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|name = Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi ([[Hindi]]: अह़मद बख़्श सिन्धी)
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|death_place = [[Woodmere Cemetery]]
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'''Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi''' (22 October 1917 – 28 April 2000) was an eminent leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] from the state of [[Rajasthan]]. He was a very close companion of [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]. He served as the Deputy Speaker in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] from 1981 till 1982 and the [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]], [[Waqf]] for the [[Government of Rajasthan]] from 1983 till 1985.

==Private life==

Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi was born to Haji Mola Bakhsh Sindhi and his wife, Saira Hajjan in [[Bikaner|Bikaner, Rajasthan]]. Sindhi was primarily raised and educated by his mother because his father died when he was 8 years old due to choking on a bone.

In 1944, Sindhi achieved the gold medal in his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws studies at the prestigious [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in the city of [[Aligarh]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. From 1944 till 1947, he was a lecturer in philosophy at the [[Dungar College]] in [[Bikaner]]. He was remarkably proficient in [[English language|English]], [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi]] languages.

On 6 June 1945, Ahmad Bakhsh Sindhi married Ameena Begum of Bikaner. The couple had five daughters, and one son.

==Political career==

Sindhi’s first political achievement was being appointed to the position of [[Cabinet Minister]] for the independent state of Bikaner by its [[Maharaja]], [[Sadul Singh of Bikaner|Sir Sadul Singh]], in 1948.

Post independence, Sindhi contested in the first two [[Legislative Assembly]] elections from [[Bikaner]] seat under the banner of [[Indian National Congress]]. [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] demonstrated personal interest in his election campaigns and visited [[Bikaner]].

From 1949 till 1980, Sindhi practiced law in the Rajasthan High Court. He was known for feeding the poor there as well as his overall social work for the lower class in the area. One notable instance was his campaign to help people get housing instead of living on the street by the Sardarpura Cemetery.

During a 1971 debate regarding the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty|Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation]], Sindhi is cited to have tried to add the amendment to the treaty.

''"...If any country invades us [India], we shall depend solely on our own defensive resources and will try to obtain as much aid from other friendly countries as possible"<ref name=Radhan>{{cite book
| last = Radhan
| first = O.P.
| authorlink = O.P. Radhan
| title = Encyclopaedia of Political Parties
| publisher = Anmol Publications
| location = New Delhi
| year = 1998
| pages = 2868
| isbn = 81-7488-865-9}}</ref>''

In 1980, he was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly]] (or [[Vidhan Sabha]]), representing the city of [[Jodhpur]], India. Soon after, Sindhi was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] to serve till 14 October 1982.

It was in 1983 when he reached the pinnacle of his political career, when he became Law and Justice Minister in [[Shiv Charan Mathur]]’s ministry by [[Indira Gandhi]]. He retained this position until March 1985.

==Life after politics==

Sindhi spent the next few years of his life alternating between life in India and in the US to visit his children and grandchildren. By 1994, he eventually settled down in the US, living with his wife and their son.

Sindhi had a cardiac arrest in 2000, and was taken to [[William Beaumont Hospital]] in [[Detroit]]. He breathed his last on 28 April 2000 from complications of his cardiac arrest. At his bedside was his daughter, Naseem Salim. He is buried in [[Detroit]]'s [[Woodmere Cemetery]].

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[[Category:People from Bikaner]]
[[Category:Rajasthani politicians]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:Deputy Speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]

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