Mahmud Husain

Mahmud Husain
Mahmud Husain
Minister for Education
	In office; 4 February 1953 – 17 April 1953
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin
Preceded by	Fazlur Rahman
Succeeded by	Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
Minister for Kashmir Affairs
	In office; 26 November 1951 – 17 April 1953
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin
Preceded by	Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
Succeeded by	Shuaib Qureshi
Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions
	In office; 24 October 1950 – 24 October 1951
Prime Minister	Liaquat Ali Khan
Deputy Minister for Defense, Foreign Affairs and Finance
	In office; 3 February 1949 – 24 October 1950
Prime Minister	Liaquat Ali Khan
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
	In office; 10 August 1947 – 24 October 1954
Constituency	East Bengal
Personal details
Born	5 July 1907; Qaimganj, Agra and Oudh,; British India; (now Uttar Pradesh, India);
Died	12 April 1975 (aged 67); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim League
Relatives	Zakir Husain (brother); Yusuf Husain (brother); Rahimuddin (son-in-law);
Alma mater	Jamia Millia Islamia; Heidelberg University;
Fields	Contemporary history; International relations; Social sciences;
Institutions	University of Karachi; University of Dhaka; University of Pennsylvania; Columbia University; Heidelberg University;

Mahmud Husain Khan (5 July 1907 – 12 April 1975) was a Pakistani historian, educationist, and politician, known for his role in the Pakistan Movement, and for pioneering the study of social sciences. He served as Minister for Kashmir Affairs from 1951 to 1953 and Minister for Education in 1953.

As a member of the country's first Constituent Assembly, Husain served on Muhammad Ali Jinnah's parliamentary committee for fundamental rights and minorities. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Defence, Finance, and Foreign Affairs in 1949 and Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions in 1950 by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. After becoming federal minister under Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin, he refused to rejoin the cabinet when Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismissed the Nazimuddin ministry. He quit politics when the Constituent Assembly was dissolved in 1954.

Returning to academia, Husain served as vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and later University of Karachi until his death in 1975. He founded Jamia Milia Islamia, Malir, modelled on the university of the same name founded by his brother, Zakir Husain. A proponent of greater rights for East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, Husain emerged a vocal but unsuccessful critic of Pakistan's military action in 1971. University of Karachi renamed its library in his memory in 1976.

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