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'''Dr. Hafiz Saleh Muhammad Alladin''' (born 3 March 1931 in Hyderabad, India; died March 20, 2011 in Amritsar<ref name="Archived copy">{{cite web |url=http://connect.in.com/hafiz-saleh-muhammad-alladin/biography-1955537.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120708220020/http://connect.in.com/hafiz-saleh-muhammad-alladin/biography-1955537.html |archivedate=2012-07-08 }}</ref>) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ahmadi]] [[Indian Muslim|Muslim]] astronomer. Alladin received in 1963 a PhD at the [[University of Chicago]]. He was among the famous 100 [[Astronomers]] of the world and served as the educational advisor to former [[President of India|President]] [[APJ Abdul Kalam]] of [[India]]. He wrote many books, penned hundreds of articles and published more than 50 research papers. He then went as a professor at the [[Osmania University]] in [[Hyderabad]], where he was Director of the Center of Advanced Study in Astronomy.<ref>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/educational-advisor-to-kalam-dies-in-amritsar/765437/</ref><ref>http://www.myvisitingcard.com/2011/update-abdul-kalam-dr-hafiz-saleh-muhammad-alladin-died-not-apj-abdul-kalam.html</ref><br />
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Alladin was a prominent member of many scientific societies such as the [[International Astronomical Union]], [[Astronomical Society of India]], [[Plasma Science Society of India]], the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation and the [[Indian Association of Physics Teachers]].<ref name="Archived copy"/><br />
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==Solar and Lunar eclipse in 1894==<br />
He showed that [[Solar eclipse|Solar]] and [[Lunar eclipse]]s occur simultaneously every 22 years in [[Ramadan]] but for them to occur at a specific area is almost impossible, and that the last [[Solar eclipse|Solar]] and [[Lunar eclipses]] above [[Qadian]] occurred 600 years ago.<ref name=A24>{{cite book|last=Virk|first=Zakaria|title=Astronomer, Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Alladin (1931-2011)|publisher=Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada|pages=24}}</ref><br />
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==Religion==<br />
His grandfather Seth Abdullah Alladin was the first in his family to join the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]] and devoted a large part of his wealth to that cause. He was the president of Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya, the highest body of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat in India under the Khalifatul Masih V Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad for 4 years.<ref name=A24 /> He was referred as ''Ulul Albab'' by [[Mirza Masroor Ahmad]] which means one of those gifted with understanding.<ref>Friday Sermon Khalifartul Masih V, Al Fazl, London 15 April 2011.</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He won many awards and recognitions:<ref name=A24 /><br />
* 1981: Meghnad Saha Award der UGC New Delhi<br />
* Bharat Excellence Award<br />
* Friendship Forum of India<br />
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