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'''Najmul Hasan''' (10 February 1946 – 11 August 1983) was an Indian journalist based out of Delhi. An experienced [[correspondent]], Hasan was killed while on an assignment to cover the [[Iran–Iraq War|Iran-Iraq war]] for [[Reuters]].

{{Infobox journalist
| name = Najmul Hasan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|02|10}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|08|11|1946|02|10}}
| death_place = [[Western Iran]]
| death_cause = [[Land mine]] explosion
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| employer = [[Reuters]], ''[[Hindustan Times]]''
| spouse = Barbara
| father = [[Mohibbul Hasan]]
| family = [[Mushirul Hasan]] (brother)
}}

He was the son of historian [[Mohibbul Hasan]] and brother of modern India historian [[Mushirul Hasan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Robinson|first=Francis|date=1999|title=Mohibbul Hasan: Historian of Muslim India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4408621|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=34|issue=46/47|pages=3276–3277|issn=0012-9976|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Patnaik|first=Prabhat|date=2019|title=Mushirul Hasan|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26611498|journal=Social Scientist|volume=47|issue=1–2 (548–549)|pages=72–74|issn=0970-0293|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref> Prior to joining Reuters in January 1978, Hasan worked for the Indian daily, ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. Over the years, he covered the [[Soviet–Afghan War]], political turbulence in [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]], the ethnic violence owing to the [[Assam Agitation|Assam agitation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Najmul Hasan|url=https://www.thebaron.info/people/memorial-book/najmul-hasan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303203726/https://www.thebaron.info/people/memorial-book/najmul-hasan|archive-date=2021-03-03|access-date=2021-07-24|website=[[The Baron (website)|The Baron]]}}</ref>

On 8 August 1983, Hasan was sent to Iran to cover the war with Iraq. Three days later, on 11 August, while inspecting the areas captured by Iranian forces along with a group of journalists embedded with the Iran government, a landmine explosion killed Hasan and a government official escorting the journalists.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1983-12-01|title=Index Index|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03064228308533646|journal=Index on Censorship|language=en|volume=12|issue=6|pages=43–45|doi=10.1080/03064228308533646|issn=0306-4220|via=SAGE|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1983-08-12|title=A Reuters correspondent covering the Iran-Iraq war and his...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/12/A-Reuters-correspondent-covering-the-Iran-Iraq-war-and-his/3259429508800/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724185052/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/12/A-Reuters-correspondent-covering-the-Iran-Iraq-war-and-his/3259429508800/|archive-date=2021-07-24|access-date=2021-07-24|website=[[United Press International]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|date=1983-08-12|title=AROUND THE WORLD; Journalist From India Killed in Gulf War|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/12/world/around-the-world-journalist-from-india-killed-in-gulf-war.html|access-date=2021-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524140321/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/12/world/around-the-world-journalist-from-india-killed-in-gulf-war.html|archive-date=2015-05-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Hasan was buried in a cemetery in Saket, Delhi. He was survived by his wife Barbara Hasan and two children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-12-30|title=Mission Delhi – Mushirul Hasan, JNU Campus|url=https://www.thedelhiwalla.com/2009/12/30/mission-delhi-%e2%80%93-mushirul-hasan-jnu-campus/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Delhi Walla|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hasan|first=Mushirul|date=2018-06-08|title=AMU: Inheritor Not of Colonial Rule and Partition But of a Modernist and Reformist Legacy|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/4/14053/amu-inheritor-not-of-colonial-rule-and-partition-but-of-a-modernist-and-reformist-legacy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227133329/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/14053/AMU-Inheritor-Not-of-Colonial-Rule-and-Partition-But-of-a-Modernist-and-Reformist-Legacy|archive-date=2021-02-27|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Citizen|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-04|title=Brian Williams remembered in New Delhi|url=https://www.thebaron.info/comment/brian-williams-remembered-in-new-delhi|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-24|website=[[The Baron (website)|The Baron]]}}</ref>

A Reuters fellowship was established in his memory at the [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishnan|first=Raghu|date=2021-07-18|title=Remembering Siddiqui, Hasan, Ramrakha, three Indian journalists who died covering war|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/andwordsisallihave/remembering-siddiqui-hasan-ramrakha-three-indian-journalists-who-died-covering-war/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Economic Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=June 1989|title=Hanoi journalist and seven others win fellowship awards from Reuters|url=https://issuu.com/fcchk/docs/1989-06|journal=The Correspondent|volume=2|issue=8|pages=10}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Danish Siddiqui]]
*[[Priya Ramrakha]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian war correspondents]]
[[Category:Journalists from Delhi]]
[[Category:Deaths in Iran]]
[[Category:Hindustan Times journalists]]
[[Category:Reuters people]]

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