A. G. Noorani

Early life and education Noorani was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 16 September 1930. He attended a Jesuit school, St. Mary's, and got his law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai.

Career Noorani's columns have appeared in various publications, including Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Dawn, The Statesman, Frontline, Economic and Political Weekly 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.

Noorani 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. Jayalalithaa.

Publications The Destruction of Hyderabad (2014), The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012, 2 Volume set (editor, 2013), , Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (2012) Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir (2011) Jinnah and Tilak: Comrades in the Freedom Struggle (2010) India–China Boundary Problem 1846–1947: History and Diplomacy (2010), The RSS and the BJP:A Division of Labour(2008), Indian Political Trials 1775–1947 (2006), Constitutional Questions and Citizens' Rights (2006) The Trial of Bhagat Singh: Politics of Justice (2005), The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record (editor, 2003) Islam and Jihad: Prejudice versus Reality (2002) The Babri Masjid Question 1528–2003: 'A Matter of National Honour''', in two volumes (2003). Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States (2002), Savarkar and Hindutva (2002), Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India'', (2012)