Abdul Ghafoor Majeed Noorani, known popularly as A. G. Noorani (born 16 September 1930), is an Indian scholar, lawyer and political commentator. He has practised as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India and in the Bombay High Court.[1]
Abdul Ghafoor Majeed Noorani
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| Born | (1930-09-16) 16 September 1930 (age 93) Bombay (now Mumbai), British India |
| Alma mater | Government Law College, Mumbai |
| Profession | lawyer, political commentator[1] |
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Noorani was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1930. He attended a Jesuit school, St. Mary's, and got his law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai.[2]
His columns have appeared in various publications, including Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Dawn, The Statesman, Frontline, Economic and Political Weekly[3] and Dainik Bhaskar. He is the author of a number of books including: The Kashmir Question, Badruddin Tyabji Ministers' Misconduct, Brezhnev's Plan for Asian Security, The Presidential System, The Trial of Bhagat Singh, Constitutional Questions in India and The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour (LeftWord Books, 2000). He has also authored the biographies of Badruddin Tyabji and Dr. Zakir Husain.
He has defended Sheikh Abdullah of Kashmir during his long period of detention. He appeared in the Bombay High Court for former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi against the latter's main political rival J. Jayalalitha.[2]
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In a scholarly review of The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012, Tooba Khurshid from the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad[8] it was noted that Khurshid points out that the book is a collection of documents, both archival and contemporary, as well as speeches and interviews and notes that Noorani has supported his arguments with reference to a large array of documents to provide the historical context of the political dispute. Khurshid highly recommends the book for researchers and also praises it for its reference to a large number of archived documents. Khurshid classifies the book as "solid, scholarly research" and recommends it also to policy makers because of its considerable use of classified documents.[9]