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'''Mahmud Husain Khan''' (5 July 1907 – 12 April 1975) was a [[Pakistani]] [[Academy|academic]], [[educationist]], and politician, known for his role in the [[Pakistan Movement]], and for pioneering the study of [[social sciences]].<ref name=cosspak>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosspak.org/brochure.php?id=5&name=Recalling+our+Pioneers |title= Mahmud Hussain profile |magazine= Council of Social Sciences Pakistan (magazine website)|date= April 2003|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
As a member of the country's first [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|Constituent Assembly]], he was appointed [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Deputy Minister for Defence]] and [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign Affairs]] in 1949 and [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|States and Frontier Regions]] in 1950 by [[Liaquat Ali Khan]]. He served as [[Minister for Education (Pakistan)|Minister for Education]] from 1952 to 1953, but refused to rejoin the cabinet after the dismissal of Prime Minister [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]. He quit politics
Returning to academia, Husain taught as visiting professor at [[Heidelberg University]] and [[Columbia University]] during the 1960s. He served as [[vice-chancellor]] of [[Dhaka University]] from 1960 to 1963, and of [[Karachi University]] from 1967 until his death in 1975. A proponent of greater rights for [[East Pakistan]], now [[Bangladesh]], Husain emerged a vocal but unsuccessful critic of [[Operation Searchlight|Pakistan's military action in 1971]].<ref name="Banglapedia"/> Mahmud Husain Library at Karachi University is named for him.
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He also taught as visiting professor at his alma mater Heidelberg University (1963–64), Columbia University (1964–65) and University of Pennsylvania (1965–66).<ref name="Banglapedia" /> In 1966, Mahmud Husain Khan went back to the University of Karachi as professor of history and worked there as the dean of its Faculty of Arts until 1971. He was appointed vice-chancellor of the [[University of Karachi]] from 1971 to 1975.<ref name=cosspak/><ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/131188-ku-where-it-stands-today Karachi University: Where it stands today] The News International, Published 27 August 2008, Retrieved 30 August 2019</ref>
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