Khan Bahadur Syed Ali Hasan was the captain of the ' MAO College Cricket Club', Superintendent of Police,

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and Inspector-General of Police in India. In 1930, he was knighted with the title of

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Biography

He completed his BA from

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College ( ur, Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, italics=yes) was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Muhammed ...

, Aligarh in 1902. During student life, he played

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and remained the Captain of the

Cricket team for three consecutive years from 1899–1902. In his professional and administrative life, he became the

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and then

(DIG). He retired as DIG from Farrukhabad. After retirement, he was reemployed and appointed as Inspector-General of Police (IG) in

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. In 1930, he was knighted with the title of

. He died in 1962 at

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Family history

He was the second son of

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. His forefathers Syed Mohammad Ismail was the direct descendant of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and came to Kasna, District Bulandshahr from Sabzwar (

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)

Life as a cricketer

He started playing

when he was the student of

at Aligarh. He became famous as the best bowler in India when the 'Aligarh Eleven' won two consecutive matches against the Parsees cricket team. These two matches were held at Aligarh under the captainship of Khwaja M. Abdullah of

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and many other respected personalities came to view this match themselves After, Khwaja M. Abdullah, he became the captain in 1899 and remained consecutively for three years. Although, MAO College Cricket Club came into existence in 1875 under the patronage of

, but Ali Hasan promoted the club while he was captain of the MAO College Cricket team. 'Aligarh Eleven' at that time was regarded as the best cricket team of the time in India – Professor Llewellyn Tipping. The remarkable historical match of 'MAO College Cricket Team' / 'Aligarh Eleven' was played in

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in February 1900 AD. It was played and won under the captaincy of Ali Hasan!. The report of this victory was also published in The Pioneer. This match was against the team of His Highness Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. His Highness's team included

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(Middlesex) and W. Brockwell (Surrey). His Highness Maharajadhiraj Sir Bhupendra Singh, ruler of the erstwhile Patiala State, used to bring Patiala, British players of fame to play with and to coach his team players. He invited in his team

J. T. Hearne John Thomas Hearne (3 May 1867 – 17 April 1944)
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(Middlesex), W. Brockwell (Surrey),

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and

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. His Highness Maharajadhiraj Sir Bhupendra Singh donated to the most important national tournament, the

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, to perpetuate the memory of that great cricket wizard, the late His Highness Maharaja Ranjit Singh, lovingly known as "Ranji", about whom Neville Cardus said, "It is not in nature that there should be another Ranji". Ali Hasan also wrote a book on cricket, which could not be published. In 1903, when the team of

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(MCC) visited Aligarh, he was selected for the team although he had left Aligarh and played from the side of 'Aligarh Eleven'. File:Wellingdon pavillion.jpg, AMU Cricket Pavilion, started as MAO College Cricket Club in 1878 File:Wellingdon Pavilion2.jpg, AMU Cricket Pavilion, New block inaugurated in 1936

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Biography

Family history

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