List of Aligarh Muslim University alumni

The following is a list of notable Aligarh Muslim University alumni.[note 1]

Arts
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Ali Sardar Jafri Urdu poet, critic, Hindi/Urdu film lyricist [1]
Anubhav Sinha 1998 film director
Dalip Tahil film actor
Farhat Basir Khan 1978 photographer
Habib Tanveer Hindi/Urdu film actor and theater director [1]
Javed Akhtar
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Hindi/Urdu film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist [1]
Muzaffar Ali film director
Naseeruddin Shah 1971 BA Bollywood actor [1]
Raaj Kumar Hindi/Urdu film actor[1]
Pushkin Agha 1998 Engg Event Organizer at Vertex Events Dubai

Business
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Frank F Islam M.Sc. entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist; head of the FI Investment Group; founder and CEO of the QSS Group[2]

Humanities and Social Sciences
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Abdul Haq Urdu scholar and linguist [3]
Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem political scientist and first Vice Chancellor of Karachi University [4]
Akhtarul Wasey academician and Padma Shri recipient [5]
Irfan Habib historian
Ishwari Prasad historian [6][7][8][9]
K. K. Muhammed 1975 Archeologist and Padma Shri recipient
K M Baharul Islam 1992 MA English Professor and Dean at IIM Kashipur and fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui well known historian from Ghazipur
Shad Saleem Faruqi LLB; LLM Professor of Law in the University of Malaya

Literature and Journalism
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Akshay Kumar Jain 1940 journalist; former editor of Navbharat Times; Padma Bhushan recipient
Asrar ul Haq Majaz known as Majaz Lakhnawi well famous indian urdu poet from Faizabad
Azarmi Dukht Safavi, master of Persian literature, established Persian Language Research Center of the Aligarh University [10][11]
Basharat Peer journalist, author, and political commentator [12]
Deeba Salim Irfan author and poet
Kabir Ahmad Jaisi 1963; 1965; 1973 BA; MA in Persian; Ph.D. writer
Punathil Kunjabdulla MBBS writer
Rahi Masoom Raza author and poet [13]
Raja Rao author, professor, and Padma Bhushan recipient [14]
Saadat Hasan Manto Writer, playwright and author born in British India. [15]
Salma Siddiqui Urdu novelist [16]
Salman Al-Azami, senior lecturer in English language at Liverpool Hope University [17]
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee Urdu poet
Zafar Ali Khan, famous for his Zamindar (newspaper). [18][19]

Politics and Law

Heads of state and government
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Ayub Khan did not graduate 2nd President of Pakistan [1][20]
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 1924 LLB 5th President of Pakistan [21]
Khawaja Nazimuddin BA in Sociology 2nd Governor General of Pakistan; 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan [1][22]
Liaquat Ali Khan 1918 B.Sc. in Political Science; LLB first Prime Minister of Pakistan [1][23]
Malik Ghulam Muhammad BA in accountancy 3rd Governor General of Pakistan
Mohamed Amin Didi first President of the Maldives [1]
Muhammad Mansur Ali MA 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh [1]

Other politicians, lawyers, civil servants, and diplomats
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
A. T. M. Abdul Mateen 1949 MA; LLB
Arif Mohammad Khan Governor of Kerala
Azam Khan 1974 LLB Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Baharul Islam former Judge of the Supreme Court of India [24]
Begum Abida Ahmed Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Fida Mohammad Khan 1945 LLB former Governor of North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan
Habibullah Khan Marwat 1926 1st Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
Hamidullah Khan the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal [25]
Humayun Rashid Choudhury 1947 former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh
Inamul Haque Khan BA and MA in English literature former Minister of Interior and Minister of Housing and Works of Pakistan
Jamal Khwaja M.A. in Philosophy Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Kazi Syed Karimuddin Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pashtun Leader and Indian independence activist [1]
M. A. Gaffar 1933 B.Ed. Member of the Chamber of Nationalities of Burma
Mohammad Hamid Ansari 12th Vice President of India [1][26]
Mohsina Kidwai Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Moinul Hoque Choudhury 1946; 1947 MA in History; LLB Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Minister of Home Affairs
Ormsin Chivapruck
P. K. Abdu Rabb Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Leader of Indian National Congress; Independent India's first Communication Minister [1]
Ram Prakash Sethi 1961 former Judge of the Supreme Court of India [27]
Roedad Khan 1946 MA in English history in former Minister of Accountability of Pakistan
Saiyed Saghir Ahmad former Judge of the Supreme Court of India [28]
Sahib Singh Verma MA in Library Science former Chief Minister of Delhi
Sardar Bahadur Khan LLB former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sheikh Abdullah 1930 M.Sc. in Chemistry former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [29]
Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali former Judge of the Supreme Court of India [30]
Syeda Anwara Taimur former Chief Minister of Assam

Science and Technology
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Asad Ullah Khan microbiologist, N-Bios laureate[31]
Ashok Seth 1978 MBBS cardiologist
Divya Jain software engineer [32]
Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie 1954; 1956 BSc; MSc marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[33]
K. P. Mohanakumar 1979 M.Sc. in experimental biology and chemical neuroanatomy chemical biologist, N-Bios laureate [34]
Kazi Mobin-Uddin inventor of the inferior vena cava filter[35]
Mansur Hoda scientist in the area of appropriate technology in India[36]
Qudsia Tahseen 1984; 1987;1989 MSc; MPhil; PhD zoologist

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 Hakim Naeem Ahmad Khan 1983 M.D. (Ilmul Advia) Unani Medicine (Teaching, Research & Clinician)
Shahid Jameel 1977 BSc virologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[37]
Syed Ziaur Rahman 1995; 2000 MBBS; MD pharmacologist
Talat Ahmed MSc professor of geology and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia

Islamic scholars

Vice chancellors

Sports
Name Class

Year

 Degree Notability References
Akhtar Hussain field hockey player [47]
Annu Raj Singh 2006 sport shooter [48][49]
B. P. Govinda field hockey player [50]
Dhyan Chand field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team [51]
Ghaus Mohammad tennis player
Joginder Singh field hockey player
Lala Amarnath cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team
Syed Mushtaq Ali cricketer
Zafar Iqbal field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team

Other

References

Notes
  1. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was transformed into the Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. Zakir Husain, Shaukat Ali, Fani Badayuni, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar graduated from the M. A. O. College when it was affiliated to the University of Calcutta (1875-1885) and University of Allahabad (1885-1920).

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