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style="color:black; background:#b0f2ee;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable members</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Ahmad_Khan" title="Syed Ahmad Khan">Sir Syed Ahmad Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawab_Waqar-ul-Mulk_Kamboh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh">Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsin-ul-Mulk" title="Mohsin-ul-Mulk">Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aga_Khan_III" title="Aga Khan III">Aga Khan III</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sheikh Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Kishan_Das" title="Jai Kishan Das">Raja Jai Kishan Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahibzada_Aftab_Ahmad_Khan" title="Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan">Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazir_Ahmad_Dehlvi" title="Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi">Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakaullah_Dehlvi" title="Zakaullah Dehlvi">Zakaullah Dehlvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Muhammad_Yusuf" title="Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf">Khwaja Muhammad Yusuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Majeed_Khwaja" title="Abdul Majeed Khwaja">Abdul Majeed Khwaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Singh_of_Patiala" title="Mahendra Singh of Patiala">Mahendra Singh of Patiala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Mohammad_Khan" title="Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan">Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Muzammilullah_Khan" title="Muhammad Muzammilullah Khan">Muzammilullah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Masood" title="Ross Masood">Ross Masood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziauddin_Ahmad" title="Ziauddin Ahmad">Ziauddin Ahmad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Sivaprasad" title="Raja Sivaprasad">Raja Sivaprasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiragh_Ali" title="Chiragh Ali">Chiragh Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mahmood" title="Syed Mahmood">Syed Mahmood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasrat_Mohani" title="Hasrat Mohani">Hasrat Mohani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibli_Nomani" title="Shibli Nomani">Shibli Nomani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altaf_Hussain_Hali" title="Altaf Hussain Hali">Altaf Hussain Hali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Ameer_Ali" title="Syed Ameer Ali">Syed Ameer Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufail_Ahmad_Manglori" title="Tufail Ahmad Manglori">Tufail Ahmad Manglori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walker_Arnold" title="Thomas Walker Arnold">Thomas Walker Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawab_Mohammad_Ismail_Khan" title="Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan">Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zafar_Ali_Khan" title="Zafar Ali Khan">Zafar Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaukat_Ali_(politician)" title="Shaukat Ali (politician)">Shaukat Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jauhar" title="Mohammad Ali Jauhar">Mohammad Ali Jauhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Nabiullah" title="Syed Nabiullah">Syed Nabiullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Jahan,_Begum_of_Bhopal" title="Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal">Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Haq_(Urdu_scholar)" title="Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar)">Abdul Haq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Sajjad_Haider_Yaldram" title="Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram">Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Muhammad_Sulaiman" title="Shah Muhammad Sulaiman">Shah Muhammad Sulaiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Salimullah" title="Khwaja Salimullah">Khwaja Salimullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mian_Muhammad_Shafi" title="Mian Muhammad Shafi">Mian Muhammad Shafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ghulam_Saiyidain" title="Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain">Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai" title="Rafi Ahmed Kidwai">Rafi Ahmed Kidwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamid_Ali_Khan_of_Rampur" title="Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur">Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khuda_Bakhsh" title="Khuda Bakhsh">Sir Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="[[Padding-bottom:0.75em;]]"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color:black; background:#b0f2ee;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable institutes</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammadan_Anglo-Oriental_College" title="Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College">MAO College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minto_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Minto Circle">Minto Circle School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Society_of_Aligarh" title="Scientific Society of Aligarh">Scientific Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Muhammadan_Educational_Conference" title="All India Muhammadan Educational Conference">Educational Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Patriotic_Association" title="United Patriotic Association">United Patriotic Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urdu_Defence_Association" title="Urdu Defence Association">Urdu Defence Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjuman-i_Taraqqi-i_Urdu" title="Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu">Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">All India Muslim League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddons_Union_Club" title="Siddons Union Club">Siddons Union Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamia_Millia_Islamia" title="Jamia Millia Islamia">Jamia Millia Islamia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University_Students%27_Union" title="Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union">AMU Students’ Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_Library" title="Maulana Azad Library">Maulana Azad Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khuda_Bakhsh_Oriental_Library" title="Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library">Khuda Bakhsh Oriental library</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="[[Padding-bottom:0.75em;]]"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color:black; background:#b0f2ee;;color: var(--color-base)">Publications</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Institute_Gazette" title="Aligarh Institute Gazette">The Aligarh Institute Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq" title="Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq">Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="[[Padding-bottom:0.75em;]]"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color:black; background:#b0f2ee;;color: var(--color-base)">Associated Movements</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Urdu_movement" title="Urdu movement">Urdu movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khilafat_Movement" title="Khilafat Movement">Khilafat Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Movement" title="Pakistan Movement">Pakistan Movement</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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Movement"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sheikh Abdullah</b> (born <b>Thakur Das</b>; June 21, 1874 – March 1965), also known as <b>Papa Mian</b>, was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Educationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Educationalist">educationalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_reformer" class="mw-redirect" title="Social reformer">social reformer</a>, lawyer, founder of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College,_Aligarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's College, Aligarh">Women's College, Aligarh</a> and a member of the Executive Council of the <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a> who served to the post from 1920 to 1928. Later in 1902, he was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Muhammadan_Educational_Conference" title="All India Muhammadan Educational Conference">All India Muhammadan Educational Conference</a> as a secretary for women's section.<sup id="cite_ref-greaterkashmir.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greaterkashmir.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is primarily known for his contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Islam#Female_education" title="Women in Islam">Muslim women education</a> during <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-aligarhmovement.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aligarhmovement.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amu.ac.in_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amu.ac.in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The recipient of <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Awards_and_accolades">numerous accolades</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, he also served a member of United Province Legislative Council, a legislature of <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of British India">United Provinces of British India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kashmirlife.net_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kashmirlife.net-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time at AMU, he was associated with the <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Movement" title="Aligarh Movement">Aligarh Movement</a>. He worked at several posts at AMU such as Honorary Treasurer and University's court member from 1920 until he died in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-amu.ac.in_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amu.ac.in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born as Thakur Das to Mehta Gurmukh Singh on June 21, 1874, in <a href="/wiki/Poonch_district,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Poonch district, India">Poonch district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>. He originally belonged to <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> community of Kashmir. Das converted to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in 1891 after he went to <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> for <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a>. He married Waheed Jahan Begum (also known as Ala Bi), daughter of Mirza Mohammad Ibrahim in 1902, with whom he had six children, including five daughters and a son. One of his daughters, Mumtaz Jahan, served as Principal of the Women's College at Aligarh Muslim University for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-aligarhmovement.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aligarhmovement.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mehta Mastram, a <a href="/wiki/Lambardar" title="Lambardar">lambardar</a> of Bhantani village was his paternal grandfather. He was trained in <a href="/wiki/Unani_medicine" title="Unani medicine">Unani medicine</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Noor-ud-Din" title="Hakeem Noor-ud-Din">Hakeem Maulvi Nooruddin</a>, a court physician to <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of Kashmir. The physician was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya Muslim community</a>, which Thakur Das also joined.<sup id="cite_ref-kashmirlife.net_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kashmirlife.net-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later when he went to <a href="/wiki/United_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="United Province">United Province</a>, he met with <a href="/wiki/Syed_Ahmad_Khan" title="Syed Ahmad Khan">Sir Syed Ahmad Khan</a> and adopted <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a>, leaving the Ahmadiyya.<sup id="cite_ref-kashmirlife.net_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kashmirlife.net-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He originally started his basic education with <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit language</a> from a <a href="/wiki/Maktab_(education)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maktab (education)">Maktab</a> in Poonch.<sup id="cite_ref-kashmirlife.net_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kashmirlife.net-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did his <a href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">early schooling</a> from an uncertain school in his village, and later he went to <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> where he received further education. In 1891, Abdullah did <a href="/wiki/Matriculation" title="Matriculation">matriculation</a> in Lahore and then obtained <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor's of Arts">Bachelor's of Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> from the Aligarh university.<sup id="cite_ref-aligarhmovement.com_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aligarhmovement.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_accolades">Awards and accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1935, British India awarded him with the honorary title of "<a href="/wiki/Khan_Bahadur" title="Khan Bahadur">Khan Bahadur</a>". After completing his education from the Aligarh, the university awarded him a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Law" title="Doctor of Law">Doctor of Law</a>, an honorary degree, in 1950. In 1964, eighteen years later of the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of the Indian subcontinent</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">government of India</a> awarded him <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, the third-highest Indian civilian award, in recognition of his contribution to female education.<sup id="cite_ref-greaterkashmir.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greaterkashmir.