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[[File:Saeed Rashid.jpg|thumb|right|Saeed Rashid]]<br />
'''Saeed Rashid''', [[Pride of Performance|PP]], (20 January 1927 – 19 June 1999) was a writer, teacher, and historian from [[Pakistan]]. <br />
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== Life ==<br />
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=== Education and Pakistan Movement ===<br />
At the age of four years, four months, and four days the tradition of Bismillah was performed. Then a sickness delayed his studies for six months, thus the formal beginning of his education was roughly in the sixth year. This included the study of Qaida i Baghdadi, Aamd Nama, [[Quran]], and Raah i Nijaat (a book of Ethics).{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} For Primary Education he attended Kotwali. From 4th to Intermediate class he studied at Islamia Inter College Bareilly. This school was the product of [[Syed Ahmad Khan]]'s educational movement.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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In his youth Bareilly was the center of the [[Pakistan Movement]]. Along with the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] many political parties were in motion. There, he listened to the leaders of [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]], [[Nehru]] and [[Gandhi]]. He also attended the addresses of [[Attaullah Shah Bukhari]] and [[Zafar Ali Khan]]. In 1942, he finally had the opportunity to hear [[Quaid-e-Azam]].{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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In 1949, after taking his exam for MA Previous Urdu he enrolled in Teacher Training College, [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. Although well acquainted with Aligarh, formally this was his first year there. He now had teachers such as [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], Hadi Hassan, Ghulam-us-Sayyadain, [[Rasheed Ahmed Siddique]], and Hahib-ur-Rehman. He took special inspiration from Syed Ahmad Khan's mission and the Pakistan Movement which were enriched in this environment.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} When he topped university's B.T. exam it was thought very likely he would get a PhD scholarship in United States, however, his teacher Ishrat Hussain advised him that his destiny would be in Pakistan, not the US, and that he should not be carried away by the glitter of civil service.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} He told him that Pakistan needed teachers rather than officers, and that nations were made and broken in schools. Saeed Rashid followed his advice and came to Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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=== Military College Jhelum years ===<br />
On 22 June 1950, he joined the [[Military College Jhelum]].{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} In the 1950s he was associated with Fine Arts Cultural Center. There he wrote and produced plays. From 1950, for several years he was associated with the editorship of the college magazine Tarbiyat ''(training)''. From 1965 to 1968 he was the library officer. From 1967 to 1985 he served as the House Master for Shair Shah House. In October 1974, he was appointed Director of the Research and Development Cell and in 1991 he became secretary of Alamgirians Society.<br />
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=== Later years ===<br />
After retiring from Military College Jhelum in 1990, he joined Army Public School [[Jhelum (city)|Jhelum]] and [[Mangla]] Cantt and served as its principal from 1990 to 1994.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} Afterward, he was director of Tameer-e-Millat Institute of Education and Research [[Islamabad]] and Director of Sultana Foundation Department of Character-building and Pakistaniat, Islamabad.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} <br />
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He died on 19 June 1999 at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), [[Rawalpindi]], after a protracted illness.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} He was 73 and left four daughters and two sons.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}}<br />
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== Major works ==<br />
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;Books in Urdu<br />
*''Hayat-e-Quaid-e-Azam''<br />
*''Guftar-o-Kiradar-e-Quaid-e-Azam''<br />
*''Guftar-o-Kirdar-e-Sir Syed''<br />
*''Tazkara-e-Iqbal''<br />
*''Mukalmat-e-Iqbal''<br />
*''Shad-Bad-Manzil-e-Murad''<br />
*''Kirdar-ki-Kirnain''<br />
*''[[Kirdar Saz]]'', biography of Brig. Muhammad Rafiq<br />
*''Tazkara-e-Shuhada''<br />
*''Juratoan Kay Nishan''<br />
*''Haq Nawaz Kiyani Shaheed Sitara-e-Jurat''<br />
*''Akram Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider''<br />
*''Dastan-e-Ilm-o-Amal Volume I''<br />
*''Dastan-e-Ilm-o-Amal Volume II''<br />
*''Chiragon ki Qataar''<br />
*''Shaheed-e-Siachin''<br />
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;Books in English<br />
*''Character and Conduct of Quaid-e-Azam''<br />
*''[[Living with Leadership]]''<br />
*''Learning to Lead<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/36356150/Learning-to-Lead-by-Saeed-Rashid Learning to Lead by Saeed Rashid]</ref>''<br />
*''[[In Search of Maturity]]''<br />
*''From School to College''<br />
*''From School to College<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/44580305/From-School-to-College-Saeed-Rashid From School to College by Saeed Rashid]</ref>''<br />
*''A lasting light House''<br />
*''Teacher Guide''<br />
*''In Search of Character''<br />
*''Character Building Exercise''<br />
*''Teacher Education Programme''<br />
*''Character Building and Public Speaking''<br />
*''Pakistan and Character Building''<br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
*''Saeed Rashid Block'': A new academic block was named after him at [[Military College Jhelum]] on 19 November 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/militarycollegejhelum/buildings.html |title=MCJ College Buildings |accessdate=2010-10-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115136/http://geocities.com/militarycollegejhelum/buildings.html |archivedate=27 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Muhammad Rafiq (brigadier)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027114955/http://geocities.com/militarycollegejhelum/tribute.html |date=27 October 2009 |title=A Tribute to a teacher }}, Military College Jhelum site<br />
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027114958/http://geocities.com/militarycollegejhelum/gallery.html |date=27 October 2009 |title=M.C.J. Picture Gallery }}, Military College Jhelum site<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060205100126/http://www.alamgirian.org/Articles/artcles_MN.htm Professor Saeed Rashid's Book Ilm-o-Amal], Alamgirian.org – The MCJ Website<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160114215350/http://www.paksearch.com/br99/Jun/20/RENOWNED.htm Renowned educationist passes away], PakSearch<br />
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