Akbar Ali Khan (politician)

Former governor of Uttar Pradesh, India

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Akbar Ali Khan

Akbar Ali Khan Governor to UP and Odisha from Hyderabad 1972-1976

Member of Rajya Sabha
In office
1954–1972
Governor of Uttar Pradesh
In office
1972–1974
Succeeded by| Marri Chenna Reddy
Governor of Odisha
In office
25 October 1974 – 17 April 1976
Personal details
Born| 20 November 1899
Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
Died| 1994
Political party| Indian National Congress
Alma mater| Osmania University
London University
Profession| Lawyer
Awards| Padma Bhushan

Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan (20 November 1899 – 1994) was governor of Uttar Pradesh[1] in India from 1972 to 1974 and governor of Odisha from 25 October 1974 to 17 April 1976.[2] He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for 18 years and he was deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha for 12 years. He was associated with Osmania University and was a member of the Senates of Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Later in 1957 he founded a Polytechnic in Hyderabad.[3][4]

## Early life[edit]

Akbar Ali Khan was born in 1899, to Mehboob Ali Khan, a jagirdar in Bidar and the commander of one of the troops of the Nizam. He received his early education in Mufid-ul-Anam High School. He joined the Aligarh Muslim University, but influenced by Gandhi, he gave up his studies to participate in the Non-cooperation movement. He later completed his B.A. in 1923 from Osmania University.[1] Later he took LL.B. (Hons) from London University, completed barrister at law at Middle Temple, and returned in 1927 to start practice as advocate. After his return from England as barrister at law he married Karamat Unissa Begum.

## Career[edit]

He was included in Dasturi Islahat Commission formed in Hyderabad, and a leading member of the Bulki Movement. He also became vice-chairman of Hyderabad Municipal Council, and was member of the Osmania Graduates Association from 1952, serving as member and chairman of its Economic Committee and Exhibition Committee.

He was chairman of the United Progressive Committee for 17 years and prepared a scheme in 1939 to end Hindu-Muslim differences, presented before leaders of both sides. He did not accept the invitation of M.A. Jinnah to join Majlis-a-Iltahadul Muslamin, and did also reject the offer of Prime Ministership of Hyderabad State. In the following years he was appointed vice-chairman of Reception Committee of Indian National Congress Hyderabad in 1948, Member of Senates of Aligarh University, Jawaharlal University and James.

He started the Hyderabad Polytechnic by donating 15 acres of his land at Ramantapur, and 50000 rupees in cash. It was renamed on Jawaharlal Nehru after Nehru's death. He was also one of the founder members of the Industrial Exhibition of Hyderabad. In 1975 he collected donations in cash and kind for the establishment of the "Yusuf Baba Ward" in the Nampally Hospital. He also founded the "Old Boys Association of the Aligarh Muslim University". He used to organize help and relief for widowed women to last them for five years. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1965. As Governor of U.P., Ali Khan released a postage stamp in memory of Syed Ahmad Khan. He supported the demands of Telangana but opposed the demand for separation. He represented India at the United Nations Organisation. He was in the Mission to China and was also with the deputations to Moscow, Finland and other Nations of Asia, Africa and Europe. He was a Member of Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) for 18 years and was its vice-chairman for a total period of 12 years. He was deputy leader of Congress Parliamentary Board.[1]

Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan, a Padma Bhushan recipient,[5] died in 1994. He had four children out of whom one is alive: [6] Nayeem Ali Khan.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Shri Akbar Ali Khan". Official Website of Governor's Secretariat, Raj Bhawan, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
2. ^ "Raj Bhvan Odisha : Our Governor's". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
3. ^ "About Shri Akbar Ali Khan". Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
4. ^ Haseeb, Ahssanuddin (11 February 2019). "'Main Kisi Se Nahi Darta' – Nawab 'Mir Akbar Ali Khan' Was Afraid Neither Of Nizam Nor Anybody Else". Retrieved 15 August 2019.
5. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
6. ^ "Nawab Mir Riazuth Ali Khan passes away". Deccan Chronicle. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

## External links[edit]

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080217032018/http://www.upgovernor.nic.in/khanbio.htm
* http://narendralutherarchives.blogspot.com/2006/12/mir-akbar-ali-khan-afraid-neither-of.html
* U tube com/watch?v=hHje5NX7q3A

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Governors of Uttar Pradesh

* Sarojini Naidu§
* B.B. Malik§ (acting)
* Homi Mody§
* Homi Mody
* Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
* V. V. Giri
* Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
* Bishwanath Das
* Bezawada Gopala Reddy
* Shashi Kant Varma (acting)
* Akbar Ali Khan
* Marri Chenna Reddy
* Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
* Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
* Mohammed Usman Arif
* B. Satya Narayan Reddy
* Motilal Vora
* Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
* Romesh Bhandari
* Suraj Bhan
* Vishnu Kant Shastri
* Sudarshan Agarwal (acting)
* T. V. Rajeswar
* Banwari Lal Joshi
* Aziz Qureshi (acting)
* Ram Naik

