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. Mushirul Hasan obtained his M. A. from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1969. He then earned a Doctorate (PhD) from the University of Cambridge in 1977.
He was a Professor in the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He also served as the Director of Academy of Third World Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia from July 2000 to January 2010. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 1992 to 1996. Later, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (2004-2009). In May 2010, he was appointed as the Director-General of the National Archives of India. He was the elected as the President of the Indian History Congress in 2002.
He also held in the past academic positions at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, "Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud" (Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, St Antony's College, Oxford, and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
Books.
His books include: