Yousuf Hussain Abadi (Urdu: یوسف حسین آبادی) is known as a historian, Balti writer,[1] translator of the Quran, linguist, scholar and a social worker and the pioneer in field of research in Skardu, Baltistan region of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Yousuf Hussain Abadi translated Quran in Balti language in first time.[2] He is also running a Museum [3] of Balti traditional items and a chain of school network in his area as well.

Yousuf Hussain Abadi collected many oral war stories of 1947-1948 war which was fought in Baltistan by its natives against Dogra'a regime. He established the first private sector English medium school in Baltistan in 1992-93, Jinnah Public School, named after the great founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, which is currently one of the best institutions of education in Baltistan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sheikh, Abdul Gani; Shaik̲h̲, ʻabdulg̲h̲anī (2001). Forsaking Paradise: Stories from Ladakh. ISBN 9788187649168.
  2. ↑ "Crowning glory".
  3. ↑ "Yousuf Hussainabadi's Balti Museum established in Skardu".
  4. ↑ History of Baltistan. 1987.
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