Khalid Abdul Hamid Ansari is an Indian businessman and journalist. He is the Chairman of the Mid-Day Group of publications based in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, and of Inquilab Publications Ltd. He is the son of Abdul Hamid Ansari, independence activist and Congressman, who founded The Inquilab Publications Ltd in 1938 during the freedom movement. He was awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

in 2001. He has also written a number of books on

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Bibliography

* Sachin: Born to Bat - 2012. * Cricket at fever pitch - 2015.

References

Ansari, Khalid A H Businesspeople from Mumbai Indian sports journalists Indian newspaper editors Indian sportswriters 20th-century Indian Muslims 20th-century Indian journalists Indian male journalists Journalists from Maharashtra Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-journalist-stub