I may be forgiven the assumption that my choice to the high… - Zakir Husain

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I may be forgiven the assumption that my choice to the highest office is mainly, if not entirely, made on account of my long association with the education of my people.

Zakir Husain

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Zakir Hussain (Urdu: ذاکِر حسین‎, Telugu]: జాకీర్ హుస్సైన్), ; February 8, 1897 – May 3, 1969) was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death. An educationist and intellectual, Hussain was the country's first Muslim president.

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Native Name: ذاکِر حسین

Alternative Names: Zakir Husain Khan

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To seek to exclude any of these because of age or association with some particular elements of our national being would almost be an act of treason. In the rich history of our country nothing is good or bad because it is new or old...Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or Parsi.

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