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Musharraf's mother in India NEW DELHI, March 18 (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's mother Friday visited the Indian university she attended more than 60 years ago, as part of a trip that comes amid warming ties between the South Asian rivals. Octogenarian Zarin Musharraf mingled with students and later placed a wreath at a memorial to the founder of Aligarh Muslim University, Syed Ahmed Khan, the Press Trust of India news agency said. She was accompanied by President Musharraf's son Bilal and brother Javed to the university, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) southeast of the Indian capital New Delhi, PTI said. Musharraf and her late husband Mushrafuddin were both students of the prestigious university in the early 1940s. They lived in India before the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan at the time of independence from British rule. Zarin Musharraf, who arrived in India Wednesday, has also visited her ancestral home in Delhi. The family would visit Lucknow city Sunday, Pakistani officials said, and were also keen to visit the Taj Mahal city of Agra. President Musharraf is due to visit India on April 17 to watch a cricket match and also meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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