§ Served as governor of United Provinces of Independent India

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Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)

1960|

* Haridas Siddhanta Bagish
* Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri
* Nilakantha Das
* Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid
* Kazi Nazrul Islam
* Hafiz Ali Khan
* Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen
* Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao
* Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
* Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar

1961|

* Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria
* Seth Govind Das
* Verrier Elwin
* Niranjan Das Gulhati
* L. Venkatakrishna Iyer
* Rai Krishnadas
* Sumitranandan Pant
* Svetoslav Roerich
* Bhagwan Sahay
* Bindeshwari Prasad Verma
* Krishnasami Venkataraman
* Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia

1962|

* Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar
* Prem Chandra Dhanda
* Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee
* Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
* Daulat Singh Kothari
* Mithan Jamshed Lam
* Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra
* Sisir Kumar Mitra
* Tarabai Modak
* Niaz Fatehpuri
* Jal Ratanji Patel
* Narayan Sitaram Phadke
* V. Raghavan
* Dukhan Ram
* T. S. Soundram
* Mahankali Seetharama Rao
* Moturi Satyanarayana
* Sitaram Seksaria
* Santosh Kumar Sen
* Tarlok Singh
* Raja Radhika Raman Sinha

1963|

* Makhanlal Chaturvedi
* Omeo Kumar Das
* Nitish Chandra Laharry
* Badri Nath Prasad
* Kanuri Lakshmana Rao
* Rahul Sankrityayan
* Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya
* T. R. Seshadri
* Sardar Harnarain Singh
* Ramkumar Verma

1964|

* Sheikh Abdullah
* Nuruddin Ahmed
* Rafiuddin Ahmed
* Jacob Chandy
* Kunji Lal Dubey
* Tushar Kanti Ghosh
* Dara Nusserwanji Khurody
* Anukul Chandra Mukherjee
* Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee
* Bhola Nath Mullik
* R. K. Narayan
* Chintaman Govind Pandit
* Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel
* Bal Gandharva
* T. N. Ramachandran
* Khushwant Lal Wig

1965|

* Joginder Singh Dhillon
* Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit
* Narasinh Narayan Godbole
* Nawang Gombu
* Sonam Gyatso
* Akbar Ali Khan
* S. L. Kirloskar
* Mohan Singh Kohli
* Harbaksh Singh
* P. O. Dunn
* Kashmir Singh Katoch
* Pratap Chandra Lal
* Ramaswamy Rajaram
* Mohammad Mujeeb
* Jayant Narlikar
* K. R. Ramanathan
* Satyajit Ray
* Triguna Sen
* Vrindavan Lal Verma
* Manikya Lal Verma

1966|

* Babubhai Maneklal Chinai
* Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami
* Verghese Kurien
* Zubin Mehta
* K. P. Kesava Menon
* Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai
* K. Shankar Pillai
* Vikram Sarabhai
* Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate
* Homi Sethna
* Jodh Singh
* Haribhau Upadhyaya

1967|

* Mulk Raj Anand
* Tara Cherian
* Krishna Kanta Handique
* Akshay Kumar Jain
* Pupul Jayakar
* Ali Akbar Khan
* D. P. Kohli
* Ramanathan Krishnan
* Cheruvari Lakshmanan
* S. I. Padmavati
* D. C. Pavate
* Datto Vaman Potdar
* B. Shiva Rao
* Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain
* Mihir Sen
* Ravi Shankar
* M. L. Vasanthakumari

1968|

* Acharya Vishva Bandhu
* Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar
* Mary Clubwala Jadhav
* K. Shivaram Karanth
* Bismillah Khan
* Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
* Sam Manekshaw
* Mansukhlal Atmaram Master
* M. G. K. Menon
* Waman Bapuji Metre
* Gujarmal Modi
* Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi
* Benjamin Peary Pal
* Brahm Prakash
* Manikonda Chalapathi Rau
* C. R. Rao
* Radhanath Rath
* Mariadas Ruthnaswamy
* Firaq Gorakhpuri
* Shripad Damodar Satwalekar
* G. Sankara Kurup
* Periyasaamy Thooran
* Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya

1969|

* Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
* Rahim-ud-in Khan Dagar
* Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala
* Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey
* Keshav Prasad Goenka
* Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
* Vithalbhai Jhaveri
* Prithviraj Kapoor
* Kesarbai Kerkar
* Krishna Kripalani
* Adinath Lahiri
* Gobind Behari Lal
* Kasturbhai Lalbhai
* Lata Mangeshkar
* V. K. Narayana Menon
* Saghar Nizami
* Nanasaheb Parulekar
* Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar
* Vitthal Laxman Phadke
* Raja Rao
* Niharranjan Ray
* Prafulla Kumar Sen
* Haroon Khan Sherwani
* Naval Tata
* S. S. Vasan

# Posthumous conferral

* 1954–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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