Mohibbul Hasan (1908–21 April 1999) was an Indian historian. He wrote books about history of pre-independence

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Education and career

After his early education at Lucknow, he went to London University for higher study. After his return, he started his teaching career at

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. After that he was appointed in Calcutta, Aligarh universities. From 1963 he became head of department of History in

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

and

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Works

In 1951, Hasan wrote his first book, ''History of Tipu Sultan''. Later he wrote ''Kashmir under Sultans'', ''Waqai-i-Manzili-Rum'', ''Babur- founder of the Mughal Empire in India'' etc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Mohibbul Academic staff of Jamia Millia Islamia 1908 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Indian historians Academic staff of the University of Kashmir Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Alumni of the University of London 20th-century Indian Muslims