Tag: Irfan Habib

Home Ministry had raised objections to Irfan Habib’s getting a Government scholarship for studies abroad because of his connection with the Communist Party of India. On Zakir Husain’s intervention, Nehru met Irfan Habib. Below is the letter Nehru wrote to Zakir Husain, the Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. New Delhi  12 August 1955 My…