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'''Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah''' ( | '''Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah''' (1920–2014), also known as '''Miss Mehmooda''', was an Indian educationist, social activist and the principal of [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar]].<ref name="The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNjiAwAAQBAJ&q=Mehmooda+Ali+Shah&pg=PA36 | title=The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | author=Nyla Ali Khan, Gopalkrishan Gandh | year=2014 | pages=36 of 160 | isbn=9781137463296}}</ref> She was a close friend of [[Indira Gandhi]] and is reported to have worked for creating awareness among the women of Kashmir about the importance of education and for their social empowerment.<ref name="PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah">{{cite web | url=http://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=36350 | title=PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah | publisher=Scoop News | date=11 March 2014 | accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for her contributions to Indian education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 }}</ref> | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Mehmooda Ali Shah was born in 1920 to Dulhan Begum and Syed Ahmed Ali Shah, a Forest Range Officer, in [[Srinagar]] in the princely state of Kashmir in the [[British India]] and did her schooling at the local Missionary Girls' School (present day [[Mallinson Girls School]]) from where was the first girl to pass the 10th standard examination.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary">{{cite web | url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/mehmooda-ahmed-ali-shah0306-57275/ | title=Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary | publisher=Kashmir Life | date=24 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> She was the only girl child of the Ali Shah couple, her three brothers would later become high ranking officials; Naseer Ahmed, a medical academic and a medical college principal, Syed Ahmad Shah, a Deputy Inspector General of Police and the third, Zameer Ahmad, a sessions judge.<ref name="Mehmooda Shah passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/mehmooda-shah-passes-away/165675.html | title=Mehmooda Shah passes away | publisher=Greater Kashmir | date=12 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> Moving to [[Lahore]] for her higher studies, she graduated in Arts (BA) from the [[Punjab University, Lahore]] and continued there to secure a graduate degree in Education (BEd) and a post graduate degree (MA) in Political Science. She is known to be the first woman post graduate of the [[Punjab University, Lahore]].<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> She also | Mehmooda Ali Shah was born in 1920 to Dulhan Begum and Syed Ahmed Ali Shah, a Forest Range Officer, in [[Srinagar]] in the princely state of Kashmir in the [[British India]] and did her schooling at the local Missionary Girls' School (present day [[Mallinson Girls School]]) from where was the first girl to pass the 10th standard examination.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary">{{cite web | url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/mehmooda-ahmed-ali-shah0306-57275/ | title=Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary | publisher=Kashmir Life | date=24 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> She was the only girl child of the Ali Shah couple, her three brothers would later become high ranking officials; Naseer Ahmed, a medical academic and a medical college principal, Syed Ahmad Shah, a Deputy Inspector General of Police and the third, Zameer Ahmad, a sessions judge.<ref name="Mehmooda Shah passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/mehmooda-shah-passes-away/165675.html | title=Mehmooda Shah passes away | publisher=Greater Kashmir | date=12 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> Moving to [[Lahore]] for her higher studies, she graduated in Arts (BA) from the [[Punjab University, Lahore]] and continued there to secure a graduate degree in Education (BEd) and a post graduate degree (MA) in Political Science. She is known to be the first woman post graduate of the [[Punjab University, Lahore]].<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> She also gained a postgraduate diploma in Leeds, UK.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> | ||
Reportedly on advice from [[Muhammad Iqbal]], the poet and political thinker, Mehmooda returned to Sri Nagar and joined a local school in [[Maisuma]] as a teacher.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> Later, when a new school was opened at [[Baramulla]] by the then Maharajah, she was appointed as the Headmistress. She worked there for a number of years till her appointment as the principal of the [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar]] in 1954.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> During her tenure as the Headmistress and, later, as the principal, she is known to have worked to persuade the local women to pursue education<ref name="PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah" /> and for the establishment of a second women's college in [[Srinagar]]. Her efforts are also reported in promoting arts and sports activities in the college.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist">{{cite web | url=http://www.kashmirtimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=30279 | title=Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist | publisher=Kashmir Times | date=23 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> In 1975, she resigned from the college and, reportedly influenced by her association with [[Indira Gandhi]], moved to Delhi to get involved with the activities of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She served the party as a Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC), but returned to Srinagar after the death of Indira Gandhi in 1984, though she remained a member of the AICC.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> She also served as a member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from 1987 to 1990.<ref name="Details of Pensioners-Family Pensioners as on March 2014">{{cite web | url=http://jklegislativeassembly.nic.in/website%20material/pensioners.htm | title=Details of Pensioners-Family Pensioners as of March 2014 | publisher=J and K Legislative Assembly | date=2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135214/http://jklegislativeassembly.nic.in/website%20material/pensioners.htm | archive-date=22 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | Reportedly on advice from [[Muhammad Iqbal]], the poet and political thinker, Mehmooda returned to Sri Nagar and joined a local school in [[Maisuma]] as a teacher.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> Later, when a new school was opened at [[Baramulla]] by the then Maharajah, she was appointed as the Headmistress. She worked there for a number of years till her appointment as the principal of the [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar]] in 1954.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> During her tenure as the Headmistress and, later, as the principal, she is known to have worked to persuade the local women to pursue education<ref name="PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah" /> and for the establishment of a second women's college in [[Srinagar]]. Her efforts are also reported in promoting arts and sports activities in the college.