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- Mahmud Husain Khan (5 July 1907 – 12 April 1975) was a Pakistani historian, educationist, and politician, known for his role in the Pakistan Movement, and for pioneering the study of social sciences. He served as Minister for Kashmir Affairs from 1951 to 1953 and Minister for Education in 1953. As a member of the country's first Constituent Assembly, Husain served on Muhammad Ali Jinnah's parliamentary committee for fundamental rights and minorities. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Defence, Finance, and Foreign Affairs in 1949 and Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions in 1950 by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. After becoming federal minister under Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin, he refused to rejoin the cabinet when Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad dismissed the Nazimuddin ministry. He quit politics when the Constituent Assembly was dissolved in 1954. Returning to academia, Husain served as vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and later Karachi University until his death in 1975. He founded Jamia Milia Islamia, Malir, modelled on the university of the same name founded by his brother, Zakir Husain. A proponent of greater rights for East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, Husain emerged a vocal but unsuccessful critic of Pakistan's military action in 1971. Karachi University renamed its library in his memory in 1976. (en)
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