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His dissertation was on the economic history of India. India Today. At one stage he listed the more serious ailments: “Filaria, heart trouble, gall bladder, serious eye trouble, persistent spitting out of blood, pyorrhea.” He wrote for instance in May 1943:
Obviously Mahmud is a case for a hospital.
He has also served in United Kingdom (1995-1998), Bhutan (1992-1995) and Kuwait (1983-1986). He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1982.
He had earlier served as Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan (2003-2007) and High Commissioner to Singapore from 2009 to 2013. On a representation by a senior politician Shri Prakash that Narendra Deva – one of the “few scholars of his eminence in ancient Pali” – be released on account of his poor health, the Home Member of the viceroy’s Executive Council minuted: “If he puts politics above Pali the choice is his and he cannot have it both ways.”
In Ahmednagar Fort, Syed Mahmud shared a room for about fifteen months with Nehru, who often nursed him for long periods and frequently noted in his diary how very ill Mahmud was.
After retirement he has authored two books- the first a biography of two Mughal nobles and the other a study of India Pakistan relations. . In July 2018 he was appointed Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs.[4][5]
Early life and background
Raghavan spent his childhood in Delhi, Bhopal and Jammu.
You wrote to either Sarvar or Hamida and apparently had no answer. So, if anyone is sent to hospital or elsewhere this very transparent veil of mystery is torn up.
In Ahmednagar, Asaf had noted about Mahmud that he was ‘the only person here to whom the ritual side of religion has as much meaning as its spiritual realm’.
Almost all the prisoners were not in good health and the prolonged incarceration meant further deterioration. His other books include, ‘The People Next Door- The Curious History of India’s relations with Pakistan’ (Harper Collins, 2017); ‘History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G.S. Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and their quest for India's Past’ (2019).
He completed his PhD from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1992.
May 12, 2019.