| Ansar Harvani | |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Rudauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Death Date: | 28 October 1996 (aged 80) |
| Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Constituency2: | Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start1: | 1962 |
| Term End1: | 1967 |
| Constituency1: | Bisauli (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh[1] |
| Predecessor1: | Chaudhri Badan Singh |
| Successor2: | Gauri Shankar |
| Term Start2: | 1957 |
| Term End2: | 1962 |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse: | Sahaibzadi Gauhar Ara |
| Children: | 1 son and 3 daughters |
| Relatives: | Hamida Salim (sister) Majaz (brother) Javed Akhtar (nephew) Salman Akhtar (nephew) Farhan Akhtar (grand son) |
| Source: | https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/1193?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/1193.htm |
Ansar Harvani was an Indian politician. Harwani opposed the partition of India.[2] He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress.[3] [4] [5]
Ansar was born in 1916 in Rudauli, in Uttar Pradesh. His brother, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was also a prominent Urdu poet, and sister Hamida Salim, was a notable poet and writer. His other sister, Safia Akhtar was also a writer and critic, and his nephew is lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.[6] [7] [8]