Sadath Ali Khan Explained

Sadath Ali Khan
Native Name:instead.-->
Term Start2:1952
Term End2:1957
Constituency2:Ibrahimpatnam
Term Start3:1957
Term End3:1962
Constituency3:Warangal
Successor3:Bakar Ali Mirza
Predecessor3:Pendyal Raghava Rao
Office:Ambassador of India to Turkey
Term Start:March 1966
Term End:February 1967
Office1:Ambassador of India to Iraq
Term Start1:1962
Term End1:1965
Party:Indian National Congress
Birth Date:16 September 1919
Birth Place:Hyderabad, India
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Spouse:Sakina Begum

Sadath Ali Khan was an Indian political and member of first and second Lok Sabha. He represented Warangal parliamentary constituency from 1952 to 1962. A member of the Indian National Congress, he also served as a secretary to the government of India from 1953 to 57.

He later served as the Indian Ambassador to Iraq (1962-1965)[1] and Turkey (1966-1967).[2] He died during his tenure in Turkey.

Biography

He was born to Nawab Zain Yar Jung and Begum Ruqqaiya on 16 September 1916 in Hyderabad, India.[3] He studied at Nizam College, Hyderabad and later at Oxford University. As a writer and journalist, he wrote poems in Urdu and English, and translated some uncertain literary works of English into Urdu. He wrote his memoirs, Brief Thanksgiving, in 1959.

He was married to Sakina Begum, with whom he had a son, Shujaat, and a daughter, Suroor.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Embassy of India, Baghdad, Iraq : List of previous Ambassadors of India to Iraq . 2023-02-14 . www.eoibaghdad.gov.in.
  2. Web site: Embassy of India, Ankara, Türkiye : Indian Ambassadors to Türkiye . 2023-02-14 . www.indembassyankara.gov.in.
  3. Web site: Members Bioprofile . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 1947-06-05 . 2021-08-12.
  4. Web site: Shri Sadath Ali Khan political profile . ENTRANCEINDIA . 2021-08-12.