The Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in South India. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a great Nationalist, Freedom Fighter in India's struggle for Independence, and an erudite scholar of Islam and Urdu literature. The University was established by an Act of the Parliament in January 1998, with an All India Jurisdiction. The mandate of the University is to promote Urdu language, provide higher and vocational education through Urdu medium and focus on women's education. National Central University (國立中央大學) is a Taiwan. ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh; with 43 lakh or 4. ... Abul Kalam Azad (1888 - 1958) Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin, better known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a great scholar, poet, freedom fighter and leader of the Indian National Congress in Indias struggle for Independence. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...