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| {{short description|Indian politician}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Sultan Ahmed]]{{R from incomplete disambiguation}} |
| {{Other people|Sultan Ahmed}}
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| {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
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| {{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
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| {{Infobox officeholder
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| | name = Sultan Ahmed
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| | caption =
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| | office = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of State for Tourism]]
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| |term_start = 16 May 2009
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| |term_end = 22 September 2012
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| | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
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| | constituency1 =[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
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| |term_start1 = 2009
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| |term_end1 = 2017
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| | predecessor1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]
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| | successor1 = [[Sajda Ahmed]]
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| | birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1953|06|06}}
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| | birth_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|9|4|1953|06|06}}
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| | death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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| | office3 =
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| | term_start3 = 1987
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| | term_end3 = 1991
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| | constituency3 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]
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| | predecessor3 = Md. Nezamuddin
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| | successor3 = Md. Nezamuddin
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| | office2 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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| | term_start2 = 1996
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| | term_end2 = 2001
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| | constituency2 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]
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| | predecessor2 = Md. Nezamuddin
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| | successor2 = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]
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| | successor =
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| | party = [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
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| [[Indian National Congress]]
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| |alma_mater = [[Maulana Azad College]] ([[B.A.]])<br>[[Calcutta University]]
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| | profession = [[Politician]]<br />[[Businessperson]]
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| | spouse = [[Sajda Ahmed]] (m. 1985; his death 2017)
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| | children = Two Sons
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| '''Sultan Ahmed''' ([[Bengali Language|Bengali]]: সুলতান আহমেদ) (6 June 1953 – 4 September 2017) was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of State for Tourism in the [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Manmohan Singh government]]. He was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<ref>{{cite web
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| |url = http://westbengalelectionresult.com/sultan-ahmed-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/473
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| |title = Sultan Ahmed -Profile
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| |url-status=dead
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| |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230060250/http://westbengalelectionresult.com/sultan-ahmed-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/473
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| |archive-date = 30 December 2010
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| }}</ref> on a Trinamool Congress ticket. He had previously been a 2-time Congress MLA for [[Entally#Politics|Entally]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html
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| | title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 20 June 2009 | publisher = new Kerala.com }}</ref> ( in 1987–91 and once again in 1996–2001).
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| Sultan Ahmed joined the Chatra Parishad (student wing of INC) while studying at [[Maulana Azad College]] in 1969 and the Youth Congress in 1973. He was District Secretary of Youth Congress from 1978–80. Sultan Ahmed also was one of the founding-members of Trinamool Congress in 1998. He had been secretary of [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]], Kolkata, and later President. Ahmed also served as president of Calcutta Muslim Orphanage and got many reforms in the body. He was also president of Muslim Institute and a member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was renowned for his work in various other Minority Organisations in Kolkata. He served as a chairman of West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090607/jsp/sports/story_11075485.jsp
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| | title = Md. Sp. posts | access-date = 20 June 2009 | publisher = The Telegraph, 7 June 2009}}</ref>
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| Sultan Ahmed died on Monday, 4 September 2017 at the age of 64 of cardiac arrest. He had gone into cardiac arrest at his home at about 11:15 to 11:30 am. He was rushed to a [[Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata|Belle Vue Clinic]] in Kolkata where doctors declared him dead on arrival. | |
| He had 2 sons, Dr.Taha Ahmed who is currently working in Apollo Gleneagles and is married to Zeba Khan Ahmed who is a lecturer by profession and is the sister of [[Mohsin Khan (actor) ]] and other son is Sharique Ahmed who is unmarried, Sharique is the Finance Secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club, India.
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| <ref>{{cite news|title=TMC MP Sultan Ahmed passes away after suffering cardiac arrest|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/tmc-mp-sultan-ahmed-passes-away-uluberia-4827898/|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/politics/040917/trinamool-mp-sultan-ahmed-dies-of-cardiac-arrest.html |newspaper=[[The Asian Age]] |date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{s-bef|before=[[Hannan Mollah]]}}
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| {{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]] |years=2009 – 2017}}
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| {{s-aft|after=[[Sajda Ahmed]]}}
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| ==External links==
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| *{{Official website|http://www.sultanahmed.org.in/}}
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| [[Category:1953 births]]
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| [[Category:2017 deaths]]
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| [[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
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| [[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
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| [[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]
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| [[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
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| [[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]
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| [[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]
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| [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991]]
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| [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001]]
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| [[Category:People from Howrah district]]
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| [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
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