Fouzia Khan Explained

Fauzia Tahseen Khan
Birth Date:19 February 1957
Birth Place:Aurangabad, Bombay State, India
Residence:Parbhani, Maharashtra, India
Office:Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
Term Start:3 April 2020
Constituency:Maharashtra
Predecessor:Majeed Memon
Term Start1:20 April 2018
1Namedata1:Sharad Pawar
1Blankname1:National President Nationalist Congress Party
Office2:Member of Maharashtra State Board Of Waqf
Term Start2:2009
Office3:Minister of state in Government of Maharashtra
Term Start3:2009
Term End3:2014
Office4:Minister of state in Government of Maharashtra
Term Start4:2008
Term End4:2009
Term Start5:21 February 2002
Term End5:20 February 2008
Constituency5:Nominated
Term Start6:2008
Term End6:2014
Constituency6:Nominated
Party:NCP(SP)
Spouse:Tahseen Ahmed Khan
Children:1 Son, 1 Daughter
Occupation:Agriculture/Educationist
Education:M.A., M.Phil., PhD.
Footnotes:Sansad Ratna Awardee (2022)

Fouzia Khan or Fauzia Tahseen Khan, also known as Fauzia Khan, is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra.[1] She is the National president of Nationalist Mahila Congress (NCP's Women's wing),[2] an Ex-Minister of State of Government of Maharashtra in India. She was two time M.L.C. i.e. member of Legislative Council the upper house of Maharashtra Legislature.[3] [4] Convent-educated Khan is the first Muslim woman in the state who has served as minister in the Maharashtra government.[5]

Portfolio held

She was minister of state (junior minister) with portfolios for School Education, Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, General Administration, Information & Public Relations, Minorities Development (including Aukaf), and Protocol.[6]

Political profile

Fauzia Khan belongs Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar. She has been two times served as member of legislative council of Maharashtra. Her paternal home is Aurangabad, Maharashtra. She moved to Parbhani after marriage where she started her political career by contesting the election for the post of President of Parbhani Municipal Council.

Contributions

Fauzia Khan heads the Federation of All Maharashtra Minority Education Organisation (FAME) and runs several educational institutions in Parbhani.[7]
In the year 2008 she donated 5 acres of land to develop off-campus educational complex by Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) at Aurangabad.[8]
As a minister in Govt. of Maharashtra she was instrumental in identifying a 332-acre site for Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Maharashtra Center at Khuldabad near Aurangabad.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha . Pune Mirror . 18 March 2020 . 19 March 2020 . 9 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009222944/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/others/sharad-pawar-ramdas-athawale-udayanraje-bhosale-among-seven-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/74695518.cms . dead .
  2. Web site: Implementation of President rule is darkest day in history of state: NCP | the Arunachal Times . 13 June 2016 . 7 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170707093011/http://www.arunachaltimes.in/implementation-of-president-rule-is-darkest-day-in-history-of-state-ncp/ . dead .
  3. http://maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/ministersEng.pdf Ministers in Government of Maharashtra
  4. http://www.maharashtravidhanmandal.org.in/pdf/Member_List_Of_Vidhan_Parishad.pdf List of Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council
  5. Web site: First Muslim lady Minister as new Govt. takes shape in Maharashtra . ummid.com . 8 November 2009 . 23 March 2024.
  6. http://maharashtra.gov.in/english/government/Lists/StateMinisters/DispForm.aspx?ID=15&ContentTypeId=0x0100826A6E745D598F4098AA3DF75B2207C5 Portfolio of Ministers in Government of Maharashtra
  7. http://www.ummid.com/news/November/08.11.2009/fauzia_khan_the_minister.htm First Muslim lady in cabinet in Maharashtra
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015230513/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/12/stories/2008101259610300.htm Land donated by MLC for Urdu University
  9. http://twocircles.net/2011oct29/amu_team_inspects_sites_maharashtra_campus.html AMU team inspects sites for Maharashtra campus
  10. http://myamu.in/news/amu-announces-its-choice-land-its-center-maharashtra-state AMU Announces Its Choice Of Land For Its Center In Maharashtra State