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist">{{cite web | url=http://www.kashmirtimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=30279 | title=Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist | publisher=Kashmir Times | date=23 March 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> In 1975, she resigned from the college and, reportedly influenced by her association with [[Indira Gandhi]], moved to Delhi to get involved with the activities of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She served the party as a Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC), but returned to Srinagar after the death of Indira Gandhi in 1984, though she remained a member of the AICC.<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary" /> She also served as a member of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from 1987 to 1990.<ref name="Details of Pensioners-Family Pensioners as on March 2014">{{cite web | url=http://jklegislativeassembly.nic.in/website%20material/pensioners.htm | title=Details of Pensioners-Family Pensioners as of March 2014 | publisher=J and K Legislative Assembly | date=2014 | accessdate=11 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135214/http://jklegislativeassembly.nic.in/website%20material/pensioners.htm | archive-date=22 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2006.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2012, her alma mater, [[Mallinson Girls School]], honoured her as the | The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2006.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2012, her alma mater, [[Mallinson Girls School]], honoured her as the "Most Outstanding Student of the Century".<ref name="Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist" /> Mehmooda, a spinster throughout her life by choice, died on 11 March 2014, at the age of 94, at her residence in Srinagar. She was buried at the local graveyard in Malteng.<ref name="Mehmooda Shah passes away" /> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
* {{cite book | title=The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation | author=Khan, Nyla Ali | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York | year=2014 | doi=10.1057/9781137463296.0009 |isbn=9781137463296}} | * {{cite book | title=The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation | author=Khan, Nyla Ali | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York | year=2014 | doi=10.1057/9781137463296.0009 | doi-broken-date=1 July 2025 |isbn=9781137463296}} | ||
* {{cite book | title=In a State of Violent Peace: Voices from the Kashmir Valley | publisher=HarperCollins India | author=Meera Khanna | year=2015 | pages=276 | isbn=9789351364825}} | * {{cite book | title=In a State of Violent Peace: Voices from the Kashmir Valley | publisher=HarperCollins India | author=Meera Khanna | year=2015 | pages=276 | isbn=9789351364825}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:40, 12 July 2025
Mehmooda Ali Shah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Died | 11 March 2014 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Resting place | Malteng graveyard, Sri Nagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Occupation | Educationist Social activist Politician |
| Known for | Women's education |
| Parent(s) | Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Dulhan Begum |
| Awards | Padma Shri Most Outstanding Student of the Century |
Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah (1920–2014), also known as Miss Mehmooda, was an Indian educationist, social activist and the principal of Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar.[1] She was a close friend of Indira Gandhi and is reported to have worked for creating awareness among the women of Kashmir about the importance of education and for their social empowerment.[2] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for her contributions to Indian education.[3]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Mehmooda Ali Shah was born in 1920 to Dulhan Begum and Syed Ahmed Ali Shah, a Forest Range Officer, in Srinagar in the princely state of Kashmir in the British India and did her schooling at the local Missionary Girls' School (present day Mallinson Girls School) from where was the first girl to pass the 10th standard examination.[4] She was the only girl child of the Ali Shah couple, her three brothers would later become high ranking officials; Naseer Ahmed, a medical academic and a medical college principal, Syed Ahmad Shah, a Deputy Inspector General of Police and the third, Zameer Ahmad, a sessions judge.[5] Moving to Lahore for her higher studies, she graduated in Arts (BA) from the Punjab University, Lahore and continued there to secure a graduate degree in Education (BEd) and a post graduate degree (MA) in Political Science. She is known to be the first woman post graduate of the Punjab University, Lahore.[4] She also gained a postgraduate diploma in Leeds, UK.[4]
Reportedly on advice from Muhammad Iqbal, the poet and political thinker, Mehmooda returned to Sri Nagar and joined a local school in Maisuma as a teacher.[4] Later, when a new school was opened at Baramulla by the then Maharajah, she was appointed as the Headmistress. She worked there for a number of years till her appointment as the principal of the Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar in 1954.[4] During her tenure as the Headmistress and, later, as the principal, she is known to have worked to persuade the local women to pursue education[2] and for the establishment of a second women's college in Srinagar. Her efforts are also reported in promoting arts and sports activities in the college.[6] In 1975, she resigned from the college and, reportedly influenced by her association with Indira Gandhi, moved to Delhi to get involved with the activities of the Indian National Congress. She served the party as a Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), but returned to Srinagar after the death of Indira Gandhi in 1984, though she remained a member of the AICC.[4] She also served as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1990.[7]
The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2006.[3] In 2012, her alma mater, Mallinson Girls School, honoured her as the "Most Outstanding Student of the Century".[6] Mehmooda, a spinster throughout her life by choice, died on 11 March 2014, at the age of 94, at her residence in Srinagar. She was buried at the local graveyard in Malteng.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nyla Ali Khan, Gopalkrishan Gandh (2014). The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 36 of 160. ISBN 9781137463296.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah". Scoop News. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah - Obituary". Kashmir Life. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mehmooda Shah passes away". Greater Kashmir. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist". Kashmir Times. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ "Details of Pensioners-Family Pensioners as of March 2014". J and K Legislative Assembly. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Khan, Nyla Ali (2014). The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137463296.0009 ( (inactive $1) 1 July 2025). ISBN 9781137463296.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) - Meera Khanna (2015). In a State of Violent Peace: Voices from the Kashmir Valley. HarperCollins India. p. 276. ISBN 9789351364825.