Father's Name: Late Shah Mushtaque Ahmed
Mother's Name: Shrimati Bilquis Jahan
Date of Birth: 16 January 1951
Place of Birth: Patna (Bihar)
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 13 January 2001
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Hena Kausar
No.of Sons: 1
No.of Daughters: 4
Educational Qualifications: B.Sc. Educated at College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
Permanent Address: 34, 9th Floor, Asha Co-operative Housing Society, Malawni, Malad(W), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400067
Present Address: AB-11, Tilak Marg, G-21, Nijamuddin (W), New Delhi 110013
Position Held:
1980-84 : Member, Seventh Lok Sabha
1985-89 : Member, Eighth Lok Sabha
Aug. 1987-April 1988 : Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire into Bofors Contract
1996-98 : Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha
1998-99 : Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha
July 2004 : Elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug. 2004 onwards : Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Oct. 2004 onwards : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs
Nov. 2004 onwards : Member, Committee on Rules
March 2007 onwards : Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
April 2008 : Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
June 2008 onwards : Member, General Purposes Committee
-> Founder President, (i) All India Qaumi Tanzeem, a registered social organization working for the welfare of weaker sections and minorities since 1986 and (ii) Jan Astha, a registered social organization since 1991; Founder Chairman, (i) Yasmin Foundation, a registered Charitable Trust since 1997 and (ii) Disha Charitable Trust, since 2005
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Hony. Member, National Sports Club of India, Delhi; Member, (i) India International Centre, New Delhi and (ii) India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi; deeply interested in sports especially in badminton, table tennis, cricket, football, tennis, volleyball and kabaddi
Sports and Clubs
Hony. Member, National Sports Club of India, Delhi; Member, (i) India International Centre, New Delhi and (ii) India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi; deeply interested in sports especially in badminton, table tennis, cricket, football, tennis, volleyball and kabaddi
Countries Visited
U.S.A., U. K., Canada, Germany, France, Holland, Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cuba and Belgium
Other Information
His family has been associated with the freedom struggle; started career as a journalist; Founder Editor, Chhatra, a weekly tabloid in Hindi published from Patna, 1972-74; Editor, (i) Yuvak Dhara, first a weekly tabloid and later a fortnightly magazine published from Patna from 1974 and later published from Delhi since 1982 and (ii) Tanzeem Times, a monthly magazine in English published from New Delhi since 1986; Chief Editor, Sadakat Vani, a monthly magazine in Hindi published from Patna since 1988; Editor-in-Chief, Rashtrawadi Sankalp, a fortnightly newspaper in Hindi published from New Delhi since 2001; President, (i) Bihar State Youth Congress (I), 1976-81, (ii) All India Youth Congress (I), 19 September 1982 - 24 April 1985 and (iii) Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 5 March 1988 - 7 March 1989; Founder General Secretary, Nationalist Congress Party since 23 May 1999; General Secretary, (i) All India Youth Congress (I), 1981-82 and (ii) All India Congress Committee (I), 4 September 1997 and again from June 1998 - 3 February 1999; Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I), 1982; Chairman, (i) Bihar State Small Scale Industries Corporation, 1982-85, (ii) All India Congress Seva Dal (I), 24 September 1985 - 11 May 1988, (iii) A.I.C.C. (I) Minority Cell, 27 September 1993 -December 1996 and (iv) Dargah Committee Ajmer, 1993-96; Working Chairman, (i) Bihar State 20-Point Implementation Committee, 1 June 1988 - 19 June 1989 and (ii) Bihar State 15-Point Implementation Committee for Welfare of Minorities, 20 June 1989 - November 1990; Political Secretary to President, Indian National Congress, December 1996 - 4 September 1997; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation headed by Hon'ble Speaker in the Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Ottawa (Canada), 1985, (ii) Indian Parliamentary delegation in Inter-Parliamentarians Conference, Bulgaria, 1987, and (iii) Indian Goodwill Haj delegation to Saudi Arabia, 1988
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