Professor Musirul Hean is an internationally renowned historian, prolific author and former Vice Color of Jamia Milia Islamia University, Dell Professor Hasan has also authored Partners in Freedom Jamia Milia flamia (Niyogi Books, 2006); Muting Memin Niyog Books, 2009), and The Aval Punch Wit and Humour in Colonial North India 0007) and Wit and Wisdom: Pickings from the Parsee Punk (2012) as part of the Punch series brought out. He has when extensively on the Partition of India, on communalism and on the histories of Marie Souds Ads Professor Hasan was the elected Pen of die Indian History Congress in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded dhe Padma Shri by the Cover of India and in 2010 the Ordre des Paces Fradimiques was conferred upon him by the Fu Covernment. He is presendy the Director Gece of the National Archives of India.