Roohi Zuberi - Family Background

Family Background

• Roohi Zuberi belongs to renowned family of Marehra sharif (Etah).Her father Late Mr. Bashir Mahmood Zuberi (Advocate)(Born 1921-1993 died) was a prominent freedom fighter in Indian Independence Struggle against British raj. He was also a Social worker and politician who was Chairman of Marehra Municipal Board throughout his life,he gave much of his personal property for the development and welfare of local population. A Government civil Hospital is situated in Marehra which is named after him.
  Mrs. Zuberi is also related to Maulvi Bashir Uddin who spend all of his assets to establish Islamia College, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh in 1888 which was a similar effort to establish another University as happened in the case of MAO college. He was a strong Congressite and wore Khadi and also published a highly respected paper al-Bashir. He was awarded Padam Shri, but he did not go to receive it, just as he did not go to receive the title of Khan Bahadur. Former President of India Dr.Zakir Hussain was also a student of this institution.
  She is also the daughter-in-Law of great Mathematician and Parliamentarian Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad, one of the mentor of Aligarh Movement and most famous Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, who served as vice chancellor for three terms.