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{{Short description|Indian historian of medieval India (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lari Azad
| image = Dr. Lari Azad.jpg
| alt = Dr. Lari Azad
| caption = Dr. Lari Azad delivering the Key-note address at World Peace Conference, Pune (30 Jan 2012)
| birth_name = Lari Azad
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|12}}
| birth_place = India
| occupation = Journalist, historian, author, social activist
| years_active = 1980s–present
| known_for = Women's rights advocacy and journalism
| notable_works =
| organization = Progressive Women’s Association
| awards =
}}

'''Lari Azad''' (born 12 March 1959) is an Indian historian of medieval India.<ref name="ICHR">{{Cite web|url=http://ichronline.org/search_result_dtl.php?uid=224&search=Lari&fos=|title=ICHR|website=ichronline.org|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jainpedia.org/resources/publication-summary/bibliography/religion-and-politics-in-india-during-the-seventeenth-century.html|title=JAINpedia > Resources > Publication Summary|website=www.jainpedia.org|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brown|first=Katherine|year=2000|title=Reading Indian music: the interpretation of seventeenth-century European travel-writing in the (re)construction of Indian music history|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/music/mclayton/bje9-2finalpdf.PDF|journal=British Journal of Ethnomusicology|volume=9/ii 2000|pages=23, 37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Truchke|first=Audrey|date=March 2012|title=Jains in the Multicultural Mughal Empire|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies/newsletter/file75030.pdf|journal=Jaina Studies|issue=7|pages=39|archive-date=21 April 2018|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421135405/https://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies/newsletter/file75030.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is well known for his contribution to medieval Indian history and historiography.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj0ZLo8rvZIC&dq=Khalfaoui+Lari+Azad&pg=PA124 |title=L'islam indien-- pluralité ou pluralisme: le cas d'al-Fatāwā al-Hindiyya|last=Khalfaoui|first=Mouez|publisher=Peter Lang|year=2008|isbn=978-3-631-57530-7 |pages=124}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNgVPP3dq4YC&pg=PA65 |title=Raj Karega Khalsa|last=Dhanoa|first=Surain Singh|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Sanbun Publishers|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no88873/life-ideas-shaheed-bhagat-singh-lesson-today-edited-by-vir|title=Vedams eBooks|last=Madhavan|first=Raj Achal|website=www.vedamsbooks.com|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref> He has authored a number of books, including ''Religion and Politics in India during the Seventeenth Century''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/8865215|title=Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century - CLIO|website=clio.columbia.edu|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/245497|title=Description: Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century|website=library.soas.ac.uk|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/322111|title=Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century / Mohammad Akram Lari Azad|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Criterion Publications|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Religion and politics in India during the seventeenth century|last=Lari|first=Mohammad A|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Criterion Publ.|location=New Delhi|language=en|oclc = 243720951}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxluAAAAMAAJ|title=Religion and Politics in India During the Seventeenth Century|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Criterion Publications|language=en}}</ref>

Mohammad Akram Lari, (popularly known as Lari Azad), born in [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh]], India, is among the best-known authors and poets in [[Hindi literature]]. He is also the founder of All India Poetess Conference.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aipc.weebly.com|title=AIPC|website=AIPC|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/cities/amritsar/women-writers-poets-attend-all-india-poetess-conference/187020.html|title=The Tribune "Women writers, poets attend All-India Poetess Conference"|access-date=9 Jan 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/indian-women-share-private-dreams-through-poetry-1.366317/|title=Indian women share private dreams - through poetry {{!}} The National|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spb-icr.ru/en/news/index.php?news=707|title=Cultural Session of All India Poetess Conference took place in conference-hall of "Park Inn by Radisson Pribaltiyskaya" hotel, St.Petersburg, Russia|website=spb-icr.ru|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref name="Himalini">{{Cite news|url=http://www.himalini.com/vice-president-inaugurated-the-9th-all-india-poetess-conference-organised-by-himalini.html|title=Vice President Inaugurated the 9th All India Poetess Conference organised by HIMALINI|last=Himalini|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hcilondon.in/indiadigest/Issue-131/page3.pdf|title=India Digest by High Commission of India in London|access-date=9 Jan 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://primeminister.govmu.org/English/Media%20Library/Pages/Picture-Gallery.aspx#|title=Prime Minister - Picture Gallery|website=primeminister.govmu.org|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://meggovernor.gov.in/photos_poetess_conference.html|title=Photos of All India Poetess Conference (AIPC): Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya|website=meggovernor.gov.in|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref> He wrote under the pen name "Lari Azad".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drlariazad.weebly.com/litteacuterateur.html|title=Littérateur|website=DR. LARI AZAD|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> His style is considered easy to understand, but has also been compared with high quality Hindi literature. Besides writing, he earns his living by teaching History in the historic NREC PG College, Khurja.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nreccollegekhurja.org/page.php?page=7|title=NREC College Portal|website=www.nreccollegekhurja.org|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ichr.ac.in/newsletter/Newsletter_Jan-2015.pdf|title=25 Feb 2015: National Seminar on "Society, Culture & Historiography in India through the ages", NREC College, Khurja Campur, U.P.|volume=12|issue=2 |date=Jan–Mar 2015|access-date=10 Jan 2017}}</ref> He attained a unique position as a writer who wrote with equal facility in both Hindi and Urdu.

