Najmul Hasan (10 February 1946 – 11 August 1983) was an Indian journalist based out of Delhi. An experienced

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, Hasan was killed while on an assignment to cover the Iran-Iraq war for

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. He was the son of historian

Mohibbul Hasan Mohibbul Hasan (1908–21 April 1999) was an Indian historian. He wrote books about history of pre-independence India. Education and career After his early education at Lucknow, he went to London University for higher study. After his return, h ...

and brother of modern India historian

Mushirul Hasan Mushirul Hasan (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018) was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the partition of India, communalism, and on the history of Islam in South Asia. Education Hasan was the second son of historian Mohibbul Hasan ...

. Prior to joining Reuters in January 1978, Hasan worked for the Indian daily, ''

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''. Over the years, he covered the

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, political turbulence in

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and

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, the ethnic violence owing to the

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. On 8 August 1983, Hasan was sent to Iran to cover the war with Iraq. Three days later, on 11 August, while inspecting the areas captured by Iranian forces along with a group of journalists embedded with the Iran government, a landmine explosion killed Hasan and a government official escorting the journalists. Hasan was buried in a cemetery in Saket, Delhi. He was survived by his wife Barbara Hasan and two children. A Reuters fellowship was established in his memory at the

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1946 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian Muslims Indian war correspondents Journalists from Delhi Hindustan Times journalists Reuters people {{India-journalist-stub

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