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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Other uses|Mohammad Fazel (disambiguation){{!}}Mohammad Fazel}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Mohammed Fazal<br />
|image = Mohammad Fazal (cropped).jpg<br />
|office = [[List of Governors of Maharashtra|Governor of Maharashtra]]<br />
|1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
|1namedata =* [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]<br />
* [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]<br />
* [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]]<br />
|term_start = 10 October 2002<br />
|term_end = 5 December 2004<br />
|predecessor = [[P. C. Alexander]]<br />
|successor = [[SM Krishna]]<br />
}} <br />
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'''Mohammed Fazal''' (2 July 1922 – 4 September 2014) was an Indian politician who was the [[Governor of Maharashtra]] from 10 October 2002 to 5 December 2004. Born in a well-known ''[[zamindar]]i'' (landlord) family, he studied at the [[Allahabad University]] and later at the [[London School of Economics]] at the [[University of London]]. In 1977 he was appointed the Secretary of Industrial Development, [[Government of India]]. He was the most senior member of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] from April 1980 till his resignation in January 1985. He then founded and was the chairman of Hughes & Hughes Chem Ltd. In 1999, he was appointed the [[Governor of Goa]], a post he held until he was appointed [[Governor of Maharashtra]]. He suggested to [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] that [[prostitution]] be legalised, which caused controversy.<br />
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His grandson [[Ali Fazal]] is an actor who had roles in films including ''[[3 Idiots]]'' and ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]''.<br />
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Fazal died on 4 September 2014 at the age of 92 at his residence in Akbarpur Allahabad. He had been suffering from low blood pressure, congestion in the chest, and short-term memory loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/exgoa-maharashtra-governor-mohammed-fazal-dead/article6378633.ece|title=Ex-Goa, Maharashtra Governor Mohammed Fazal dead|publisher=The Hindu|date=4 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archive.today/20130414122232/http://www.cflr.org/legal.htm "''Green signal to red light''"] - article in [[Bombay Times]] about the governor's views<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041013020012/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/biodata_he_brief.htm Biodata at website of Raj Bhavan]<br />
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[[Category:Politicians from Prayagraj]]<br />
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