Akbar Khan ( hi, अकबर ख़ान) is a recipient of India's National Award for The Welfare of Persons with Disability in 1989.

Early life and education

Akbar Khan was born on 16 August 1962 in a

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family to Kistoor Khan, a farmer and Rahmat Begum, a housewife, at

Bangasar Bangasar is a village in Rawatsar tehsil of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan, India. Notable people from Bangasar *Akbar Khan (disability activist), Akbar Khan - visually impaired Singer, Composer, Writer and a Banker honored with National Awa ...

, located in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Family and personal life

Khan married Dr. Rana Ruknuddin(Gausia Sultana), who did her Ph.D. from

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