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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain<br />
| birth_date = 1904<br />
| birth_place = [[Panipat]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1971|1904}}<br />
| occupation = Educationist<br>Writer<br />
| known for = Educational reforms<br>Writings<br />
| children = <li>[[Syeda Saiyidain Hameed]]<br><li>Zakia Zaheer<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain''' (1904–1971) was an Indian educationist, writer and the Secretary at the [[Ministry of Education]] of the Government of India, known for his contributions to Indian educational sector.<ref name="K. G. Saiyadain">{{cite journal | url=http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/K._G._Saiyadain | title=K. G. Saiyadain | journal=India Harmony | date=July 2012 | volume=1 | issue=5}}</ref> Born in 1904 in the historic city of [[Panipat]], in the Indian state of [[Haryana]], Saiyidain authored several publications on Indian culture and education<ref name="WorldCat profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AH%CC%A3usain%2C+Sayyid+%CA%BBA%CC%84bid%2C&qt=hot_author | title=WorldCat profile | publisher=WorldCat | date=2016 | access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Saiyidain, Khwaja Ghulam, 1904-1971">{{cite web | url=http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=Saiyidain,%20Khwaja%20Ghulam,%201904-1971 | title=Saiyidain, Khwaja Ghulam, 1904-1971 | publisher=OCLC Classify | date=2016 | access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> including a 1960 report which is reported to have served as the blueprint for the establishment of [[National Service Scheme]], a youth-centric social programme sponsored by the Union Government.<ref name="Introduction">{{cite web | url=http://nss.nic.in/intro.asp | title=Introduction | publisher=National Service Scheme | date=2016 | access-date=20 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629114541/http://nss.nic.in/intro.asp | archive-date=29 June 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He wrote in Urdu and English languages and his book, ''Andhi Mein Chirag'', won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1963.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Khwaja+Ghulam+Saiyidain&pg=PA171 | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Amaresh Datta | year=1987 | pages=987 | isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> ''Iqbal's Educational Philosophy'',<ref name="Iqbal's educational philosophy">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq0GAQAAIAAJ | title=Iqbal's educational philosophy | publisher=Sh. Muhammad Ashraf | author=Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | year=1960 | pages=260}}</ref> ''The Crisis in Modern Society'',<ref name="The crisis in modern society">{{cite book | title=The crisis in modern society | publisher=Jaffna College Publication | author=Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | year=1970 | pages=53 | asin=B0006CISZG}}</ref> ''Education, Culture and the Social Order''<ref name="Education, Culture and the Social Order">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5978444862&searchurl=an%3Dsaiyidain%2520khwaja%2520ghulam | title=Education, Culture and the Social Order | publisher=Asia Pub. House | author=Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | year=1963}}</ref> and ''The School of the Future''<ref name="The School of the Future">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=17460880029&searchurl=an%3Dsaiyidain%2520khwaja%2520ghulam | title=The School of the Future | publisher=Asia Pub. House | author=Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | year=2000 | isbn=9788173411489}}</ref> are some of his other notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1967, for his contributions to Indian education sector.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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He was the father of [[Syeda Saiyidain Hameed]] and Zakia Zaheer.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[National Service Scheme]]<br />
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