Mohammad Ahsan
Syed Mohammad Ahsan was born in Hyderabad Deccan, Indian Empire, to an Urdu-speaking Hyderabadi Syed family in December 1920. After being schooled in Hyderabad, he attended the Nizam College of the Osmania University and gained B.A. degree and decided to join the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) in 1938 as a Sub-Lieutenant when his first cousin M.J. Syed joined the Royal Indian Merchant Navy.