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| office = [[Chief Information Commissioner of India|1st Chief Information Commissioner of India]]
| birth_date = 30 September 1945
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| office = [[Chief Information Commissioner of India|1st Chief Information Commissioner of India]]
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| term_start = 26 October 2005
| mother = [[Hamida Habibullah]]
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| term_end = 19 September 2010
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| term_start = 26 October 2005
| successor = [[A. N. Tiwari]]
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'''Wajahat Habibullah''' (born 30 September 1945) was the chairperson of the [[National Commission for Minorities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/02/stories/2011020262620800.htm|title=News Archives: The Hindu|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> Prior to this, he held the position of the first Chief Information Commissioner of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/use-rti-to-hold-govt-accountable-habibullah-tells-minorities/|title=Use RTI to hold govt accountable,Habibullah tells minorities - The Indian Express|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> He was an officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) from 1968 until his retirement in August 2005.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?235238 Backwoods Babus | Anjali Puri<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was also Secretary to the Government of India in the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] (Local Government).
'''Wajahat Habibullah''' (born 30 September 1945) is the former chairperson of the [[National Commission for Minorities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/02/stories/2011020262620800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205034411/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/02/stories/2011020262620800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Archive News|date=2011-02-02|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> Prior to this, he held the position of the first Chief Information Commissioner of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/use-rti-to-hold-govt-accountable-habibullah-tells-minorities/|title=Use RTI to hold govt accountable,Habibullah tells minorities - The Indian Express|work=The Indian Express|date=10 October 2011|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> He was an officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) from 1968 until his retirement in August 2005.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?235238 Backwoods Babus | Anjali Puri<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was also Secretary to the Government of India in the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] (Local Government).


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


Habibullah belongs to a prominent and progressive Taluqdari ([[Barabanki_district#British_(1858–1947)|Saidanpur taluqa]], [[Barabanki district]]) family of the [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]]. He is the son of [[Ibrahim Habibullah | General Inayat Habibullah]], a former commandant of the NDA, Khadakwasla .<ref>{{cite web | url = http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/saidanpur.html|title=SAIDANPUR|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref><ref>http://www.britishindiaassociation.com/Barabanki_List_talu.php</ref> He was Divisional Commissioner of eight districts of the [[Kashmir Division]] in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] between 1991 and 1993, which was abruptly terminated by a near fatal road accident, while negotiating with militants occupying the [[Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir]]. His children Amar Habibullah and Saif Habibullah are prominent businessmen and his wife Shahila Habibullah is a social worker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111204/spectrum/book3.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Books|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>
Habibullah belongs to a prominent and progressive Taluqdari ([[Barabanki district#British (1858–1947)|Saidanpur taluqa]], [[Barabanki district]]) family of the [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]]. He is the son of [[Enaith Habibullah|General Enaith Habibullah]], a former commandant of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|NDA, Khadakwasla]], and [[Hamida Habibullah]], a parliamentarian and educationist.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/saidanpur.html|title=SAIDANPUR|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishindiaassociation.com/Barabanki_List_talu.php |title=List of barabanki Taluqdars |website=www.britishindiaassociation.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302202653/http://britishindiaassociation.com/Barabanki_List_talu.php |archive-date=2012-03-02}} </ref> He was Divisional Commissioner of eight districts of the [[Kashmir Division]] in the state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] between 1991 and 1993, which was abruptly terminated by a near fatal road accident, while negotiating with militants occupying the [[Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir]]. His children Amar Habibullah and Saif Habibullah are prominent businessmen and his wife Shahila Habibullah is a social worker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111204/spectrum/book3.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Books|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>
He was appointed as a member of the [[World Bank]]'s Info Appeals Board in July 2010 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-17/india/28323131_1_appeals-board-world-bank-chief-information-commissioner|title=CIC chief appointed member of World Bank's info appeals board - The Times of India|work=The Times of India|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>
He was appointed as a member of the [[World Bank]]'s Info Appeals Board in July 2010 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-17/india/28323131_1_appeals-board-world-bank-chief-information-commissioner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143636/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-17/india/28323131_1_appeals-board-world-bank-chief-information-commissioner|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=CIC chief appointed member of World Bank's info appeals board|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==