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university's women's college, Abdullah College is named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-amu.ac.in_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amu.ac.in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, India, in March 1965. His life is covered in a book titled <i>Muslim Leadership and Women's Education in Uttar Pradesh, 1886–1947</i> written by Nasreen Ahmad.<sup id="cite_ref-kashmirlife.net_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kashmirlife.net-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Abdullah School and Abdullah Hall, which comprise nine hostels for girls at AMU are named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975, a documentary titled <i>Papa Miya of Aligarh,</i> based on his life and directed by <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> was released.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Abdullah_(educationalist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAhmed2012" class="citation book cs1">Ahmed, N. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ef0QlQEACAAJ"><i>Muslim Leadership and Women's Education: Uttar Pradesh, 1886-1947</i></a>. Three Essays Collective. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-88789-91-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-88789-91-7"><bdi>978-81-88789-91-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Dravid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Ali_Khan" title="Hafiz Ali Khan">Hafiz Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Krishna_Sharma_Naveen" title="Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen">Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyadevara_Kaleswara_Rao" title="Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao">Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Shivpujan_Sahay" title="Acharya Shivpujan Sahay">Acharya Shivpujan Sahay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1961</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rustomji_Bomanji_Billimoria" title="Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria">Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Govind_Das" title="Seth Govind Das">Seth Govind Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verrier_Elwin" title="Verrier Elwin">Verrier Elwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Das_Gulhati" title="Niranjan Das Gulhati">Niranjan Das Gulhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Venkatakrishna_Iyer" title="L. Venkatakrishna Iyer">L. Venkatakrishna Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anand_Krishna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anand Krishna (page does not exist)">Rai Krishnadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitranandan_Pant" title="Sumitranandan Pant">Sumitranandan Pant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svetoslav_Roerich" title="Svetoslav Roerich">Svetoslav Roerich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagwan_Sahay" title="Bhagwan Sahay">Bhagwan Sahay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindeshwari_Prasad_Verma" title="Bindeshwari Prasad Verma">Bindeshwari Prasad Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnasami_Venkataraman" title="Krishnasami Venkataraman">Krishnasami Venkataraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardeshir_Ruttonji_Wadia" title="Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia">Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1962</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Narayan_Dandekar" title="Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar">Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chandra_Dhanda" title="Prem Chandra Dhanda">Prem Chandra Dhanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaf_Ali_Asghar_Fyzee" title="Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee">Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bade_Ghulam_Ali_Khan" title="Bade Ghulam Ali Khan">Bade Ghulam Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithan_Jamshed_Lam" title="Mithan Jamshed Lam">Mithan Jamshed Lam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhansu_Sobhan_Maitra" title="Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra">Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisir_Kumar_Mitra" title="Sisir Kumar Mitra">Sisir Kumar Mitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarabai_Modak" title="Tarabai Modak">Tarabai Modak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niaz_Fatehpuri" title="Niaz Fatehpuri">Niaz Fatehpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jal_R._Patel" title="Jal R. Patel">Jal Ratanji Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Sitaram_Phadke" title="Narayan Sitaram Phadke">Narayan Sitaram Phadke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Raghavan" title="V. Raghavan">V. Raghavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukhan_Ram" title="Dukhan Ram">Dukhan Ram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._S._Soundram" class="mw-redirect" title="T. S. Soundram">T. S. Soundram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahankali_Seetharama_Rao" title="Mahankali Seetharama Rao">Mahankali Seetharama Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moturi_Satyanarayana" title="Moturi Satyanarayana">Moturi Satyanarayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Seksaria" title="Sitaram Seksaria">Sitaram Seksaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Sen" title="Santosh Kumar Sen">Santosh Kumar Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Radhika_Raman_Sinha" title="Raja Radhika Raman Sinha">Raja Radhika Raman Sinha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1963</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Makhanlal_Chaturvedi" title="Makhanlal Chaturvedi">Makhanlal Chaturvedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omeo_Kumar_Das" title="Omeo Kumar Das">Omeo Kumar Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Chandra_Laharry" title="Nitish Chandra Laharry">Nitish Chandra Laharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badri_Nath_Prasad" title="Badri Nath Prasad">Badri Nath Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Sankrityayan" title="Rahul Sankrityayan">Rahul Sankrityayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanlal_Gokaldas_Saraiya" title="Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya">Ramanlal Gokaldas Saraiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._R._Seshadri" title="T. R. Seshadri">T. R. Seshadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Harnarain_Singh" title="Sardar Harnarain Singh">Sardar Harnarain Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramkumar_Verma" title="Ramkumar Verma">Ramkumar Verma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1964</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sheikh Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuruddin_Ahmed" title="Nuruddin Ahmed">Nuruddin Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafiuddin_Ahmed_(dentist)" title="Rafiuddin Ahmed (dentist)">Rafiuddin Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Chandy" title="Jacob Chandy">Jacob Chandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunji_Lal_Dubey" title="Kunji Lal Dubey">Kunji Lal Dubey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tushar_Kanti_Ghosh" title="Tushar Kanti Ghosh">Tushar Kanti Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dara_Nusserwanji_Khurody" title="Dara Nusserwanji Khurody">Dara Nusserwanji Khurody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anukul_Chandra_Mukherjee" title="Anukul Chandra Mukherjee">Anukul Chandra Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnanendra_Nath_Mukherjee" title="Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee">Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Mullik" title="Bhola Nath Mullik">Bhola Nath Mullik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chintaman_Govind_Pandit" title="Chintaman Govind Pandit">Chintaman Govind Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvandas_Kishibhai_Patel" title="Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel">Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Gandharva" title="Bal Gandharva">Bal Gandharva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Ramachandran" title="T. N. Ramachandran">T. N. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Lal_Wig" title="Khushwant Lal Wig">Khushwant Lal Wig</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1965</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joginder_Singh_Dhillon" title="Joginder Singh Dhillon">Joginder Singh Dhillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalchandra_Babaji_Dikshit" title="Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit">Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasinh_Narayan_Godbole" title="Narasinh Narayan Godbole">Narasinh Narayan Godbole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawang_Gombu_Sherpa" title="Nawang Gombu Sherpa">Nawang Gombu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Gyatso_(mountaineer)" title="Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)">Sonam Gyatso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Ali_Khan_(politician)" title="Akbar Ali Khan (politician)">Akbar Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Kirloskar" title="S. L. Kirloskar">S. L. Kirloskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Singh_Kohli" title="Mohan Singh Kohli">Mohan Singh Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dunn_(Indian_Army_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Dunn (Indian Army general)">P. O. Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmir_Singh_Katoch" title="Kashmir Singh Katoch">Kashmir Singh Katoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Rajaram" title="Ramaswamy Rajaram">Ramaswamy Rajaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mujeeb" title="Mohammad Mujeeb">Mohammad Mujeeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triguna_Sen" title="Triguna Sen">Triguna Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrindavan_Lal_Verma" title="Vrindavan Lal Verma">Vrindavan Lal Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manikya_Lal_Verma" title="Manikya Lal Verma">Manikya Lal Verma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1966</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babubhai_Maneklal_Chinai" title="Babubhai Maneklal Chinai">Babubhai Maneklal Chinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puliyur_Krishnaswamy_Duraiswami" title="Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami">Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Kesava_Menon" title="K. P. Kesava Menon">K. P. Kesava Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannathu_Padmanabha_Pillai" title="Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai">Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Sitaram_Sarwate" title="Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate">Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodh_Singh" title="Jodh Singh">Jodh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haribhau_Upadhyaya" title="Haribhau Upadhyaya">Haribhau Upadhyaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1967</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mulk_Raj_Anand" title="Mulk Raj Anand">Mulk Raj Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Cherian" title="Tara Cherian">Tara Cherian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handique" title="Krishna Kanta Handique">Krishna Kanta Handique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshay_Kumar_Jain" title="Akshay Kumar Jain">Akshay Kumar Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pupul_Jayakar" title="Pupul Jayakar">Pupul Jayakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Kohli" title="D. P. Kohli">D. P. Kohli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathan_Krishnan" title="Ramanathan Krishnan">Ramanathan Krishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvari_Lakshmanan" title="Cheruvari Lakshmanan">Cheruvari Lakshmanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._C._Pavate" title="D. C. Pavate">D. C. Pavate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datto_Vaman_Potdar" title="Datto Vaman Potdar">Datto Vaman Potdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Shiva_Rao" title="B. Shiva Rao">B. Shiva Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ghulam_Saiyidain" title="Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain">Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihir_Sen" title="Mihir Sen">Mihir Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._L._Vasanthakumari" title="M. L. Vasanthakumari">M. L. Vasanthakumari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1968</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Vishva_Bandhu" title="Acharya Vishva Bandhu">Acharya Vishva Bandhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Lal_Bhatnagar" title="Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar">Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav" title="Mary Clubwala Jadhav">Mary Clubwala Jadhav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivaram_Karanth" title="Shivaram Karanth">K. Shivaram Karanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Sakharam_Khandekar" title="Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar">Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansukhlal_Atmaram_Master" title="Mansukhlal Atmaram Master">Mansukhlal Atmaram Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. 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Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhanath_Rath" title="Radhanath Rath">Radhanath Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariadas_Ruthnaswamy" title="Mariadas Ruthnaswamy">Mariadas Ruthnaswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firaq_Gorakhpuri" title="Firaq Gorakhpuri">Firaq Gorakhpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shripad_Damodar_Satwalekar" title="Shripad Damodar Satwalekar">Shripad Damodar Satwalekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Sankara_Kurup" title="G. Sankara Kurup">G. 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Vasan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176866#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176866#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176866#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/9148631257330411200">VIAF</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2017240404">United States</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idref.fr/236601857">IdRef</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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