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Shamshad Durrani
__NOTOC__ Shamshad may refer to: Given name *Shamshad Ahmad, veteran Pakistani diplomat, international relations expert and an author *Shamshad Akhtar, Pakistani development economist, diplomat and intellectual *Shamshad Begum (1919–2013), Indian singer in the Hindi film industry *Shamshad Begum (social worker), Indian social worker *Shamshad Hussain (1946–2015), Indian artist *Shamshad Khan, Manchester based, Leeds born, poet Surname *Rizwan Shamshad (born 1972), Indian first class cricketer Other *PB Shamshad, foreign military base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan *Shamshad TV, satellite television station in Afghanistan, launched in early 2006 *Tolombeh-ye Shamshad Chah Jelali, village in Pariz Rural District, Pariz District, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran See also *Shams (other) *Shamshabad *Shamshadin * * {{disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Ahmad
Shamshad Ahmad ( ur, ) (born 10 December 1941) is a veteran Pakistani diplomat, international relations expert and an author who served in BPS-22 grade as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1997 to 2000. He also served as the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations between 2000 till 2002. Shamshad Ahmad also was the Pakistan's ambassador to South Korea and Iran.politics: An insider's account (profile and book review of Shamshad Ahmad) Dawn (newspaper), Published 6 September 2009, Retrieved 15 March 2018 He currently writes a weekly column for English daily '''' (newspaper). Before that, he was a regular c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Akhtar
Shamshad Akhtar is a Pakistani development economist, United Nations diplomat and banker who also served as the caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan. Prior to that, she served as the 14th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, the first woman to assume this position. She also served as a senior adviser to the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon and as Vice-President of the World Bank. In December 2013, Akhtar was selected by the UN Secretary-General as Under-Secretary-General and the 10th Chief Secretary of the Monetary and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Early life and education Shamshad Akhtar was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. She moved to the United Kingdom on a Commonwealth Scholarship to study at the University of Sussex, receiving an M.A in development economics in 1977. She moved to the University of the West of Scotland (then Paisley College of Technology) where she was awarded a PhD in Economics in 1980. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum (Hindi: शमशाद बेगम, IAST: ''Śamśād Bēgam''; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages, among which 1287 were Hindi film songs. She worked with renowned composers of the time, such as Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their favorites. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed. Personal life Shamshad Begum was born in Lahore, British India (present-day Pakistan) on 14 April 1919 the day after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in nearby Amritsar. She was one of eight children, five sons and three daughters, born to a conservative Muslim family of limited means. Her father, Mian Hussain Baksh Maan, worked as a mechanic and her mother, Ghulam Fatima, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Begum (social Worker)
Shamshad Begum is an Indian social worker, known for her efforts towards the education of backward communities of Chhattisgarh such as the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other backward communities. She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. Biography Shamshad Begum comes from Balod district (formerly a part of the undivided Durg) in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. As the president of a small village society operating in Gunderdehi block, Begum had an opportunity to get associated with the National Literacy Mission Programme of the Government of India and this paved the way for her entry into social service. It is reported that within six months of the launching of the Mission activities in Gunderdehi in 1995, Begum and her colleagues were able to make 12,269 women literate, out of the total 18265 illiterate women. Begum carried on with her social work even after the campaign activities ended and too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Hussain
Shamshad Hussain (1946 – 24 October 2015) was an Indian artist and the son of M. F. Husain. Early life Shamshad was born in Mumbai in 1946. He attended Baroda College of Fine Arts, where he studied a diploma in painting. He then studied at the Royal College of Art, Hussain claims that his time there "changed my perspective about art". Career His first solo exhibition took place in 1968. It was at this exhibition that he sold his first painting for 50 Rs. Awards In 1983, Shamshad won the Lalit Kala Academy The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art (LKA) is India's national academy of fine arts. It is an autonomous organisation, established in New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, ... national award. References 20th-century Indian painters 1946 births 2015 deaths Artists from Mumbai Painters from Maharashtra Alumni of the Royal College of Art {{India-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad Khan
