Dr. Abdus Salam, The Dream of Symmetry

[A1Kaid]

Dr. Abdus Salam, Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1979, Champion of Pakistan.

 

[kingkobra]

thanks for video..
did google search and found this on wiki.

In 1974, the Pakistani Parliament made a constitutional amendment that declared Ahmadi Muslims as 'non-Muslims'. In protest, Salam left Pakistan for London. Even after his departure, Salam did not completely terminate his connection to Pakistan, and kept his close association with the Theoretical Physics Group as well as academic scientists from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).[85] Leaving Pakistan in protest was one of Salam's greatest regrets.[91] At ICTP, Salam had launched series of post-research programmes for Pakistani academics with whom he had developed extremely close relations. In 1983, Riazuddin and Asghar Qadir returned to ICTP where they had joined Abdus Salam, and stayed with him until 1990.[92]
[edit] Death
The defaced grave of Abdus Salam in Rabwah

Salam died peacefully on 21st November of 1996 at the age of 70 in Oxford, England, after a long illness.[93] His body was finally brought back to Pakistan and kept in Darul Ziafat, where some 13,000 men and women visited to pay their last respects. Approximately 30,000 people attended his funeral prayers.

Salam was buried in Bahishti Maqbara, a cemetery established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Rabwah, Pakistan next to his parents' graves. The epitaph on his tomb initially read "First Muslim Nobel Laureate" but, because of Salam's adherence to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, the word "Muslim" was later erased on the orders of a local magistrate, leaving the nonsensical "First Nobel Laureate".[94] Under Ordinance XX, Ahmadis are considered non-Muslims.


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sad to see even after death some people never get respect they deserve

 

[LEGENDARY WARRIOR]

Dr. Salam is not considered a Muslim but still he was a Pakistani like everyone in Pakistan whether it is christian, hindu etc. . His name is still in our text books and he is remembered in good words. .

 

[krash]

thanks for video..
did google search and found this on wiki.

In 1974, the Pakistani Parliament made a constitutional amendment that declared Ahmadi Muslims as 'non-Muslims'. In protest, Salam left Pakistan for London. Even after his departure, Salam did not completely terminate his connection to Pakistan, and kept his close association with the Theoretical Physics Group as well as academic scientists from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).[85] Leaving Pakistan in protest was one of Salam's greatest regrets.[91] At ICTP, Salam had launched series of post-research programmes for Pakistani academics with whom he had developed extremely close relations. In 1983, Riazuddin and Asghar Qadir returned to ICTP where they had joined Abdus Salam, and stayed with him until 1990.[92]
[edit] Death
The defaced grave of Abdus Salam in Rabwah

Salam died peacefully on 21st November of 1996 at the age of 70 in Oxford, England, after a long illness.[93] His body was finally brought back to Pakistan and kept in Darul Ziafat, where some 13,000 men and women visited to pay their last respects. Approximately 30,000 people attended his funeral prayers.

Salam was buried in Bahishti Maqbara, a cemetery established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Rabwah, Pakistan next to his parents' graves. The epitaph on his tomb initially read "First Muslim Nobel Laureate" but, because of Salam's adherence to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, the word "Muslim" was later erased on the orders of a local magistrate, leaving the nonsensical "First Nobel Laureate".[94] Under Ordinance XX, Ahmadis are considered non-Muslims.


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sad to see even after death some people never get respect they deserve

It is the 'idiot' that we very so often find everywhere. The idiot who is ruled by his narrow thought and understanding. It is not the average Pakistani. I as a Pakistani hold Dr. Abdus Salam in the most highest of regards. He is a hero to me as he is a hero for many a Pakistani and the nation as a whole as well. He was a great man and universities in Pakistan have been honoring his work by naming different departments after him. But still there is always that one idiot in the crowd who brings the whole crowd to shame. But nonetheless even that idiot cannot question Salam's achievements.

 

[Shattered]

Thanks for the video. Dr.abdus salam was an awesome man. I wish i could have met him.

 

[Kompromat]

Muslim or no Muslim doesn't make a difference , he was one of the greatest Pakistanis & we must be proud of it.

 

[LEGENDARY WARRIOR]

thanks for video..
did google search and found this on wiki.

