Mohammad Yunus (diplomat)

Mohammad Yunus (diplomat)

Mohammad Yunus (26 June 1916 – 17 June 2001) was a close associate and advisor to Indira Gandhi. As a member of the foreign service he served as India’s ambassador to Turkey, Indonesia, Iraq and Spain.He promoted Trade between India and the rest of the world through regular Trade Fairs and the establishment of the Pragati Maidan in Delhi

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Early Life

Mohammed Yunus was born on 26 June 1916 in the city of Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province to Haji Ghulam Samdani and late Smt. Murvari Jan. He studied at Muslim University School, Aligarh and Islamia College, Peshawar.

Independence Movement

Mohammed Yunus worked closely with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan from 1936 to August, 1947 as a "Khodai Khidmatgar". He was imprisoned during the Quit India Movement by Iskandar Mirza in 1941. It was in Abbotabad Prison that he contracted TB and was subsequently released in 1944 as the Government did not think he would survive. After recuperating he was again jailed in Kashmir in 1946.

Mohammed Yunus was a fiery orator and was known to always speak his mind.

At the Behest of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan he elected to migrate to post-partition India and to separate from his family and friends in Peshawar.

Professional Career

He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1947. During his time with the IFS, he represented India at the Non-Aligned Summits at Lusaka, Algiers, Colombo, New Delhi, and Harare. He served as adviser to the Joint Secretariat responsible for organising the Bandung Conference in April 1955.

Post Retirement

Mohammed Yunus retired as Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce in 1974. In 1975 he was appointed as Special Envoy of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In this capacity he established the Pragati Maidan in Delhi and went on regular Trade exhibitions around the globe to promote Indian products and companies.

He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in June 1989. He died at the age of 84 on 17 June 2001 at the AIIMS New Delhi after a protracted illness, surrounded by family and loved-ones who had travelled to India to be with him.

Literary Works

  • The first book written by M.Yunus was titled 'Frontier Speakers' (with a Foreword by Jawaharlal Nehru and a Preface by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. It was banned by the British Government in 1942.
  • He then wrote "Kaidi ke Khat", in Urdu,later translated into English and Hindi,
  • and finally his memoirs, "Persons, Passions and Politics" published in November, 1979.


References

Source: Known as Shri Mohammad Yunus S/O Haji Ghulam Samadani (British Army Contractor during Raj) http://rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/whoswho/beta_m14.htm

Reference appears in: http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/volume12/winter/winter-002-PERCEPTION(abdulrauf)%5B2%5D.pdf



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