Historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa Universities B. Sheik Ali, 97, passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru on Thursday after brief illness.
Prof. Ali’s body was kept on the premises of Muslim Hostel in Saraswathipuram in the city, which he had served as president for long years, for people to pay their last respects. Several dignitaries, including Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore Hemantha Kumar, former Union Minister Rahman Khan, former Minister Tanveer Sait, and a large number of retired and serving teachers of the university turned up to pay their respects.
After the funeral prayers at the mosque in the hostel complex in the evening, he was laid to rest in the Muslim burial ground. Prof. Ali leaves behind a son and a daughter. His wife, a son and a daughter had predeceased him.