== Early life and education ==
Lari Azad is the son of Mohammad Noorul Haque Lari,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/8586744/HAKEEM-NOORUL-HAQUE-LARI-HOUSE|title=HAKEEM NOORUL HAQUE LARI HOUSE - Wikimapia|website=wikimapia.org|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> an eminent scholar, writer, theologian and physician of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Sufia Khatoon . His maternal grandfather was Abdur Raheem, a wealthy sugarcane factory owner, who started sugar industry in eastern part of United Provinces during British rule: it was only due to his entrepreneurship that the place was named Rampur Karkhana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FRIENDS_of_UP/conversations/messages/99|title=Yahoo! Groups|website=groups.yahoo.com|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was Sheikh Nabiullah (née Guruji) a popular teacher of Mahajani and Kaithi, which are no more in practice in eastern UP. His wife Roshan Ara runs All India Poetess Conference round the globe.<ref name="Himalini"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aipc.weebly.com/contact-us.html|title=CONTACT US|website=AIPC|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vshanmuganathan.blogspot.in/2016/06/allindia-poetess-conference-16th.html|title=V.SHANMUGANATHAN|website=vshanmuganathan.blogspot.in|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr2001/pg052001/pg13may2001/130520017.html|title=Photo|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref> His sons, Noor Ahmad Lari and Noor Akram Lari, are studying medicine at [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] Medical College, AMU, Aligarh<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amu.ac.in/pdf/mci/Admissions%202014.pdf|title=Admissions List JNMC, AMU, Aligarh|access-date=9 Jan 2017}}</ref>

=== Education ===
Lari Azad completed his schooling at King Edward Government High School and then completed his M.A. in history from Gorakhpur University, where he was awarded a first class. While still in university, he was the joint editor of the Shabda Jyoti and Karma Prabodh, popular weeklies of the Gorakhpur Division. He completed his PhD from Gorakhpur University under the supervision of Dr. [[Hari Shankar Srivastava|Hari Shanker Srivastava]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timespiders.co.in/hss/|title=Dr. Hari Shankar Srivastava ,Former Professor & Head , Department of Ancient & Indian History & Political Science,DDUGU,Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University , Dr H S Srivastava|website=www.timespiders.co.in|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>

== Academic ==
After his doctorate he joined UNPG College, Padrauna, now District Kushi Nagar. Then he was appointed as a Gazetted Officer in Prasar Bharati, but for his strong commitments to freedom of expression, he renounced the job. Later on he was selected by UP Higher Education Service Commission in 1987 and joined as a faculty at NR Edward Coronation PG College, Khurja. He is presently appointed as Head of the PG and Research Department of History. He delivered the Endowment Lecture at UNESCO World Peace Centre, Pune in 2008. He is an Honorary International Coordinator for interfaith dialogue at World Peace Centre, Pune<ref>{{Cite news|title='Dialogue between religious leaders is essential' {{!}} Sakal Times|website=www.sakaaltimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/pune/interfaith-dialogue-a-must-for-peace/|title=Inter-faith dialogue a must for peace|date=2009-12-16|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> and also on Board of Governors of Sun Shine Education, NOIDA. A performing art academy and a library in his name has been established at Devbandhu Degree College, Nonapar. There are several books available on his life and work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aipc.weebly.com/publications.html|title=PUBLICATIONS|website=AIPC|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>

