Abdul Ghafoor Majeed Noorani (16 September 1930 – 29 August 2024), better known asA. G. Noorani, was an Indian scholar, lawyer and political commentator. He practised as an advocate in theSupreme Court of India and in theBombay High Court.^[1]

Noorani was born inBombay (nowMumbai) on 16 September 1930. He attended a Jesuit school, St. Mary's, and got his law degree fromGovernment Law College, Mumbai.^[2]

Noorani's columns have appeared in various publications, includingHindustan Times,The Hindu,Dawn,The Statesman,Frontline,Economic and Political Weekly^[3] andDainik Bhaskar. He is the author of a number of books including:The Kashmir Question,Badruddin Tyabji Ministers' Misconduct,Brezhnev's Plan for Asian Security,The Presidential System,The Trial ofBhagat Singh,Constitutional Questions in India andTheRSS and theBJP: A Division of Labour (LeftWord Books, 2000). He has also authored the biographies ofBadruddin Tyabji and Dr.Zakir Husain.

Noorani defendedSheikh Abdullah of Kashmir during his long period of detention. He appeared in theBombay High Court for former Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterKarunanidhi against the latter's main political rivalJ. Jayalalithaa.^[2]

Noorani died in Mumbai on 29 August 2024, at the age of 93. His death was widely mourned and in Kashmir, his loss was felt personal.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and several other prominent figures from Kashmir mourned his death.^[4]

• The Destruction of Hyderabad (2014),^[5]ISBN 9781849044394
• The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012, 2 Volume set (editor, 2013),^[6]ISBN 9789382381198,ISBN 9789382381204
• Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (2012)ISBN 9789382381006
• Article 370: A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir (2011)ISBN 978-0198074083
• Jinnah and Tilak: Comrades in the Freedom Struggle (2010)ISBN 9780195478297
• India–China Boundary Problem 1846–1947: History and Diplomacy (2010),ISBN 9780198070689
• The RSS and the BJP:A Division of Labour(2008),ISBN 9788187496137
• Indian Political Trials 1775–1947 (2006),ISBN 9780195687767
• Constitutional Questions and Citizens' Rights (2006)ISBN 9780195678291
• The Trial of Bhagat Singh: Politics of Justice (2005),ISBN 9780195678178
• The Muslims of India: A Documentary Record (editor, 2003)ISBN 978-0195661583
• Islam and Jihad: Prejudice versus Reality (2002)^[7]ISBN 9781842772713
• The Babri Masjid Question 1528–2003: 'A Matter of National Honour', in two volumes (2003).ISBN 9789382381464ISBN 9789382381457
• Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States (2002),ISBN 9780195658774
• Savarkar and Hindutva (2002),^[8]ISBN 9788187496830
• Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India, (2012)ISBN 9780199088577

In a scholarly review ofThe Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012, Tooba Khurshid from theInstitute of Strategic Studies Islamabad^[9] it was noted that Khurshid points out that the book is a collection of documents, both archival and contemporary, as well as speeches and interviews and notes that Noorani has supported his arguments with reference to a large array of documents to provide the historical context of the political dispute. Khurshid highly recommends the book for researchers and also praises it for its reference to a large number of archived documents. Khurshid classifies the book as "solid, scholarly research" and recommends it also to policy makers because of its considerable use of classified documents.^[10]

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• Scholars from Mumbai
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