Syed Ali Akbar

Syed Ali Akbar (born 1890, Jaunpur, North-west Provinces, India) was the son of Captain Syed Mohammed, commander of the Paigah army in Hyderabad State and brother of Olympic tennis player Syed Mohammed Hadi. He was born in Hyderabad on 16 October 1890 and got his primary and secondary education from Madrasa Aliya. After completing his matriculation he moved to Bombay and completed his intermediate from Wilson College. In 1912 when he was in the final year of his B.A., the Nizam's government approved his scholarship by the State government to study in England. From 1912 to 1916, he read history, political science, and economics at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Immediately after completing his M.A Cantab (Tripos) in Economics, he returned to Hyderabad. Provided by Wikipedia