Lari Azad has worked on the religio-political history of medieval India and its indigenous historiography and India's cultural relations with Central and South east Asia.<ref name="ICHR"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nreccollegekhurja.org/page.php?page=3|title=NREC College Portal|website=www.nreccollegekhurja.org|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>

== Positions ==
He is the Head of the Department of History at NREC PG College (NAAC Grade 'A' & CPE, UGC) from 1988 till date. He is also the Convener of Board of Studies in History, CCS University from 22 Aug 2018 to 21 Aug 2020 and Coordinator of RDC in History, CCS University from 22 Aug 2018 to 21 Aug 2020. He is the Founder of All India Poetess Conference, the biggest ever association of elite women of India. He is the [[Editor-in-chief|Editor-in-Chief]] of an international journal "Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences" ({{ISSN|0974-8806}}) which is being published since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jhss.weebly.com/about-the-chief-editor.html|title=About the Chief Editor|website=JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> He is also a Member of Editorial Board of 'ITIHAS' ({{ISSN|2319-8818}}), the research journal published in Hindi by [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ichr.ac.in/com_rev.pdf|title=Committees of the Council-ICHR|access-date=9 Jan 2017}}</ref>

== Philosophical views ==
Lari Azad identifies himself as an Indologist and historiographer in his work. He is an advocate of using indigenous sources for rewriting the authentic history.

Lari Azad has a sustained commitment to secularism.<ref>{{Citation|last=Sulabh International Videos|title=Speech Prof. M.A. Lari Azad, HOD, Department of PG Studies, Chaudhary Charan Singh University|date=2015-04-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb0fnPqbttw|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref> He led many Indian women poets, writers and artists to the different parts of the globe for the propagation of Indian Culture & World Peace.

== Awards and honours ==

[[File:Nepalese VP Felicitiating Dr. Lari.jpg|thumb|Vice President of Nepal H.E. Parmanand Jha along with Ambassador of India Dr. Jayant Prasad felicitating Dr. Lari with the award of 'Son of Himalaya' at Kathmandu, Nepal (3 July 2012)]]
He received the First National Youth Award for his first ever book on historiography in Hindi, 1985.
* Honoris Causa Degree of Vidya Sagar from Vikramshila Hindi Vidyapeeth, 2006.
* Great Lingual Harmony Award at Indian High Commission, London, 2008.
* ‘Sahitya Shiromani’ at New York, 2010 and Hindi Shiromani at Toronto, 2010.
* ‘Manu Shree’ for Exemplary Teaching Services, 1990 (Meerut).
* ‘Shabda Samrat’ for enriching Hindi Grammar, 1991 (Hyderabad).
* ‘Chetna Shree’ for Historical Writings, 1991 (Allahabad).
* Rotary Vocational Award, (Deoria).
* ‘AAFT Academy Award’ (NOIDA), ‘Kabir Smriti Samman’ 1999 (Ghaziabad).
* ‘Ch. Charan Singh NSS Award’ as Best NSS officer of C.C.S. University 2004 (Meerut).
* ‘Kirti Bharati’ 2006, (Ayodhya).
* 'Kabir Samman’, ‘Madhupark Samman’ (Kanpur), ‘Bharti Ratna’ & ‘Poorvanchal Ratna’ 2007 (Deoria)
* ‘Deoria Ratna’2008.
* ‘Hindi Shiromani’ (New York - 2010), ‘Son of Nile’ (Cairo - 2010) &
* ‘Man of The East’(Tashkent - 2010), ‘Man of The Era’ (Dubai-2011), ‘Son of Himalaya’ (Kathmandu 2012), ‘Peace Messenger’ (Colombo – 2012).
*'Sahitya Setu Samman' (London - 2019).

He has also been felicitated by UNESCO World Peace Centre, [[Rotary International]] at Evanston, Lions International, Honest International, GOPIO International at Mauritius, SGPC, Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Nagri Pracharini Sabha, Digambar Jain Samaj, Bhartiya Sangeet Kala Parishad, UP Rabita Committee, Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Sahitya Sammelan & several National & International Institution & Organizations.

