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'''Manzoor Alam Quraishi''' or ''' M. A Quraishi''' (born 24 July 1917) was a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]] of Uttar Pradesh Cadre by passing the relevant examination in 1941 soon after the enactment of [[Government of India Act 1935]]. His decision to serve the government of India made his career distinguishable as he was one of the few Muslim [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] members who opted for India as opposed to Pakistan at the [[Partition of India]] 1947.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Indian Muslim Society and Economy|author=OMAR KHALIDI|pages=177–202|journal=Oriente Moderno |date=26 January 2024 |volume=23 (84) |issue=1 |publisher= Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino|jstor=25817924 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25817924}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Manzoor Alam Quraishi was born on 24 July 1917 in [[Rasra]] [[Ballia]] Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref name="our publication1"/> He was born to parents (Father Bashir Ahmad, [[Rasra]] [[Ballia]] district Uttar Pradesh) who belonged to the historic local Sunni Muslim community [[Iraqi Biradari]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Alhaj|first=Mohammad Hanif|title=Mardam Shumari.pdf|url=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dl5q9nluGUWuc8BVjZY1BvljlYN2j2lZ|access-date=3 July 2022|page=42}}</ref> <br />
He was educated at [[Aligarh Muslim University]], receiving the degree, respectively, B.A. (Hon) 1936; M.A. 1938.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Aligarh|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/248774051/Alumni-Aligarh}}Manzoor Alam Quraishi ICS, under Vice Chancellors, retrieved 15 Dec 203</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He passed the Indian civil service examination in [[Delhi|India]] in 1941. In the same year, he was appointed on probation serving the United Province government as assistant magistrate for a year (and not trained in [[London]] due to the enactment of [[Government of India Act 1935]]).<ref name="our publication1">Manzoor Alam Quraishi, ICS, chapter-record of Services {{cite book|title=The India Office And Burma Office List 1945|publisher=London His Majesty’s Stationery Office|access-date=2015-08-04|page=306|url=https://www.archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282202/page/n313/mode/2up}}</ref>{{rp|306}} After probation he was allowed more time for on-ground administrative experience by serving the United Province Government as Joint Magistrate from 1942 to 1947. From 1947 to 1950, he was [[District collector (India)|district magistrate and collector]] (DM) in Pauri Garhwal.<ref>MR.M.A QURAISHI{{cite web|title=List of District Magistrate|url=https://pauri.nic.in/list-of-district-magistrate-since-1906-at-pauri-garhwal/}}date-access=25 Dec 2023</ref> By 1946/1947 the decision of the partition of India into two new countries by the British government based on the opinions of the political parties could not spare division within the prestigious [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]. The members of the ICS community were found to be biased toward the political parties. While most of the Muslim [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] opted for the newly formed Pakistan, MA Quraishi was one of the few nationalist and brave ICSs who opted for India as opposed to Pakistan. His action was noted as a victory for true democracy in India in addition to providing stability to civil services in [[Uttar Pradesh]] India.<ref>{{cite news |title=It was the Indian Civil Service that kept Pak going in|newspaper=The Sunday Guardian (Arun Bhatnagar)|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/2590-it-was-indian-civil-service-kept-pak-going-early-years-3}} Retrieved 24 Dec 2023</ref><ref name="our publication2">{{cite book |title=The Great Partition|url=https://www.sanipanhwar.com/The%20Great%20Partition_%20The%20Making%20of%20India%20and%20Pakistan.pdf|year=2017|page=120}}retrieved 25 Dec 2023</ref><br />
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From 1953 to 1957 he worked with the U.P. Government as the Administrator, Municipal Boards, and Improvement Trusts. During the time above, cities with big populations, among others, Lucknow, and Kanpur gained improvement in infrastructure including connectivity to other cities; amendment of the existing ‘THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1916 took place’. He was the [[Divisional commissioner (India)|divisional commissioner]] of Meerut, the biggest division in Uttar Pradesh responsible for administering law and order from 1957-1964. Since February 1964 he has been successful as Secretary of Agricultural Production and Rural Development, in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. In addition, he was Chairman of Agro-Industrial Corporation, U.P.; and a member of the Board of Management, [[Pantnagar University ]], and the Committee of Panel of Experts on Agricultural Administration, see the section below and.<ref>Manzoor Alam Quraishi ICS, chapter-Government,{{cite book|title=India Who's Who 1969|date=23 December 1969 |publisher=INFA, New Delhi |editor= V.S. Jha|access-date=2015-07-04|page=112|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.140274/page/n125/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
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Based on his role toward the self-reliant policy in Food and Agriculture by the Uttar Pradesh government, he later served the Ministry of Agriculture/ or departments under Agriculture as secretary, [[Government of India]] from 1979 onward; and the vice-chancellor of Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad.<ref>{{cite book|title=Drought Strategy| isbn=9788170185628 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQs-AAAAYAAJ|last1=Quraishi | first1=Manzoor Alam | date= 1 Jan 1989 | publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|OCLC=21524783}}</ref><ref>Manzoor Alam Qureshi{{cite web|title=List of Notable AMU Alumni - AMU Old Boys Association|url=https://amuoldboys.org/list-of-notable-amu-alumni/}} retrieved 28 Feb 2025</ref> Preiviustly, he was an Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1976-1979).<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Ambassadors|year=1976|url=https://www.eoiriyadh.gov.in/page/former-ambassadors/}} retrieved 27 June 2025</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |author1-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi |title=History of Dar al Ulum Deoband|page=315-Manzoor Alam Quraishi |url=https://archive.org/details/DUDbook_64/DudVolTwo-Pg001-329/}}</ref><br />
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==Book, a memoir written, and seminar==<br />
*{{cite book|title =Indian Administration, Pre & Post Independence: Memoirs| isbn=9788170181866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hsQlAAAAMAAJ | last1=Quraishi | first1=Manzoor Alam | date=23 December 1985 | publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|OCLC=13004480}}<br />
*{{cite book|title= Indian agriculture and rural development : then and now - Catalog …|author= Quraishi, M.A.|year=1985|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp.; New Delhi|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999582420102121|OCLC=17201432}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=Staff View: Seminar on Rural Development for Weaker Sections.|series=Seminar series (Indian Society of Agricultural Economics) |date=3 May 1974 |publisher=Indian Society of Agricultural Economics |url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/371149/Details}}<br />
*{{cite web|title=Quraishi, M. A. - Webcat |url=http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/webcatplus/details/creator/1140422.html}}<br />
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==Death==<br />
Quraishi died on 13 February 2000 in [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh.<br />
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