He studied at [[Welham Boys School]] then known as [[Welham prep school]] and later joined [[the Doon School]] at Dehradun, from where he also did his [[Senior Cambridge]] in 1961; Bachelor of Arts (Honours)History from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St Stephens' College]], University of Delhi in 1965; and Master of Arts (History) from University of Delhi in 1967.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He was a member of Indian Administrative Service.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://ncm.nic.in/Wajahat_Habibullah.html National Commission for Minorities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111204/spectrum/book3.htm The Sunday Tribune - Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110918/jsp/7days/story_14521184.jsp ‘If the government is not satisfied, they don’t have to kill me; they just have to transfer me’<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He studied at [[Welham Boys School]] then known as [[Welham prep school]] and later joined [[the Doon School]] at Dehradun, from where he also did his [[Senior Cambridge]] in 1961; Bachelor of Arts (Honours)History from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St Stephens' College]], University of Delhi in 1965; and Master of Arts (History) from University of Delhi in 1967.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He was a member of Indian Administrative Service.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://ncm.nic.in/Wajahat_Habibullah.html National Commission for Minorities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111204/spectrum/book3.htm The Sunday Tribune - Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130203142043/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110918/jsp/7days/story_14521184.jsp ‘If the government is not satisfied, they don’t have to kill me; they just have to transfer me’<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


== Memberships ==
== Memberships ==


Member, Advisory Council, [[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] Doha Center, International Advisory Council, [[Doha]], Qatar
* Member, Advisory Council, [[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] Doha Center
* Member, International Advisory Council, [[Doha]], Qatar
Member, Advisory Council, USIP Education and Training Center, [[Washington DC]]
* Member, Advisory Council, USIP Education and Training Center, [[Washington DC]]
Chairman, Board of Governors, [[National Institute of Technology]], Srinagar(J&K)
* Chairman, Board of Governors, [[National Institute of Technology]], Srinagar(J&K)


== Awards ==
== Awards ==


Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Secularism-1994
* Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Secularism-1994
Gold Medal for Distinguished Service; Governor of Jammu & Kashmir-1996
* Gold Medal for Distinguished Service; Governor of Jammu & Kashmir-1996
Lala Ram Mohan History Award; Delhi University-1967{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
* Lala Ram Mohan History Award; Delhi University-1967{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}


== Publications ==
== Publications ==


The Problem Kashmir Today, a Symposium on a Troubled State; Seminar 392-April 1992, New Delhi
*The Problem Kashmir Today, a Symposium on a Troubled State; Seminar 392-April 1992, New Delhi
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*Kashmir 1947; Burdens of the Past, Options for the Future: Five Perspectives; Offprint from the Center for Asian Studies, the University of Texas at Austin, 1997

*Kashmir, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics Ch. I the Problem Areas pp.&nbsp;58–60, UBSP
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Kashmir 1947; Burdens of the Past, Options for the Future: Five Perspectives; Offprint from the Center for Asian Studies, the University of Texas at Austin, 1997
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*The Islands, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics, Ch. II The Geographic Periphery pp.&nbsp;237–39, UBS Publishers, 1998, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, London

Kashmir, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics Ch. I the Problem Areas pp.&nbsp;58–60, UBSP
*Siege: Hazratbal, Kashmir 1993, India Review, Volume 1, No.3 July 2002, pp.&nbsp;73–98, Frank Cass, London
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*The Protection of Human Rights in a Disturbed Situation, Searching for Common Ground in South Asia. Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm, 2003 pp31–42

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*The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict, Special Report 121, USIP Washington DC June 2004
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The Islands, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics, Ch. II The Geographic Periphery pp.&nbsp;237–39, UBS Publishers, 1998, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, London
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*"Kashmiris and the Kashmir Conflict" Review Essay, India Review, Vol 3 No.3 July 2004, pp 230–253. Frank Cass, London

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*"Government to Citizens Relationship in the Chaning Economic Scenario", Promise of e-Governance-Operational Challenges ed MP Gupta pp 1–4, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2004
Siege: Hazratbal, Kashmir 1993, India Review, Volume 1, No.3 July 2002, pp.&nbsp;73–98, Frank Cass, London
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*"My Kashmir-Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace" USIP Press, Washington DC, May 2008

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The Protection of Human Rights in a Disturbed Situation, Searching for Common Ground in South Asia. Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm, 2003 pp31–42

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The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict, Special Report 121, USIP Washington DC June 2004

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"Kashmiris and the Kashmir Conflict" Review Essay, India Review, Vol 3 No.3 July 2004, pp 230–253. Frank Cass, London

