud'' (Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, [[University of Cambridge]], UK, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], and the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], New Delhi.<ref name="JMI"/><ref name="NAI"/>

==Memorial lectures==
* Moin Shakir Memorial Lecture
* Bhagat Singh Memorial Lecture
* Ved Pal Memorial Lecture
* Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture
* SC Misra Memorial Lecture
* D. D. Kosambi Lecturer
* Durgabai Deshmukh Lecture
* Ibn Sina Memorial Lecture ([[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]])
* Asghar Husain Bilgrami Memorial Lecture

==Awards==
* The D. P. Singhal Scholarship, [[University of Queensland]], Brisbane, 2003.
* The [[Ford Foundation]] (SARC) Fellowship by the Institute of Islamic Studies, [[University of Oxford]], 2002–03.
* [[D.Litt|D.Lit (Honoris Causa)]] by [[Uttar Pradesh]] Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), Allahabad, 2006.
* Professor Sukumar Sen Memorial Gold Medal by [[The Asiatic Society]], Kolkata, 2006.
*[[Padma Shri]], 2007.
* [[List of University of Calcutta honorary degree recipients|D.Lit (Honoris Causa)]] by [[Calcutta University]], Kolkata, 2008.
* Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship by the [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]], 2009–2011.
*[[Ordre des Palmes Académiques]], 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/top-french-honour-for-mushirul-hasan/story-uyVD6TlaBrenE8gSuNTHQM.html|title=Top French honour for Mushirul Hasan|date=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124113411/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/top-french-honour-for-mushirul-hasan/story-uyVD6TlaBrenE8gSuNTHQM.html|archive-date=24 January 2021|website=Hindustantimes.com}}</ref>
* Conferred the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund on the occasion of the 124th birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister on 14 November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mushirul Hasan bags Nehru fellowship|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mushirul-hasan-bags-nehru-fellowship/article5353041.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 November 2013}}</ref>

==Books==
His books include:<ref name="Amazon"/><ref name="NAI">{{cite web|url=http://nationalarchives.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/cvprofhasan.doc|title=Profile of Mushirul Hasan – National Archives of India|website=Nationalarchives.nic.in|accessdate=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182033/http://nationalarchives.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/cvprofhasan.doc|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* A Nationalist Conscience: M. A. Ansari, the Congress and the Raj, (Delhi: Manohar, 1987)
* Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885–1930 (Delhi: Manohar, 1991). Paperback edition published in 1994. Reprinted in 2000.
* The Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims Since Independence ([[Oxford University Press]], 1997)
* John Company to the Republic: A Story of Modern India (2001)
* Islam in the Subcontinent: Muslims in a Plural Society (2002)
* From Pluralism to Separatism: Qasbas in Colonial India ([[Oxford University Press]], 2003)
* Making Sense of History: Society, Culture and Politics (Manohar, 2003)
* A Moral Reckoning: Muslim Intellectuals in Nineteenth-Century Delhi ([[Oxford University Press]], 2005)
* The [[Nehru–Gandhi family|Nehrus]]: Personal Histories (2006)<ref name="Amazon"/>
* Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia, (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2006), (with Rakhshanda Jalil)
* Wit and Humour in Colonial North India (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2007)
* Moderate or Militant? Images Of India’s Muslims ([[Oxford University Press]], 2008)
* Between Modernity and Nationalism: Halide Edip’s Encounter with Gandhi’s India ([[Oxford University Press]], 2010)
* Faith and Freedom: [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] in History (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2013)
* [[Islam]], Pluralism, Nationhood: Legacy of [[Maulana Azad]] (Niyogi Books: Delhi, 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last=Maroof|first=Abu|title=Prince among politicians|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/prince-among-politicians/article5578767.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/maulana-azad-s-contested-legacy-113121901091_1.html|title=Maulana Azad's contested legacy|author=C P Bhambhri|date=19 December 2013|website=Business-standard.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090915185721/http://jmi.nic.in/mushirulhasan.htm Profile – Vice Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia]
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