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Agha Ashraf Ali (born 18 October 1924) is a distinguished Indian educationist, academician, and scholar from Jammu and Kashmir State. He is the father of Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali.〔 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agha Shahid Ali Biography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amitav Ghosh : ‘The Ghat of the Only World’: Agha Shahid Ali in Brooklyn )〕 Agha is widely known as a public speaker. He has spoken widely on history, education, culture and contemporary politics. An admirer of Gandhian philosophy he has been an advocate of human rights and has been vocal on human rights issues in Kashmir.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=isbn:0313330603 - Google Search )〕〔 ==Early life and Education== Agha Ashraf Ali was born on 18 October 1924 into the highly educated Agha family of Srinagar, Kashmir. His mother Begum Zafar Ali, herself an educationist and legislator, was the first female matriculate of Kashmir. Ashraf's elder brothers Agha Nasir Ali and Agha Shaukat Ali were both civil servants serving in India and Pakistan respectively. He grew up in an upperclass feudal household with a rich legacy of excellence and where education was a top priority. His maternal grandfather, Khan Bahadur Aga Syed Hussain, was the first matriculate of Kashmir and held a Ministerial berth in the Maharaja's Cabinet.〔 Agha was educated at the Mission School at Fateh Kadal, Srinagar (later the Biscoe school). After his schooling he went to Sri Pratap College where he did his graduation and passed with distinction. A lecture by Dr Zakir Hussain (later President of India) at S.P College became a turning point in Agha's life.〔 Agha quotes Zakir Husain and still remembers the words, “''Young friends, youth is not an attainment, it is an opportunity. Don’t let this opportunity go by''”. From then there was no looking back. Dr Zakir Hussain later became his teacher and was instrumental in moulding his personality. After completing his graduation, Agha studied History at Aligarh Muslim University. He was enrolled in M.A History. Agha stood first in History MA and received the Morrison Medal in 1945. Later he went to Delhi and joined Jamia Millia Islamia University where he started teaching. He had close association with India’s noted intellectuals prominent among them being Zakir Husain, Prof. Mujeeb, Prof. Habib, Prof Abid Husain and others. Through them Agha had the opportunity to meet Mahatma Gandhi and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. These people had a great impact on Agha’s life and are a source of inspiration for him. During this time Agha married Sufia Nomani from Lucknow. After the Partition of India, he decided to go back to Kashmir but he was advised by Sheikh Abdullah that the state had no funds for any post and that Agha must go to England for further studies. Agha went to England and specialized in academic diploma in comparative education and educational organization and administration. Agha was influenced by the philosophy of Martin Buber and greatly inspired by the socialist ideas.〔 For the last three months in 1951, he visited schools in France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Denmark in order to understand the system of education there and the way of teaching. He came back to Kashmir in 1951.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agha Ashraf Ali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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