Early Years
He was born in Meerut in to a well-established literary family (Zuberi) and finished his High School there. In 1893, he did his Intermediate from Allahabad University, and then BA in Mathematics from Aligarh.
On 7 August 1895 Sir Ziauddin received the Strachey Gold Medal for securing Honours in Mathematics. He was appointed as Assistant Master in M.A.O. College.
Ziauddin was One of the earliest mathematicians who, along with Professor Chakravarti founded the first group of teachers and research workers whose main interests were in Astronomy, History of Mathematics and Theory of Functions. They carried out many innovations in teaching and research. For the first time in 1890, a society called M.A.O. College Mathematics Society was formed with Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad as its President and Mr. A.M. Kureishy as its Secretary.
The society has been continuing its activities and is now known as Aligarh Mathematical Society.The Department of Mathematics came into existence on the elevation of M.A.O. College to the status of a residential University in 1920. Thus the department of Mathematics is amongst the oldest departments of the University. Dr. Sir Ziauddin Ahmad became the first Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics.
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