Mohammad Yunus was a close associate of Indira Gandhi. A life-long diplomat, he served as Indian ambassador to many countries including Turkey, Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq and Spain.

Born in 1916 in Abbottabad (former North-West Frontier Province.) to Pashtun parents, he studied at Muslim University School, Aligarh and Islamia College, Peshawar. He worked with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan from 1936 to August, 1947 . He was imprisoned during the Quit India Movement and again in Kashmir in 1946. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1947, during which time he served as adviser to the Joint Secretariat set up to organise the Bandung Conference in April 1955. He represented India at the Non-Aligned Summits at Lusaka, Algiers, Colombo, New Delhi and Harare. He retired as Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce in 1974 and was appointed as Special Envoy of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in 1975. Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد ) is the principal city of the Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ... The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is the smallest in size of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns and various other groups. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ... Victoria gate, a part of Aligarh University campus Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़) is a city in Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Peshāwar (Pashto: پښور; Urdu:پشاور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pai-khawar in Pashto. ... Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashto/Arabic: خان عبد الغفار خان) (b. ... The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhis call for immediate independence of India. ... The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was established in September 1783 under the British Raj to conduct business with foreign European powers. ... The Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, organized by Egypt, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon(Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan. ... Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. ... Nickname: al-Bahjah Location of Algiers within Algeria Algiers 944 A.D. Area    - City 273 km² Population    - City (2003) around 2. ... Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: District Colombo Division, Colombo District Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Independent Group) Area    - City 248 mi²/ 642 km²  - Land / km²  - Water / km² Population    - City (2001) 377,396 (Colombo metropolitan area 2001 census)  - Density 3,305/km²  - Metro 2,234,289 (Colombo District) Time... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... Map of Zimbabwe with the province highlighted Harare (pronounced , formerly Salisbury) is the capital city of Zimbabwe. ... Indira PriyadarÅ›inÄ« GāndhÄ« (DevanāgarÄ«: इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी, IPA: ) (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and again from January 14, 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984. ...

He authored a few books .The first book was `Frontier Speakers' (with a Foreword by Jawaharlal Nehru and a Preface by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan). It was banned by the government in 1942. The other books are "Kaidi ke Khat", in Urdu, translated into English and Hindi, and his memoirs, "Persons, Passions and Politics" published in November, 1979. Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Scholar, Teacher) Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and, as the head of the Indian National Congress, became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its... Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pashto/Arabic: خان عبد الغفار خان) (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...