Mumbai, May 4 -- Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, an eminent Islamic scholar, visionary educationist and founder-rector of Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom, Akkalkuwa, passed away on Sunday at age of 75.
His demise marks the end of a significant chapter in contemporary Islamic education and is being widely mourned across the country.
Maulana Vastanvi had been ailing for nearly a year. In recent weeks, his health deteriorated, and he was admitted to a private hospital in Aurangabad, where his son is a practising doctor.
After a period of hospitalisation, he was shifted back to his residence in Akkalkuwa, Nandurbar district, where he breathed his last earlier this afternoon.
His is survied by two sons and five daughters.
Funeral prayers ...