Thursday, July 15, 2010

Top French honour for Mushirul Hasan

Eminent historian Mushirul Hasan, director general of National Archives of India, will be conferred the top French honour, Order of Palmes Académiques, in Delhi for his contribution to education. The honour will be conferred by French Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont on the occasion of the country's National Day.    

Vinay Kumar Tewari, former vice-chancellor of Uttarakhand Technical University, will also be given the honour.    

Hasan, a former vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, has embarked on a mammoth exercise to digitise rare documents and restore old ones at the National Archives.

He is seeking to expand the collection of historical papers at the archives and recently appealed to private collectors for their collections.

Hasan has published several scholarly books, edited many works on Islam in India, and authored numerous articles on post-independence India.

Full report here Hindustan Times

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