Aligarh Current Affairs, GK & News
Jamia Millia Islamia gets its First Woman Vice-Chancellor
The Ministry of Human Resources and Development has issued a statement about appointing Professor Najma Akhtar as vice–chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI) by the President of India. She has been appointed for a period of five years. Professor Najma Akhtar will be the first woman to hold the post. Professor Najma Akhtar is ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Ali brothers • Aligarh • Aligarh Muslim University • Dr.Zakir Hussain • Jamia Millia Islamia • Kurukshetra University • Ministry of Human Resources and Development • Moulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar • Moulana Shoukat Ali • Professor Najma Akhtar
Prof. Qazi Abdussattar, noted Urdu writer passes away
Professor Qazi Abdussattar (85), a noted Urdu writer and former head of Aligarh Muslim University(AMU)’s Urdu department, has recently passed away in New Delhi on October 29, 2018. Born in Machretta village of Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district in 1933, Abdussattar joined the AMU as a researcher in 1954. He started his career as a short ..
Topics: Aligarh • Ghalib • India • Indian Muslims • Languages of India • Mughal Empire • Persian literature • Qazi Abdul Sattar • Sitapur district • States and union territories of India • Urdu
Jnanpith Award 2008 presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar
Legendary Urdu poet and academician Prof Shaheryar was presented India’s highest literary honour — the Jnanpith Award — for the year 2008. Shahryar was born in 1936 in a Muslim Rajput family in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. His poetry strongly expresses an “ideological commitment”. His actual name is Akhlaq Mohammed Khan and ‘Shaheryar’ is his ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Akhlaq Mohammed Khan • Aligarh • Anjuman • Cinema of India • Films • Gaman • Indian films • Shahriyar • Umrao Jaan • Writers