Mohammad Yunus (diplomat)
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Mohammad Yunus | |
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Born | 26 June 1916 |
Died | 17 June 2001 |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Mohammad Yunus Khan (26 June 1916 – 17 June 2001) was a member of
Personal details
Yunus was born on 26 June 1916 in the city of
He died at the age of 84 on 17 June 2001 at the
Independence movement
Yunus was a follower of
Career
He joined the
.Yunus retired as Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce in 1974.
In 1975 he was appointed as special envoy of the then Prime Minister
He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in June 1989.[3]
Emergency period
During the Emergency of 1975–77, Yunus was in the inner circle of Indira Gandhi and served as one of her most trusted advisers.[citation needed]
Adil Shahryar
Yunus's son Adil Shahryar was a childhood friend of Rajiv Gandhi and his brother Sanjay Gandhi. It is alleged that Rajiv Gandhi secured his release through a presidential pardon from Ronald Reagan from a US prison in the aftermath of the
Except for the time his name was allegedly involved in the Fairfax Affair during the VP Singh regime regarding an alleged bribe to an American investigation agency to keep Rajeev Gandhi's name out of its findings from IRS investigations of graft, Adil Shahryar lived a quiet life thereafter and died in 1990.[5]
Literary works
The first book written by Yunus was titled Frontier Speakers , with a foreword by
See also
References
- ^ The Tribune. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Mohammad Yunus dead". The Hindu. 18 June 2001. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Mohammad Yunus remembered". The Hindu. 17 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 October 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Allan Dodds Frank. "Union Carbide's Warren Anderson: Life in Exile". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Singh, Aarti Tikoo (12 August 2015). "Sushma's counterattack: Who is Adil Shahryar and what was his connection with Rajiv Gandhi?". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2018.