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Fida Hassnain
(1924--) Is a prominent Kashmiri writer and advanced Sufi Mystic. Fida Hassnain was born in Srinagar, Kashmir in 1924. He studied law and received his Ll.D. in 1946.
He started his career as Professor of History & Civics in the year 1947. In 1953 he joined Jammu & Kashmir State Government service. Before retiring in 1980, he held several important posts, such as that of Director of General Records & Archives; Director of Archives, Archaeology, Research & Museums; and State Editor of Gazetteers of India. He became a Lecturer at S.P. College in Srinagar. Later, he rose to the position of Professor of History and Research. He became the Director of the State Archives, Archaeology Research and Museums in 1954 and continued as such until his retirement in 1983. His study tours resulted in the salvaging of several hundred manuscripts in Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian, which were housed in the Archives and Oriental Research Libraries. As an expert archaeologist, he has conducted several excavations.
In 1969 he was invited to Japan to speak on Buddhism. Since then he has visited Japan six times for lecture tours. His scholastic achievements have won for him the title of Doctor of Indology.
Professor Hassnain visited Ladakh (Western Tibet) for the first time in 1960 and since then, has returned in official and unoffical capacities a number of times. His anthropological interest induced him to study the past of the Brukpa tribes, in whom he found traces of the Greek remnants of Alexander the Great.
He is the recipient of several degrees and awards from various universities and institutions of India, Japan, Switzerland , Germany and Mexico, He started his service career as Professor in 1953 and retired as Director of Archives, Archaeology, Research and Museums in 1980. He came into contact with the Buddhist Shamans of Ladakh ( Western Tibet ) in 1960 and continued a lifetime association with them. Considered a world authority on the subject matter of Jesus in India and Kashmir, he has written several books on the same, which have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Japanese.
He has lectured extensively and has been a visiting professor to several universities. He was granted the title of: Rastra Sanskriti Samrat, or the Emperor of National Culture, in 1987. On January 25,2009 The Jammu Kashmir Government recognized Hassnain for his outstanding and remarkable lifetime contributions. He lives with his family at Dastgir House, Chanapora Colony, Srinagar, Kashmir.
== Publications ==
Roza Bal, The Tomb of Jesus, with co-author Suzanne Olsson (2008)
Beyond The Da Vinci Code, with co-author Suzanne Olsson (2008)
The Muslim Kashmir (1320-1589) (2007 ISBN 9788183390804)
A Search for the Historical Jesus (ISBN:0-946551-99-5 ~ Pub Year: 2003 ~ Publisher: East West Books)
The Fifth Gospel with co-author Dahan Levi (2006 Blue Dolphin ISBN: 978-1-57733-181-0 344)
Freedom Struggle in Kashmir (1988)
The Abode of Shiva (1987)
Kashmir Misgovernment (1980)
Heritage of Kashmir (1980)
Gilgit (1978)
History of Ladakh (1977)
Hindu Kashmir (1977)
Ladakh Moonland (1975)
British Policy (1974)
Buddhist Kashmir (1973)