Tahir Kamran
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Tahir Kamran, is a notable Pakistan
i historian, reviewer, and former head of the department of history at the Government College University
in Lahore
, Pakistan
. He is currently holding the Iqbal Chair at the University of Cambridge
. He has authored four books and has written about 350 articles specifically on the history of the Punjab, sectarianism
, democracy
, and governance
.
Dr. Kamran was one of the few people who supported Jaswant Singh
's book Jinnah
, saying: "Jinnah was also an Indian leader who played his role in freedom of Hindustan. So his role should be highlighted as Jaswant Singh has done in his book. According to Jaswant Singh
, Jinnah was not wholly responsible for the partition.
He has been influential in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and implemented methods to improve educational standards in Pakistan.
Dr. Kamran has been a visiting fellow at Southampton University, the SOAS and at the University of Cambridge
.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i historian, reviewer, and former head of the department of history at the Government College University
Government College University
Government College University, Lahore is a co-educational public university located on The Mall in Lahore, Pakistan...
in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He is currently holding the Iqbal Chair at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He has authored four books and has written about 350 articles specifically on the history of the Punjab, sectarianism
Sectarianism
Sectarianism, according to one definition, is bigotry, discrimination or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a group, such as between different denominations of a religion, class, regional or factions of a political movement.The ideological...
, democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
, and governance
Governance
Governance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
.
Dr. Kamran was one of the few people who supported Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh
- Career :He is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs.He started the new government of Vajpayee, which lasted its full term, as the External Affairs Minister and later on switched his ministry to Finance with Yashwant Sinha...
's book Jinnah
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence is a book written by Jaswant Singh, a former Finance Minister of India and an External Affairs Minister, on Pakistan's founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the politics associated with the partition of British India...
, saying: "Jinnah was also an Indian leader who played his role in freedom of Hindustan. So his role should be highlighted as Jaswant Singh has done in his book. According to Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh
- Career :He is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs.He started the new government of Vajpayee, which lasted its full term, as the External Affairs Minister and later on switched his ministry to Finance with Yashwant Sinha...
, Jinnah was not wholly responsible for the partition.
He has been influential in the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and implemented methods to improve educational standards in Pakistan.
Dr. Kamran has been a visiting fellow at Southampton University, the SOAS and at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.