Ali Yavar Jung

Nawab
Ali Yavar Jung
Gamal Abdel Nasser (left) and Ali Yavar Jung (right), circa 1958
Born Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (now Hyderabad, Telangana, India)
Died 11 December 1976
Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater Queen's College, Oxford
Occupation diplomat, politician
Spouse(s) Zehra Ali Yavar Jung
Children Bilkees I. Latif
Relatives Idris Hasan Latif (son-in-law)
Awards Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Governor of Maharashtra
In office
1971–1976
Preceded by Om Prakash Mehra
Succeeded by Kona Prabhakara Rao
Indian Ambassador to Argentina
In office
1952–1954
Indian Ambassador to Egypt[1]
In office
1954–1958
Preceded by K.M. Panikkar
Succeeded by Ratan Kumar Nehru
Indian Ambassador to France[2]
In office
1961–1965
Indian Ambassador to the United States
In office
1968–1970
Preceded by Braj Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by Lakshmi Kant Jha

Nawab Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur (February 1906 – 11 December 1976) was an eminent Indian diplomat. He was governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra from 1971 to 1976.

Early Life

He was born in Hyderabad to a distinguished Hyderabadi family of scholars, administrators and educators, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford,[3] earning a degree in History.

Career

Nawab Ali Yavar Jung served as the Vice-chancellor of Osmania University from 1945 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1952.[3] In year 1965 to 1968 he was Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.[4] He opposed reservation on religious ground at AMU.[5] In 1946-47 he was Minister Constitutional Affairs, Home and Educational, Public Health and Local Government in the Nizam's Governor. He resigned from that post in 1947.

He was India's ambassador to Argentina (1952–54), Egypt (1954–58), Yugoslavia and Greece (1958–61), France (1961–65), and the United States (1968–70).[3] His personal rapport with Juan Perón, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Josip Broz Tito, Charles de Gaulle, and Lyndon B. Johnson substantially contributed to their understanding and appreciation of India's independent foreign policy.

He was appointed as governor of Maharashtra in 1971, and died during his term as governor at Mumbai's Raj Bhavan in December 1976.[3][6]

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest civilian honors, in 1959 and 1977, respectively.[3][7] The stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway (NH 8, commonly called "Western Express Highway") in the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai and The National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped[8] located there are named after him. Bilkees I. Latif, social worker, Padma Shri awardee and the wife of I. H. Latif, former Air Chief Marshal, is his daughter.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eoicairo.gov.in/eoi.php?id=Previous
  2. ↑ https://www.ambinde.fr/page/history/
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Shri W.A. Sangma (14 December 1976). Obituary References (Speech). Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  4. ↑ http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm
  5. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aligarh-muslim-university-50percent-quota-for-muslims-creates-a-storm/1/193559.html
  6. ↑ "Previous Governors List". Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra State. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "List of Padma Vibhushan Awardees" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  8. ↑ Qureshi, M. U. (2006). Encyclopaedia of Social Problems and Social Welfare. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. p. 203. ISBN 81-261-2584-5.
  9. ↑ "A Life of service honoured with the Padma Shri award" (PDF). You and I — eMag. 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
B.K. Nehru		 Indian Ambassador to the United States
1968-1970		 Succeeded by
L.K. Jha
Academic offices
Preceded by
Bashir Hussain Zaidi		 Vice-Chancellor of AMU
1965-1968		 Succeeded by
Abdul Aleem

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