Ali Yavar Jung

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| birth_date = February 1906

| birth_place = Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British Indian Empire

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| spouse = Alys Iffrig (known after her second marriage as Alys Hyderi)
Zehra Ali Yavar Jung

| children = Tyabji family (through son-in-law)
Bilkees I. Latif (born of Alys Iffrig)

| relatives = Idris Hasan Latif (son-in-law)

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| awards = Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan

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| office = Governor of Maharashtra

| term_start = 26 February 1971

| term_end = 11 December 1976

| predecessor = Om Prakash Mehra

| successor = Kona Prabhakara Rao

| office5 = Indian Ambassador to Argentina{{cite web |url=https://www.indembarg.gov.in/page/former-ambassadors/ |title=Former Ambassadors

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| term_start5 = 1952

| term_end5 = 1954

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| office3 = Indian Ambassador to France{{cite web |url=https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/history/ |title=History |access-date=2019-09-30 |website=Embassy of India, Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930093300/https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/history/ |archive-date=2019-09-30 |url-status=live}}

| term_start3 = 1961

| term_end3 = 1965

| predecessor3 = N. R. Pillai

| successor3 = Rajeshwar Dayal

| office4 = Indian Ambassador to Egypt{{cite web |url=http://www.eoicairo.gov.in/eoi.php?id=Previous |title=List of former Ambassadors |access-date=2019-09-30 |website=Embassy of India, Cairo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819182246/http://www.eoicairo.gov.in/eoi.php?id=Previous |archive-date=2018-08-19 |url-status=live}}

| term_start4 = 1954

| term_end4 = 1958

| predecessor4 = K.M. Panikkar

| successor4 = Ratan Kumar Nehru

| office2 = Indian Ambassador to the United States

| term_start2 = 1968

| term_end2 = 1970

| predecessor2 = Braj Kumar Nehru

| successor2 = Lakshmi Kant Jha

| honorific_prefix = Nawab

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Nawab Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur (February 1906 – 11 December 1976) was an Indian diplomat. He served as Indian Ambassador in Argentina, Egypt, Yugoslavia and Greece, France, and the United States.

He was governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra from 1971 to 1976. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest civilian honors, in 1959 and 1977, respectively.

Early life

He was born in Hyderabad to a distinguished Hyderabadi family of scholars, administrators and educators, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford,{{cite speech | title = Obituary References | author = Shri W.A. Sangma | date =14 December 1976 | location = Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | url = http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm | access-date =17 July 2008 }} earning a degree in History.

Career

Nawab Ali Yavar Jung served as the Vice-chancellor of Osmania University from 1945 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1952. In year 1965 to 1968 he was Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.{{cite web |url=http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm |access-date=2023-02-16 |title=Proceedings of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly assembled after the First General Election |website=Meghalaya Legislative Assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810112555/http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1976/14-12-1976.htm |archive-date=10 August 2018 |url-status=dead }} He opposed reservation on religious grounds at AMU.{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aligarh-muslim-university-50percent-quota-for-muslims-creates-a-storm/1/193559.html|title = Aligarh Muslim University: 50% quota for Muslims creates a storm, UPA govt in tight spot| date=30 May 2005 }} In 1946-47 he was Minister Constitutional Affairs, Home and Educational, Public Health and Local Government in the Nizam's Governorate. He resigned from that post in 1947.

He was India's ambassador to Argentina (1952–54), Egypt (1954–58), Yugoslavia and Greece (1958–61), France (1961–65), and the United States (1968–70). His personal rapport with Juan Perón, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Josip Broz Tito, Charles de Gaulle, and Lyndon B. Johnson substantially contributed to their understanding and appreciation of India's independent foreign policy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

He was appointed governor of Maharashtra in 1971, and died during his term as governor at Mumbai's Raj Bhavan in December 1976.{{cite web|url=http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm |title=Previous Governors List |access-date=17 July 2008 |publisher=Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm |archive-date= 6 February 2009 }}

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest civilian honors, in 1959 and 1977, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.india.gov.in/myindia/images/pv_awards.pdf |title=List of Padma Vibhushan Awardees |access-date=17 July 2008}} The Western Express Highway in Mumbai{{cite news |last1=Chacko |first1=Benita |title=Western Express Highway: Few know this arterial road honours a former diplomat |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/western-express-highway-few-know-this-arterial-road-honours-a-former-diplomat-4848546/ |access-date=21 March 2019 |work=The Indian Express|date=18 September 2017}} and The National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Social Problems and Social Welfare |last=Qureshi |first=M. U. |year=2006 |publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. |isbn=81-261-2584-5 |page=203 }} located there are named after him.

Personal life

He married a French lady Alys Iffrig, but the couple got divorced. His daughter with Iffrig was Bilkees I. Latif. Bilkees' husband, his son-in-law, was the Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, the 10th Chief of the Air Staff.{{cite web|url=http://emag.youandi.com/Editions/YouandI/issue55/downloads/16_02_2009_045.pdf|title=A Life of service honoured with the Padma Shri award|date=16 February 2009|publisher=You and I — eMag|access-date=27 February 2016}} Later, he married Zehra Ali Yavar Jung, a social worker.