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'''Syeda Anwara Taimur''' (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician. She was [[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]] of [[Assam]] from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110321/jsp/northeast/story_13741315.jsp|title='Spurned' Taimur in AIUDF - Denied a ticket, one deserts, the other turns mentor}}</ref> She was a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]].
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Anwara Taimur
| honorific_suffix    =
| image              = Anwara Taimur.jpeg
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1936|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Assam Province|Assam]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2020|09|28|1936|11|24|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Australia]]
| predecessor        = [[President's rule]]
| successor          = [[President's rule]]
| office              = 8th [[Chief Minister of Assam]]
| term_start          = 6 December 1980
| term_end            = 30 June 1981
| predecessor2        =
| party              = [[All India United Democratic Front]] <small>(2011–present)</small>
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] <small>(before 2011)</small>
| spouse              = Md. Muhibuddin Tainur
| children            =
| honorific-prefix    =
| honorific-suffix    =
| alma_mater          = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| term8              = 1972 - 1978
| 1blankname5        = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5          = [[Sarat Chandra Singha]]
| office6            = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| term6              = 1991 - 1996
| constituency6      = [[Dalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalgaon]]
| term7              = 1978 - 1985
| term5              = 1975 - 1978
| predecessor6        = Abdul Jabbar
| constituency8      = [[Mangaldoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangaldoi]]
| predecessor8        = Md. Matlibuddin
| successor8          = [[Anil Das]]
| predecessor7        = Hashimuduin Ahmed
| successor7          = Abdul Jabbar
| successor6          = Abdul Jabbar
| office5            = Minister for Education, [[Government of Assam]]
| nominator2          = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
| term4              = 1983 - 1985
| constituency2      = [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]]
| 1blankname          = [[List of governors of Assam|Governor]]
| 1namedata          = [[Lallan Prasad Singh]]
| father              = Syed Yusef Ali
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term1              = 2004 - 2010
| term2              = 25 November 1988 – 8 May 1990
| appointer2          = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| 1namedata4          = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| office3            = Minister for Agriculture, [[Government of Assam]]
| term3              = 1991 - 1996
| 1blankname3        = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3          = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| office4            = Minister for Public Works, [[Government of Assam]]
| 1blankname4        = [[Chief Minister]]
| constituency7      = [[Dalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalgaon]]
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Taimur died in [[Australia]] from [[cardiac arrest]] on 28 September 2020 at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Assam’s lone female chief minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away|url=https://thenewsmill.com/assams-lone-female-chief-minister-syeda-anwara-taimur-passes-away/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The News Mill|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Syeda Anwara Taimur''' (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of [[Assam]] from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110321/jsp/northeast/story_13741315.jsp|title='Spurned' Taimur in AIUDF - Denied a ticket, one deserts, the other turns mentor}}</ref> She died in Australia on 28 September 2020.<ref name="thenewsmill.com">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Assam's lone female chief minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away|url=https://thenewsmill.com/assams-lone-female-chief-minister-syeda-anwara-taimur-passes-away/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The News Mill|language=en-US}}</ref> She was a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] party in Assam and a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC).
 
== Personal life ==
 
She graduated from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] with economics honors.
 
Anwara was lecturer in Economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, [[Jorhat]] in 1956.
 
== Political career ==
 
In the history of Assam, she was the only [[female]] and [[Muslim]] Chief Minister of the state.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1">{{cite news |title=Assam's only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away in Australia at 83 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-s-only-woman-cm-syeda-anwara-taimur-passes-away-in-australia-at-83/story-FYokGRyun9lOBbkP8FgqaI.html |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=28 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She was Chief Minister of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /> In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ThLJaAlCSB4bZmCKExFFIO/Kudos-to-Mehbooba-Mufti-but-where-are-Kashmirs-female-poli.html|title=Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?|date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under [[President's rule]] for six months.
 
From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state.{{fact|date=September 2021}}
 
She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]) in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2" /> In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament ([[Rajya Sabha]]).<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219102531/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1991 she was appointed to the post of Minister for Agriculture in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sevendiary.com/anwara-taimur-lady-cm-assam/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713231116/http://sevendiary.com/anwara-taimur-lady-cm-assam/ |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/Alumni.pdf</ref>
 
Anwara joined [[All India United Democratic Front]] in 2011.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /> Anwara is among the notable names not included in the final draft of 2018 [[National Register of Citizens]] (NRC), for which, she later clarified that her family members may not have applied to get her name included in the list.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" />
 
==Death==
Taimur died on 28 September 2020 in Australia due to cardiac arrest,where she stayed with her son for last four years.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2">{{cite news |last1=Bikash |first1=Singh |title=Syeda Anwara Taimur, the only woman chief minister of Assam, breathed her last on Monday |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/syeda-anwara-taimur-the-only-woman-chief-minister-of-assam-breathed-her-last-on-monday/articleshow/78369520.cms?from=mdr |access-date=21 February 2021 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newslivetv.com/former-assam-cm-anwara-taimur-no-more/|website=News Live|title=Former Assam CM Anwara Taimur no more|date=28 September 2020|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="thenewsmill.com"/>
 
