Umar Khalid
Background
Umar Khalid researcher at Jawaharlal Nehru University former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University “sedition row” and is an accused under the “UAPA law”. Khalid is also associated with “United Against Hate”, a campaign founded along with Nadeem Khan in July 2017. Umar Khalid was born in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, and has lived there for the last 30 years. His father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, is the National President of the Welfare Party
Occupation
• Researcher at Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU)
• Associated with United Against Hate
Qualification
• BA(Hons) History, Kirori Mal College, Delhi University
• Master's and MPhil in history at Jawarhlal Nehru University (JNU)
• PhD thesis, “Contesting claims and contingencies of the rule on Adivasis of Jharkhand” , JNU
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About: - Umar Khalid researcher at Jawaharlal Nehru University former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University “sedition row” and is an accused under the “UAPA law”. Khalid is also associated with “United Against Hate”, a campaign founded along with Nadeem Khan in July 2017. Umar Khalid was born in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, and has lived there for the last 30 years. His father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, is the National President of the Welfare Party of India and a former member of Students Islamic Movement of India, a banned Islamist organisation, Khalid studied history at the Kirori Mal College of the Delhi University. He later did his master's and MPhil in history at Jawarhlal Nehru University (JNU). His MPhil dissertation was on 'Hos of Singhbhum'. Khalid's PhD thesis was titled “Contesting claims and contingencies of the rule on Adivasis of Jharkhand” and was submitted to the JNU in 2018. Following his PhD, he published a research article titled "Changing Village Authority in an Adivasi Hinterland: State, Community and Contingencies of Rule in Singhbhum, 1830–1897" in the journal Social Scientist in 2018. Khalid like to describes himself as a communist who is not a practising Muslim. Umar is also involved in some Po;itical activities and movements like; JNU Sedition Row, Bhima Koregaon incident, Assassination attempt, facilitating the 2020 Delhi riots, CAA protests, etc.