Mohammad Mujeeb

Mohammad Mujeeb (1902–1985) was an Indian writer of English and Urdu literature, educationist, scholar and the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.^[1][2]

Mujeeb was born in 1902^[3] to Mohammad Naseem, a wealthy barrister from Lucknow.

Mujeeb studied history at Oxford University. He was a close friend and associate of Zakir Hussain, the third president of India, and Abid Husain.^[4] Later, he did advanced training in printing in Germany before returning to India to join Jamia Millia Islamia in 1926 as a faculty member, along with Zakir Hussain and Abid Hussain.^[5]

He was a scholar of History and was involved in the cultural and educational milieu of post-independent India.^[1]

• A Glimpse of New China ^[6]
• Ordeal 1857: A Historical Play ^[7]
• World history, our heritage ^[8]
• Education and Traditional values ^[9]
• Social reform among Indian Muslims ^[10]
• Akbar ^[11]
• Ghalib ^[12]
• Dr Zakir Hussain: a biography ^[13]
• Islamic Influence on Indian Society ^[14]
• The Indian Muslims ^[15]
• Education, Literature and Islam ^[16]
• Three Plays ^[17]

• Dunya Ki Kahani ^[18]
• Azma’ish ^[19]
• Gazaliyat-e-Ghalib ^[20]
• Tarikh Falsafa-e-Siyasiyat ^[21]
• Nigarishat ^[22]
• Rusi Adab ^[23]

Padma Bhushan (1965) for his contributions to literature and education.^[24]

Mujeeb died in 1985, at the age of 83.^[25] Jamia Millia Islamia has instituted an annual oration, Professor Mohammad Mujeeb Memorial Lecture, in Mujeeb's honour.^[26]

• Jamia Millia Islamia

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