==Positions held==
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|-
! Year
! Description
|-
| 1972–1978
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|5th Assam Assembly]]
* Cabinet Minister - Education (1975–78)
|-
| 1978–1983
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|6th Assam Assembly]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Assam|8th Chief Minister of Assam]] (1980–81)
|-
| 1983–1985
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|7th Assam Assembly]]
* Cabinet Minister - Public Works
|-
| 1988–1990
| Nominated to [[Rajya Sabha]]
|-
| 1991–1996
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|9th Assam Assembly]]
* Cabinet Minister - Agriculture, Haj and Wakf Property
|-
| 2004–2010
| Elected to [[Rajya Sabha]]
* Chairperson - Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (2004–10)
* Member - Committee on Urban Development (2004–10)
* Member - Committee on Empowerment of Women (2004–10)
* Member - General Purposes Committee (2004–10)
* Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–10)
* Vice President - India-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group (2005–10)
* Member - National Advisory Committee of Minority Department (2006–10)
|}
 
==Notes==
Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volumes by P. K. Mohanty Page 124.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210200/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=707 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 14 November 2021

Anwara Taimur
File:Anwara Taimur.jpeg
8th Chief Minister of Assam
In office
6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981
GovernorLallan Prasad Singh
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2004 - 2010
In office
25 November 1988 – 8 May 1990
Nominated byRamaswamy Venkataraman
Appointed byShankar Dayal Sharma
ConstituencyNominated
Minister for Agriculture, Government of Assam
In office
1991 - 1996
Chief MinisterHiteswar Saikia
Minister for Public Works, Government of Assam
In office
1983 - 1985
Chief MinisterHiteswar Saikia
Minister for Education, Government of Assam
In office
1975 - 1978
Chief MinisterSarat Chandra Singha
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
1991 - 1996
Preceded byAbdul Jabbar
Succeeded byAbdul Jabbar
ConstituencyDalgaon
In office
1978 - 1985
Preceded byHashimuduin Ahmed
Succeeded byAbdul Jabbar
ConstituencyDalgaon
In office
1972 - 1978
Preceded byMd. Matlibuddin
Succeeded byAnil Das
ConstituencyMangaldoi
Personal details
Born(1936-11-24)24 November 1936
Assam, British India
Died28 September 2020(2020-09-28) (aged 83)
Australia
Political partyAll India United Democratic Front (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (before 2011)
Spouse(s)Md. Muhibuddin Tainur
Parent(s)
  • Syed Yusef Ali (father)
Alma materAligarh Muslim University

Syeda Anwara Taimur (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.[1] She died in Australia on 28 September 2020.[2] She was a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Assam and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She graduated from Aligarh Muslim University with economics honors.

Anwara was lecturer in Economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, Jorhat in 1956.

Political career[edit | edit source]

In the history of Assam, she was the only female and Muslim Chief Minister of the state.[3] She was Chief Minister of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.[4][3] In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state.[5] Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under President's rule for six months.

From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state.[citation needed]

She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly (MLA) in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991.[3][4] In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha).[3][6] In 1991 she was appointed to the post of Minister for Agriculture in Assam.[7][8]

Anwara joined All India United Democratic Front in 2011.[3] Anwara is among the notable names not included in the final draft of 2018 National Register of Citizens (NRC), for which, she later clarified that her family members may not have applied to get her name included in the list.[3]

Death[edit | edit source]

Taimur died on 28 September 2020 in Australia due to cardiac arrest,where she stayed with her son for last four years.[3][4][9][2]

Positions held[edit | edit source]

Year Description
1972–1978 Elected to 5th Assam Assembly
  • Cabinet Minister - Education (1975–78)
1978–1983 Elected to 6th Assam Assembly
1983–1985 Elected to 7th Assam Assembly
  • Cabinet Minister - Public Works
1988–1990 Nominated to Rajya Sabha
1991–1996 Elected to 9th Assam Assembly
  • Cabinet Minister - Agriculture, Haj and Wakf Property
2004–2010 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • Chairperson - Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (2004–10)
  • Member - Committee on Urban Development (2004–10)
  • Member - Committee on Empowerment of Women (2004–10)
  • Member - General Purposes Committee (2004–10)
  • Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–10)
  • Vice President - India-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group (2005–10)
  • Member - National Advisory Committee of Minority Department (2006–10)

Notes[edit | edit source]

Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volumes by P. K. Mohanty Page 124.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "'Spurned' Taimur in AIUDF - Denied a ticket, one deserts, the other turns mentor".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Assam's lone female chief minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away". The News Mill. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Assam's only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away in Australia at 83". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bikash, Singh (28 September 2020). "Syeda Anwara Taimur, the only woman chief minister of Assam, breathed her last on Monday". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?". 29 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ http://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/Alumni.pdf
  9. ↑ "Former Assam CM Anwara Taimur no more". News Live. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[edit | edit source]

Unrecognised parameter
Preceded by
NA 		Member of Parliament
for Rajya Sabha (Nominated)
25 November 1988 – 8 May 1990 		Succeeded by
NA
Preceded by
NA 		Member of Parliament
for Rajya Sabha (Assam)
3 April 2004 – 2 April 2004 		Succeeded by
NA
Political offices
Preceded by
President's Rule 		Chief Minister of Assam
6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981 		Succeeded by
President's Rule


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