Embodiment of Humility Dr. Zakir Husain, the third President of India, was born in Hyderabad on February 8, 1897. He came of a Pathan family who, settled at Qaunaganj in Farrukhabad of Uttar Pradesh. His father, Fida Husain Khan, went to Hyderabad, studied law and had a successful career. He died when Dr. Zakir Husain was only ten years old.