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{{Short description|Indian diplomat (1906–1976)}}
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| name = Ali Yavar Jung
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| caption = [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] (left) and Ali Yavar Jung (right), circa 1958
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| birth_date = February 1906
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| spouse = Alys Iffrig (known after her second marriage as Alys Hyderi)<br />[[Zehra Ali Yavar Jung]]
| children = [[Tyabji family]] (through son-in-law)<br/>[[Bilkees I. Latif]] (born of Alys Iffrig)
| relatives = [[Idris Hasan Latif]] (son-in-law)
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| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] <br /> [[Padma Bhushan]]
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| office = [[Governor of Maharashtra]]
| term_start = 26 February 1971
| term_end = 11 December 1976
| predecessor = [[Om Prakash Mehra]]
| successor = [[Kona Prabhakara Rao]]
| office5 = Indian Ambassador to Argentina<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indembarg.gov.in/page/former-ambassadors/ |title=Former Ambassadors
|website=Embassy of India, Buenos Aires |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116042553/https://www.indembarg.gov.in/page/former-ambassadors/ |archive-date=2019-01-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| term_start5 = 1952
| term_end5 = 1954
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| office3 = Indian Ambassador to France<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/history/ |title=History |access-date=2019-09-30 |website=Embassy of India, Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930093300/https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/history/ |archive-date=2019-09-30 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| term_start3 = 1961
| term_end3 = 1965
| predecessor3 = [[N. R. Pillai]]
| successor3 = [[Rajeshwar Dayal]]
| office4 = Indian Ambassador to Egypt<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eoicairo.gov.in/eoi.php?id=Previous |title=List of former Ambassadors |access-date=2019-09-30 |website=Embassy of India, Cairo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182246/http://www.eoicairo.gov.in/eoi.php?id=Previous |archive-date=2018-08-19 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| term_start4 = 1954
| term_end4 = 1958
| predecessor4 = [[K.M. Panikkar]]
| successor4 = [[Ratan Kumar Nehru]]
| office2 = [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]]
| term_start2 = 1968
| term_end2 = 1970
| predecessor2 = [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]
| successor2 = [[Lakshmi Kant Jha]]
| honorific_prefix = [[Nawab]]
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'''Nawab Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur''' (February 1906 – 11 December 1976) was an Indian [[diplomat]]. He served as Indian Ambassador in Argentina, Egypt, Yugoslavia and Greece, France, and the United States.

He was governor of the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Maharashtra]] from 1971 to 1976. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's highest civilian honors, in 1959 and 1977, respectively.

==Early life==
He was born in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] to a distinguished [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabadi]] family of scholars, administrators and educators, and studied at [[Queen's College, Oxford]],<ref name="Obituary">{{cite speech | title = Obituary References | author = Shri W.A. Sangma | date =14 December 1976 | location = Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | url = http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm | access-date =17 July 2008 }}</ref> earning a degree in [[History]].

==Career==
Nawab Ali Yavar Jung served as the [[Chancellor (education)|Vice-chancellor]] of [[Osmania University]] from 1945 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1952.<ref name="Obituary"/> In year 1965 to 1968 he was Vice-Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm |access-date=2023-02-16 |title=Proceedings of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly assembled after the First General Election |website=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810112555/http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm |archive-date=10 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He opposed reservation on religious grounds at AMU.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/education/story/19700101-aligarh-muslim-university-50percent-quota-for-muslims-creates-a-storm-787531-2005-05-29|title = Aligarh Muslim University: 50% quota for Muslims creates a storm, UPA govt in tight spot| date=30 May 2005 }}</ref> In 1946-47 he was Minister Constitutional Affairs, Home and Educational, Public Health and Local Government in the Nizam's Governorate. He resigned from that post in 1947.

He was India's [[ambassador]] to [[Argentina]] (1952–54), [[Egypt]] (1954–58), [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Greece]] (1958–61), France (1961–65), and the United States (1968–70).<ref name="Obituary"/> His personal rapport with [[Juan Perón]], [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], [[Josip Broz Tito]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] substantially contributed to their understanding and appreciation of India's independent foreign policy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

He was appointed [[Governors of Maharashtra|governor]] of Maharashtra in 1971, and died during his term as governor at [[Mumbai]]'s [[Raj Bhavan, Mumbai|Raj Bhavan]] in December 1976.<ref name="Obituary"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm |title=Previous Governors List |access-date=17 July 2008 |publisher=Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm |archive-date= 6 February 2009 }}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's highest civilian honors, in 1959 and 1977, respectively.<ref name="Obituary"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india.gov.in/myindia/images/pv_awards.pdf |title=List of Padma Vibhushan Awardees |access-date=17 July 2008}}</ref> The [[Western Express Highway]] in Mumbai<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chacko |first1=Benita |title=Western Express Highway: Few know this arterial road honours a former diplomat |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/western-express-highway-few-know-this-arterial-road-honours-a-former-diplomat-4848546/ |access-date=21 March 2019 |work=The Indian Express|date=18 September 2017}}</ref> and The National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Social Problems and Social Welfare |last=Qureshi |first=M. U. |year=2006 |publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. |isbn=81-261-2584-5 |page=203 }}</ref> located there are named after him.

== Personal life ==
He married a French lady Alys Iffrig, but the couple got divorced. His daughter with Iffrig was [[Bilkees I. Latif]]. Bilkees' husband, his son-in-law, was the [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Idris Hasan Latif]], the 10th [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]].<ref name="A Life of service honoured with the Padma Shri award">{{cite web|url=https://emag.youandi.com/Editions/YouandI/issue55/downloads/16_02_2009_045.pdf|title=A Life of service honoured with the Padma Shri award|date=16 February 2009|publisher=You and I — eMag|access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref> Later, he married [[Zehra Ali Yavar Jung]], a social worker.

== See also ==
* [[Zehra Ali Yavar Jung]]
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]]

==References==
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