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"Government to Citizens Relationship in the Chaning Economic Scenario", Promise of e-Governance-Operational Challenges ed MP Gupta pp 1–4, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2004

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"My Kashmir-Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace" USIP Press, Washington DC, May 2008


==References==
==References==


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*[http://cic.gov.in/cvCIC.htm CIC web site], Government of India


== External links ==
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* [http://cic.gov.in/cvCIC.htm CIC web site], Government of India
* [https://thewire.in/politics/jaswant-singh-obituary-wajahat-habibullah Wajahat Habibullah on Jaswant Singh]
* [https://thewire.in/author/wajahat-habibullah Wajahat Habibullah's articles for The Wire]


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Revision as of 17:54, 5 July 2024

Wajahat Habibullah
1st Chief Information Commissioner of India
In office
26 October 2005 – 19 September 2010
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byA. N. Tiwari
Personal details
Born (1945-09-30) 30 September 1945 (age 78)
NationalityIndian
Parents

Wajahat Habibullah (born 30 September 1945) is the former chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities.[1] Prior to this, he held the position of the first Chief Information Commissioner of India.[2] He was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1968 until his retirement in August 2005.[3] He was also Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Local Government).

Personal life

Habibullah belongs to a prominent and progressive Taluqdari (Saidanpur taluqa, Barabanki district) family of the United Provinces. He is the son of General Enaith Habibullah, a former commandant of the NDA, Khadakwasla, and Hamida Habibullah, a parliamentarian and educationist.[4][5] He was Divisional Commissioner of eight districts of the Kashmir Division in the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 1991 and 1993, which was abruptly terminated by a near fatal road accident, while negotiating with militants occupying the Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir. His children Amar Habibullah and Saif Habibullah are prominent businessmen and his wife Shahila Habibullah is a social worker.[6] He was appointed as a member of the World Bank's Info Appeals Board in July 2010 [7]

Education

He studied at Welham Boys School then known as Welham prep school and later joined the Doon School at Dehradun, from where he also did his Senior Cambridge in 1961; Bachelor of Arts (Honours)History from St Stephens' College, University of Delhi in 1965; and Master of Arts (History) from University of Delhi in 1967.[8] He was a member of Indian Administrative Service.[8][9][10]

Memberships

Awards

  • Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Secularism-1994
  • Gold Medal for Distinguished Service; Governor of Jammu & Kashmir-1996
  • Lala Ram Mohan History Award; Delhi University-1967[citation needed]

Publications

  • The Problem Kashmir Today, a Symposium on a Troubled State; Seminar 392-April 1992, New Delhi
  • Kashmir 1947; Burdens of the Past, Options for the Future: Five Perspectives; Offprint from the Center for Asian Studies, the University of Texas at Austin, 1997
  • Kashmir, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics Ch. I the Problem Areas pp. 58–60, UBSP
  • The Islands, Rajiv Gandhi's India Vol. I Politics, Ch. II The Geographic Periphery pp. 237–39, UBS Publishers, 1998, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, London
  • Siege: Hazratbal, Kashmir 1993, India Review, Volume 1, No.3 July 2002, pp. 73–98, Frank Cass, London
  • The Protection of Human Rights in a Disturbed Situation, Searching for Common Ground in South Asia. Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm, 2003 pp31–42
  • The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict, Special Report 121, USIP Washington DC June 2004
  • "Kashmiris and the Kashmir Conflict" Review Essay, India Review, Vol 3 No.3 July 2004, pp 230–253. Frank Cass, London
  • "Government to Citizens Relationship in the Chaning Economic Scenario", Promise of e-Governance-Operational Challenges ed MP Gupta pp 1–4, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2004
  • "My Kashmir-Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace" USIP Press, Washington DC, May 2008

References

  1. ^ "Archive News". The Hindu. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Use RTI to hold govt accountable,Habibullah tells minorities - The Indian Express". The Indian Express. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. ^ Backwoods Babus | Anjali Puri
  4. ^ "SAIDANPUR". Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. ^ "List of barabanki Taluqdars". www.britishindiaassociation.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
  6. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Books". Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ^ "CIC chief appointed member of World Bank's info appeals board". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b National Commission for Minorities
  9. ^ The Sunday Tribune - Books
  10. ^ ‘If the government is not satisfied, they don’t have to kill me; they just have to transfer me’
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