Saiyid Nurul Hasan

Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Union Minister of Education, Social Welfare, and Culture
In office
24 March 1972  24 March 1977
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded bySiddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded byPratap Chandra Chunder
Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union
In office
1983–1986
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded byV.K. Ahuja
Succeeded byTriloki Nath Kaul
Governor of West Bengal
In office
7 February 1990  12 July 1993
Preceded byT. V. Rajeswar
Succeeded byB. Satyanarayan Reddy
In office
12 August 1986  20 March 1989
Preceded byUma Shankar Dikshit
Succeeded byT. V. Rajeswar
Governor of Odisha
In office
1 February 1993  31 May 1993
Preceded byYagya Dutt Sharma
Succeeded byB. Satyanarayan Reddy
In office
20 November 1988  6 February 1990
Preceded byBishambhar Nath Pande
Succeeded byYagya Dutt Sharma
Personal details
Born(1921-12-26)26 December 1921
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Died12 July 1993(1993-07-12) (aged 71)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
SpouseNawabzadi Khurshid Laqa Begum Sahiba
OccupationHistorian, politician, diplomat

Saiyid Nurul Hasan FRHistS,FRAS (26 December 1921 12 July 1993) was an Indian historian and an elder statesman in the Government of India. A member of the Rajya Sabha, he was the Union Minister of State (with Independent Charges) of Education, Social Welfare and Culture Government of India (1971–1977) and the Governor of West Bengal and Odisha (1986–1993).