(8 February 1897 - 3 May 1969) (Urdu: زاکِر حسین), was the third President of India from May 13, 1967 until his death on May 3, 1969. He was the first Muslim President of India.
He was awarded the highest honor in India, Barat Ratna, in 1963.
PREVIOUS LIFE AND BACKGROUND
Hussain was born in Etawah, India. Zakhir Hussain was a Nationalist Pastor. His family moved to Hyderabad from Kaimganj, Farrukhabad district in Uttar Pradesh. He attended Islamia High School, Etawah and Anglo-Muhammadan Oriental College (now Aligarh Muslim University, where he was a prominent student leader). He was known, even in those days, for his love of knowledge, his ingenuity, his eloquence, and his willingness to help others. His father, Fida Hussain Khan, went to Hyderabad, studied law and had a very successful career. Unfortunately, he died when Zakir Hussain was only ten years old.
WORK
Hussain, then only 23 years old, was part of a small group of students and teachers who founded the National Muslim University, which was first established in Aligardh on Friday 29 October 1920 and relocated to Karl Bagh, New Delhi in 1925, and relocated on March 1, 1935 to Jamia Nagar. , in New Delhi and renamed it Jamia Millia Islamia (central university). He then went to Germany to earn a PhD from the University of Berlin in Economics. While in Germany, Hussain was instrumental in producing an anthology apparently the greatest Urdu poet Mirza Assadullah Khan's "Ghalib" (1797-1868).
He returned to India to take control of Jamia Millia Islamia which was facing closure in 1927. He held that position for the next 21 years, providing leadership and academic leadership in an institution that was deeply involved in India's struggle for freedom from British law. and I tried with basic numerical education in the lines promoted by Mahatma Gandhi. During this time he continued to be involved in educational reform organizations in India and was very active in the affairs of his old alma mater MAO College, now Aligarh Muslim University. During this time Hussain emerged as one of the leading researchers and educators of modern India. His self-sacrifice and hard work to keep Jamia working in the worst possible conditions earned him the admiration of even his biggest political rivals such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
As soon as India gained independence, Hussain agreed to become the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University which was experiencing difficult times in dividing India due to the active involvement of half of its teachers and students in the struggle to create Pakistan, where Hussain Relatives brother Dr. Mahmood Hussain and nephew General Rahimuddin Khan will move and gain fame. Dr. Hussain, too, provided leadership during the critical phase of the University's history in Aligarh from 1948-1956. Shortly after completing his term as Vice Chancellor he was elected a member of the Upper House of Indian Parliament in 1956, a position he left in 1957 to become Governor of Bihar State.
After serving as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962, and as the Second Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967, Hussain was elected President of India on 13 May 1967. In his first speech he said that the whole of India is his home and all its people have become his family.
Hussain died on May 3, 1969, the first President of India died in office. He was buried at the Jamia Millia Islamia Center (or Central University) in New Delhi.
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