Shamshad Khan (born 1964, Leeds) is a widely anthologised Manchester-based poet. Khan was born in Leeds in 1964 in a Pakistani family which later relocated to Manchester. Khan's poems have been published in anthologies including ''Flame'', ''Poetry of Rebellion'', ''The Fire People'' (1998), ''Bittersweet'' (1999), ''Healing Strategies for Women at War'', ''Gargoyle'', ''Longman’s GCSE Poems for your Pocket'', ''Velocity'' and Redbeck Press’ anthology of British South Asian poets. Her 1994 short story, ‘The Woman and the Chair’ received critical acclaim. She has performed her work widely, and been broadcast on local and national radio in the UK including the BBC's Radio 4’s Love Thang and Woman’s Hour. Khan has also worked as an editor on an anthology of black women’s poetry and advised the Arts Council of England North West on literature. She also presented a Radio 4 programme on the Qaṣīda al-Burda (also known as The Poem of the Cloak). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizwan Shamshad
Rizwan Shamshad (born 19 November 1972) is an Indian first class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Rizwan plays for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first class debut in 1990/91 and has made 100 appearances in Indian domestic cricket with over 7000 runs, with 19 centuries and 37 half centuries averaging more than 45 runs in his career innings. He is ''Batting Coach'' of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association.Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association ( hi, उत्तर प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ), formerly United Provinces Cricket Team, is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Uttar Pradesh state of India and the Utta ... References External links * 1972 births Living people Indian cricketers Uttar Pradesh cricketers Central Zone cricketers Sportspeople from Aligarh Indian cricket coaches {{India-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PB Shamshad
Patrol Base Shamshad is a foreign military base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The camp is south of Garmsir. Both Estonian and British troops have occupied the base. The base has been used to train Afghan soldiers. Units The following units have been posted here at some point: * 'A' Squadron of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales and the bordering English counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and ... under Operation Herrick IX between October 2008 and April 2009. * Company C, Expeditionary Estonian Task Force during November 2009. * 2nd Brigade Platoon, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan during November 2009. References Military installations of Afghanistan Military bases of the United Kingdom in Afghanistan Military installations of Esto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshad TV
Shamshad Media Network ( ps, شمشاد) is based in Afghanistan and Dubai. Shamshad Media Network is a private and an Independent network based in Afghanistan which began transmission in 2005. Shamshad Media Network was established to represent the Voice of common Afghan man, Women and Children, without compromising the traditional values and culture that we are extremely proud of. At present Shamshad Media Network is at the forefront of the Afghan media Landscape. Shamshad Media Network is providing, News, current political affairs, educational TV shows, Family Dramas, Musical shows, women empowerment, entertainment, sport and commercial programs. We reach our audience in districts and provinces that are often ignored by our competitors. With the love and support of our audiences in Afghanistan and abroad we are confident That SRTN will continue to provide Educational, Engaging and Inspirational Entertainment for years. Shamshad's broadcast area covers a large portion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shams (other)
Shams ( ar, شمس , links=no), an Arabic word meaning ''sun'', may refer to: Media * ''Shams'' (newspaper), a defunct Saudi newspaper * ''Al-Shams'' (newspaper), a Libyan government newspaper until 2011 * Network for Public Policy Studies, an Iranian website Places * Ain Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt * Kafr Shams, a city in southern Syria * Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights * Shams-e Bijar, a village in Gilan Province, Iran * Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * Shams Solar Power Station, a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates Other uses * Shams (deity), a solar deity in the ancient South Arabian religion * Shams (name), a list of people with the name * ''Shams al-Ma'arif'', a 13th-century Arabic book * Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt * Ash-Shams, the 91st surah of the Quran * Shams, a kind of decorative pillow * The Shams, an all-fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamshabad
Shamshabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad mandal of Rajendranagar revenue division. The international airport of Hyderabad is located here. History In former times the area was known as Sedanti village, which was later renamed Shamsabad in reference to Shams-ul-Umra, the title bestowed upon "Abul Fateh Khan", Tegh Jung, Shams-ud-Daula, Shams-ul-Mulk and Shams-ul-Umrah ("The Sun among the Nobles"), who founded the Paigah nobility during the reign of Nizam II, Mir Nizam Ali Khan (1762-1803). There was a time when the whole of the Shamsabad area were under the direct control of Paigah, including where the new airport has been built, the entire Shamsabad village was granted to Nawab Shams-ul-Umara Bahadur as a reward. Nawab Moin-Ud-Dowlah Bahadur Asman Jah, a leading Paigah noble, built a country home on a hillock and race course in Shamsabad for his own. As happened with other locality names, Shamsabad too got corrupted and over the years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