In 1974, the Pakistani Parliament made a constitutional amendment that declared Ahmadi Muslims as 'non-Muslims'. In protest, Salam left Pakistan for London. Even after his departure, Salam did not completely terminate his connection to Pakistan, and kept his close association with the Theoretical Physics Group as well as academic scientists from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).[85] Leaving Pakistan in protest was one of Salam's greatest regrets.[91] At ICTP, Salam had launched series of post-research programmes for Pakistani academics with whom he had developed extremely close relations. In 1983, Riazuddin and Asghar Qadir returned to ICTP where they had joined Abdus Salam, and stayed with him until 1990.[92]
[edit] Death
The defaced grave of Abdus Salam in Rabwah

Salam died peacefully on 21st November of 1996 at the age of 70 in Oxford, England, after a long illness.[93] His body was finally brought back to Pakistan and kept in Darul Ziafat, where some 13,000 men and women visited to pay their last respects. Approximately 30,000 people attended his funeral prayers.

Salam was buried in Bahishti Maqbara, a cemetery established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Rabwah, Pakistan next to his parents' graves. The epitaph on his tomb initially read "First Muslim Nobel Laureate" but, because of Salam's adherence to the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, the word "Muslim" was later erased on the orders of a local magistrate, leaving the nonsensical "First Nobel Laureate".[94] Under Ordinance XX, Ahmadis are considered non-Muslims.


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sad to see even after death some people never get respect they deserve

don't try to create a mess over here. The thread is not about the way Dr. Salam was treated. It is about his greatness.

- - And as far as his personality is concerned even the hero of Pakistan Dr. A.Q Khan has said that there is no other man in Pakistan like Dr. Abdus Salam. . .

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

A great person must be treated well or else his greatness is not recognised.

 

[sur]

He is my city fellow... Yeeehhhh!!!
Born & raised in same city as I did,,,, "JHANG"
His house in Jhang was close to the college I did my F.Sc from -&- in my college there's a block named after him "Abdusalaam-Block" where they have Physics & Chemistry departments.

 

[Dance]

One of Pakistan's heros!

 

[farhan_9909]

We are in need of such persons now

 

[T-Faz]

There are a number of great events associated with Dr Salam that most people do not know of.

Dr Salam argued with intellectual heavy weights on controversial matters like religion.

He resigned rather than face the charge and went back to teach at Cambridge. Three years later he became the youngest ever professor at London’s Imperial College and fellow of the Royal Society. There he freely debated with atheist Bertrand Russell the existence of God and with Albert Einstein the Islamic view of the unity of forces.

Pandit Nehru who always had an eye on scientists invited him to India in the late 50's.

In 1959, there was to be yet another accident. India’s high commissioner in London brought to him an invitation from Pundit Nehru to visit India. There Nehru offered him a minister’s rank at a salary he would himself name with no questions asked about money spent or wasted on particle research. Taken unawares, Salam sought time to think it over, came back and reported to President Ayub what had transpired. He declined a similar offer from Ayub, but agreed to act as his scientific adviser while remaining at Imperial College. That was the period when the foundations of Pakistan’s atomic energy commission and nuclear power plants were laid.

Similarly in a famous incident when Pakistan Nuclear Programme was set up, the Dr Salam was the head of the group and he had to settle down an emotional group because they were left very emotional by Bhutto's speech.

I never met Dr Salam in Pakistan though I did see him at the famous Multan meeting at Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi’s house — which was called White House and I am sure still is — where in early 1972, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a stirring speech to scientists announced that Pakistan had to take the nuclear road. He asked them if they could do it and they all responded emotionally, even promising to deliver in three to five years. It was Dr Salam who calmed them down.

When Dr Salam won the Noble Prize, India invited him as if he was one of their own and Indira Gandhi made tea for him by herself and sat on the floor.

Indira Gandhi, invited him to tea at her residence, made tea for him with her own hands and sat down at his feet saying this was her traditional way of honouring great people.

Here is a classic picture of Bhutto, Dr Salam and Dr Munir, the mission was to develop Pakistan's nuclear programme.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

It does indicate that he was more into his scientific work than all the riches and power of the world!!

Great person.

 

[T-Faz]

It does indicate that he was more into his scientific work than all the riches and power of the world!!

Great person.

He was the head of a number of institutes in Pakistan and he rejected a number of other offers from around the world.

However he did vie for the role of Director General at UNESCO in the 80's.

The Pakistani government refused to endorse him while the other countries like Italy and Britain offered him endorsement for any position as long as he become a citizen of that country. Dr Salam refused to give up his Pakistani citizenship even when he was offered an honor by the Queen.

Dr Salam was close to Gen. Ayub Khan, Zulfi Bhutto but things changed in the late 70's.

He wanted the Muslim nations to contribute a percent of their GDP towards science and technology, setting up scientific institutes in the Muslim world for education and research but he was refused by all governments.

 

[A1Kaid]

Let's not forget his work on Pakistan's space agency SUPARCO.