Maqbool Ahmed Lari (1916-2004) was an Indian social worker, philanthropist,

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and the founder of Mir Academy, Lucknow. Born in May 1916 at Lar in

Deoria district Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district. History Ancient The area now ...

in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in a clan of

Iraqi Biradari Iraqi Biradri is a Sunni Muslim caste found chiefly in Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Ballia, Deoria and Gorakhpur districts of the eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. Iraqi Biradri is also referred to as Iraqi Shaikh. History and origin Iraqi biradri is a desc ...

, he graduated in arts and migrated to Nepal in search of livelihood in 1942 where he stayed for 10 years. Lari was a member of the senate of

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

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, for 10 years and was a member of the Urdu Rabita Committee, Lucknow. He was the major financial contributor for the establishment of ''Lari Cardiology Centre'' at

King George's Medical University King George's Medical University is a medical school, hospital, and medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The medical school was raised to a medical university by an act passed by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 Sep ...

, Lucknow, a centre founded by renowned cardiologist, Mansoor Hasan. His contributions were reported in the field of child education and was instrumental in the publication of ''Hadeed-e-Meer'', a collection of poems of

Mir Taqi Mir Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal era in the Subcontinent and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language it ...

, renowned Urdu poet. A recipient of the title, ''Royal Gorkha'' from the

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...

, he was honoured by the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

in 1971 with

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, ...

, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Maqbool Ahmed Lari died on 17 May 2004 at Lucknow at the age of 88.

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Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education 1916 births 2004 deaths People from Deoria district 20th-century Indian Muslims Indian people of Iraqi descent Scholars from Lucknow Social workers from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian philanthropists {{India-bio-stub

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