== Selected publications ==

=== Major historical books ===
# 'Religion and Politics in India during the Seventeenth Century' (Criterion Publications, New Delhi, 1990) Pages 430 + xviii <ref name=":0" />
# ‘Indian Historiography’ (In Hindi) (Mahendra Publications, Gorakhpur, 1987) Pages 209.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bhartiya Itihas Lekhan: Indian Historiography|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Mahendra Prakashan, Gorakhpur|location=Gorakhpur|ol = 25420649M}}</ref>
# ‘Mongol Hindi Learner’ (In Mongolian) (Tarema Association, Mongolia 2002) Pages 48.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mongol-Hindi Learner: Mongol-Hindi Dubhashia|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=2002-01-01|publisher=Tarema Association, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia|location=Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia|ol = 25420656M}}</ref>
# 'Mongolia Through The Ages' (MALA Prakashan, Delhi, 2018) Pages 264.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17837093W/Mongolia_Through_the_Ages|title=Mongolia Through the Ages: Some Aspects of History & Culture of Mongolia & Central Asia|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=2018|publisher=M A L A Prakashan|isbn=9789383509096|location=Delhi/Aligarh}}</ref>

=== Major literary works ===
# ‘Heartbeats of India’(Dharkane Bharat Ki) translations in 37 languages collected in 3 Volumes.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dharkane Bharat Ki: Heartbeats of India|last=Azad|first=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=2010-01-01|publisher=All India Poetess Conference|isbn=9788190820110|ol = 25420660M|location=Khurja, Delhi}}</ref>
# ‘Leelavati Samagra’ in 3 Volumes.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Līlāvatī samagra|last1=Baṃsala|first1=Līlāvatī|last2=Azad|first2=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Akhila Bhāratīya Kavayitrī Sammelana|location=Khurajā|oclc = 70129432}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eoc.du.ac.in/Daisy%20Books%20OLD.html|title=Daisy Books Old|website=eoc.du.ac.in|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
# ‘Vimala Samagra’ in 3 Volumes.<ref name="OUR PUBLICATIONS">{{Cite web|url=http://malaprakashan.weebly.com/our-publications.html|title=OUR PUBLICATIONS|website=M A L A PRAKASHAN|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
# ‘Kahani Ek Shandar Zindagi Ki’.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Līlāvatī Baṃsala: kahānī eka śānadāra zindagī kī|last1=Baṃsala|first1=Līlāvatī|last2=Azad|first2=Mohammad Akram Lari|date=2012-01-01|publisher=Mālā Prakāśana|isbn=9788190820981|location=Dillī|oclc = 820122223}}</ref>
# ‘Leelavati Ki Lok Kathaen’<ref name="OUR PUBLICATIONS"/>

=== Journals edited ===
Lari Azad is Chief Editor of the ''International Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences'' which is in publication since 2007 ({{ISSN|0974-8806}}). Kaljayee<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Maithil|first=Manoj Kumar|date=May 2015|title=Women remain Weak & Disempowered still- Magazine Released|url=https://issuu.com/sulabhindia/docs/sulabh_india_english_-_may_2015|journal=Sulabh India (English)|volume=May 2015|pages=30–31|issn=2395-5821}}</ref> [RNI: UPHIN/2015/68782], Himkiritini, Anamika, Shabd Jyoti, Karma Prabodh,Yug Pravartak, Sankalya, Krantimanyu, Navodita, Hamari Pahel, Bhojpuri Bhasha Sammelan Patrika, USM Patrika, AIPC Kavita, Vigyan Pahel, Itihas Darpan, Vidya Darpan, Ken Mirror, Saurabh(South East Asia Representative), Himalini(India Representative)

=== Poetic style ===
Lari Azad's poetry is characterized by simple, everyday language and images that string together to convey complex themes. One of his major poems is Jeevan Ek Prashn, a long poem with the questioner as its central character, the poem remains one of the most widely read long poems in Hindi literature. At some level, Jeevan Ek Prashn bears a striking resemblance to Gray's Elegy but the two remain independent in their treatment and scope.

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