| Anwara Taimur | |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Assam, British India |
| Death Place: | Australia |
| Predecessor: | President's rule |
| Successor: | President's rule |
| Office: | 8th Chief Minister of Assam |
| Term Start: | 6 December 1980 |
| Term End: | 30 June 1981 |
| Party: | All India United Democratic Front (2011–present) |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (before 2011) |
| Spouse: | Md. Muhibuddin Tainur |
| Alma Mater: | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Term8: | 1972 - 1978 |
| 1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata5: | Sarat Chandra Singha |
| Office6: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
| Term6: | 1991 - 1996 |
| Constituency6: | Dalgaon |
| Term7: | 1978 - 1985 |
| Term5: | 1975 - 1978 |
| Predecessor6: | Abdul Jabbar |
| Constituency8: | Mangaldoi |
| Predecessor8: | Md. Matlibuddin |
| Successor8: | Anil Das |
| Predecessor7: | Hashimuduin Ahmed |
| Successor7: | Abdul Jabbar |
| Successor6: | Abdul Jabbar |
| Office5: | Minister for Education, Government of Assam |
| Nominator2: | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| Term4: | 1983 - 1985 |
| Constituency2: | Nominated |
| Father: | Syed Yusef Ali |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term1: | 2004 - 2010 |
| Term2: | 25 November 1988 – 8 May 1990 |
| Appointer2: | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 1Namedata4: | Hiteswar Saikia |
| Office3: | Minister for Agriculture, Government of Assam |
| Term3: | 1991 - 1996 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Hiteswar Saikia |
| Office4: | Minister for Public Works, Government of Assam |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| Constituency7: | Dalgaon |
Syeda Anwara Taimur (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.[1] She died in Australia on 28 September 2020.[2] She was a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Assam and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
She graduated from Aligarh Muslim University with economics honors.
Anwara was lecturer in Economics in Devicharan Barua Girls' College, Jorhat in 1956.
In the history of Assam, she was the only female and Muslim Chief Minister of the state.[3] She was Chief Minister of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981. In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state.[4] Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under President's rule for six months.
From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state.
She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly (MLA) in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991. In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha).[5] In 1991 she was appointed to the post of minister for agriculture in Assam.[6] [7]
Anwara joined All India United Democratic Front in 2011. Anwara is among the notable names not included in the final draft of 2018 National Register of Citizens (NRC), for which, she later clarified that her family members may not have applied to get her name included in the list.
Taimur died on 28 September 2020 due to cardiac arrest in Australia, where she stayed with her son for her last four years.[2] [8] [9]
| Year | Description | |
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| 1972–1978 | Elected to 5th Assam Assembly
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| 1978–1983 | Elected to 6th Assam Assembly
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| 1983–1985 | Elected to 7th Assam Assembly
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| 1988–1990 | Nominated to Rajya Sabha | |
| 1991–1996 | Elected to 9th Assam Assembly
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| 2004–2010 | Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volumes by P. K. Mohanty Page 124.
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