During his college days he had Amarnath Jha and Firaq Gorakhpuri as teachers, both who would end up as some of India's greatest intellectuals and recipients of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the country. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University.
The passage describes a person who was taught by two influential figures, Amarnath Jha and Firaq Gorakhpuri, both of whom would later achieve significant recognition as intellectuals and receive the Padma Bhushan. The individual in question graduated from Aligarh Muslim University.