JEDDAH, 2 May 2003 — The Urdu Academy is organizing preliminary rounds of a general knowledge quiz competition at Al-Salam Holiday Inn Hotel on Makkah Road here at 4.30 p.m. today. Finalists will take part in a final show during a literary evening at the same venue on May 8. The event marks the birth anniversary of India’s first Education Minister Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. The day is observed as “National Education Day.” Journalist and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar, and jurist and former chief of the Minority Commission of India Sardar Ali Khan have been invited to speak. Participants can collect invitation cards from Urdu Academy President G.A. Samdani (Mobile: 057958 520 or Tel No: 672-7733) or Jamal Qadri (054664 130).