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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tauseef Alam
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 100px
| office = Member of the <br /> [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|01|01}}
| birth_place = Gargawn Millik, [[Kishanganj]], [[Bihar]]
| order =
| party = [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
| source = <ref name=":0"/>
| spouse = Tarana Ashfi (m.2013)
| constituency = [[Bahadurganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahadurganj]]
| term_end = 2020
| term_start = 2005
| predecessor = Jahidur Rahman
| succeeded = [[Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi]]
| constituency1 = [[Bahadurganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahadurganj]]
| term_start1 = 2025
| term_end1 =
| succeeded1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi]]
}}

'''Tauseef Alam''' (born 1 January 1980) is an [[Indian politician]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from 2005 until 2020 representing [[Bahadurganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahadurganj Vidhan Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/celebratory-firing-at-bihar-congress-mla-tauseef-alams-marriage-attended-by-chief-minister-nitish-ku-520515|title=Celebratory firing at Bihar Congress MLA Tauseef Alam's marriage, attended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar|website=NDTV.com|accessdate=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603073427/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/celebratory-firing-at-bihar-congress-mla-tauseef-alams-marriage-attended-by-chief-minister-nitish-ku-520515|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/230-mlas-cast-votes-in-rajya-sabha-by-poll-in-bihar/|title=230 MLAs cast votes in Rajya Sabha by-poll in Bihar|date=19 June 2014|accessdate=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603073719/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/230-mlas-cast-votes-in-rajya-sabha-by-poll-in-bihar/|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/52.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603074205/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/52.pdf |archive-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the youngest MLA at the age of 26 after winning the February 2005 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Affidavit January — February 2005 |url=https://affidavitarchive.eci.nic.in/Affidavit/affidavits/AFF_AEFeb2005/Bihar/133/md_tauseef_alam/md_tauseef_alam_cr1.htm |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=affidavitarchive.eci.nic.in}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Md Tauseef Alam was born in village Gargawn Milik in [[Bahadurganj, Kishanganj|Bahadurganj]], [[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]], [[Bihar]]. He has done his Fauqania ([[Matriculation|10th]]) in 1996 from Bihar Madarsa Education Board.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3bihar2015/3483/S04-Bihar-52--November-2015%20(%20GEN%20)-2-M%20D%20TAUSEEF%20ALAM.PDF|title=Bihar 2015 affidavits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603142313/http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3bihar2015/3483/S04-Bihar-52--November-2015%20(%20GEN%20)-2-M%20D%20TAUSEEF%20ALAM.PDF|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Nomination Letter|url=http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3bihar2015/3483/S04-Bihar-52--November-2015%20(%20GEN%20)-2-M%20D%20TAUSEEF%20ALAM.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603142313/http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3bihar2015/3483/S04-Bihar-52--November-2015%20(%20GEN%20)-2-M%20D%20TAUSEEF%20ALAM.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-03|date=2019-06-03|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> In 1998 he moved into politics and served as mukhya during 2000 to 2004.<ref name=":3" />

== Personal life ==
His father's name is Jamshed Alam. Md Tauseef Alam married Tarana Ashfi in year 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A wedding that weakens Bihar's case for special category status - The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2013/May/05/a-wedding-that-weakens-bihar%E2%80%99s-case-for-special-category-status-474498.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebratory firing at Bihar Congress MLA Tauseef Alam's marriage, attended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/celebratory-firing-at-bihar-congress-mla-tauseef-alams-marriage-attended-by-chief-minister-nitish-ku-520515 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He is son-in-law of [[Muhammad Izhar Asfi|Izhar Asfi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bihar: What Worked in AIMIM's Favour in Five Assembly Seats of Seemanchal? |url=https://thewire.in/politics/mim-win-five-assembly-seats-seemanchal-bihar-elections-2020 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-30 |title=Cong MLA brings bride in chopper,invites one lakh guests to reception |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/cong-mla-brings-bride-in-chopper-invites-one-lakh-guests-to-reception/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 1998, he entered politics. In February 2005 [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] election he contested as an [[Independent politician|independent]] candidate from [[Bahadurganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bahadurganj Vidhan Sabha]] and got elected at the age of 26.<ref name=":1" /> But due to [[Hung parliament|hung assembly]] no government could be formed in Bihar.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bihar-under-central-rule-for-8th-time/articleshow/1043862.cms|title=Bihar under central rule for 8th time |date=March 7, 2005|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> Fresh elections were held in October–November the same year. [[President's rule]] was imposed in between the two elections.<ref name=":2" /> And in [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly]] elections he contested as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate and saved his seat again. In two consecutive elections, [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]] & [[2015 Bihar assembly election|2015]], he had his third and fourth win respectively.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bihar Gazette|url=http://ceobihar.nic.in/PDF/Ex1273.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522134035/http://ceobihar.nic.in/PDF/Ex1273.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-05-22|date=2019-05-22|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref> In the 2015 election he defeated Awadh Bihari Singh of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] by 13,942 votes.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:People from Kishanganj district]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2010–2015]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2015–2020]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen politicians]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2025–2030]]

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