New Delhi: Professor Mushirul Hasan, a renowned historian and former vice-chancellor Jamia Millia of Islamia, passed away at the age of 71 early on Monday morning. Hasan was also formerly the director general of the National Archives of India.He also served as vice-chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, president of the Indo-Iran Society of the Iran embassy and president of the Indian History Congress.Hasan won a number of awards for his work, including the Padma Shri in 2007 and the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. He wrote extensively on Partition and the history of Islam in South Asia. The books he authored include India Partition: The Other Face of Freedom, When Stone Walls Cry, Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia (co-authored with Rakshanda Jalil) and From Pluralism to Separatism: Qasbas in Colonial India.Mourners at the funeral of historian and former Jamia Milia Islamia vice-chancellor Mushirul Hasan, Jamia Milia, New Delhi, on December 10, 2018. Credit: The WireIn 2014, Hasan suffered a serious head injury in a car accident. He had also been on dialysis for a number of years.Several academics, politicians and others who knew Hasan wrote condolence messages for the historians.A Historian, A Teacher, A Vice-Chancellor, An Archivist: Mushir ul Hasan blended all fine qualities of our syncretic culture and scholarship. His work and his books continue to shape our consciousness. Condolences to Prof Zoya Hasan & others in his family. https://t.co/wtBeAoKKut— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) December 10, 2018Passing away of Mushirul Hasan is a great loss not just to academia, but to all those who believe in standing up for what is right.— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) December 10, 2018#RIP Prof. Mushirul Hasan. Under his leadership (2004-09) Jamia Millia Islamia became one of the premiere institutions in world. He immensly contributed to Academy of Third World Studies & turned it into Academy of International studies, now globally acclaimed centre. A visionary pic.twitter.com/aRYjDInTea— Syed Mohd Murtaza (@syedmohdmurtaza) December 10, 2018Prof. Mushirul Hasan, former VC, JMI, & former Director General, National Archives of India, passed away early morning today 10.12.2018. His namaz-e-Janaza shall be performed at 1.00 pm at Babul Ilm & 2.00 pm at Jamia Mosque and burial shall take place in Jamia graveyard.— Jayati Ghosh (@Jayati1609) December 10, 2018Extremely sad news. One of the most prolific historians of modern Indian history. Saw him decline gradually over the past few years after the terrible accident. RIP Mushir bhai. https://t.co/C5Pex7R1Qc— S lrfan Habib (@irfhabib) December 10, 2018