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| | name = Begum Abida Ahmed
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| | birth_date = 17 July 1923
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| | birth_place = [[Badaun district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| | death_date = 7 December 2003 (aged 80)
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| | death_place = [[New Delhi]]
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| | office1 = [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of India|First Lady of India]]
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| | term_label1 = In role
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| | term_start1 = 24 August 1974
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| | term_end1 = 11 February 1977
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| | president1 = [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]
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| | primeminister1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
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| | vicepresident1 = [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]<br>[[B.D. Jatti]]
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| | predecessor1 = Saraswati Bai
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| | successor1 = Shrimati Sangamma
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| | party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| | education = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
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| '''Begum Abida Ahmed''' (17 July 1923 – 7 December 2003)<ref name=lok/><ref>{{cite web |title=LOK SABHA DEBATES: Obituary References |url=http://164.100.24.208/debate/debtext.asp?slno=7558&ser=&smode= |date=23 December 2003 |publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620122037/http://164.100.24.208/debate/debtext.asp?slno=7558&ser=&smode= |archivedate=20 June 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/l/loharu.html |title=Loharu |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015022652/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/l/loharu.html |archive-date=15 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an Indian politician, [[First Lady of India]] from 1974 to 1977, and the wife of the [[List of Presidents of India|fifth]] [[President of India]] [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] (1974–1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/25/archives/indias-first-lady-moves-into-the-official-spotlight-politics-for-29.html|title=India's First Lady Moves Into the Official Spotlight|last=Special|first=Judith|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=12 October 2019|date=25 October 1974}}</ref> She was twice member of the [[Lok sabha]] from [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bareilly]] parliamentary constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1980 and 1984.<ref name="pm">{{cite web |title=PM condoles Death of Begum Abida Ahmed |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=143 |date=10 December 2003 |publisher=PIB, [[Prime Minister's Office (India)]] }}</ref>
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| ==Early life==
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| She was born on 17 July 1923 at [[Sheikhupur, Badaun]], Uttar Pradesh to Mohammad Sultan Hyder 'Josh'.<ref name="lok">[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2656.htm 8th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015180037/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2656.htm |date=15 October 2013 }} Lok Sabha website.</ref> Ahmed was educated from [[Women's College, Aligarh|Women's College]], Aligarh, [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Aligarh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.godgraces.org/AboutSchool.html |title=About the School |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331182622/http://www.godgraces.org/AboutSchool.html |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| * She was member of [[Lok Sabha]], elected twice from [[Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/list_parliamentarians/08_lok_sabha.html |title=08 Lok Sabha {{!}} Indian Muslims<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121425/http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/list_parliamentarians/08_lok_sabha.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| * Ahmed founded God's Grace which was registered with the Registrar of Societies under the Indian Societies Registration Act.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.godgraces.org/AboutSchool.html |title=About - God's Grace School<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331182622/http://www.godgraces.org/AboutSchool.html |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| * She was member of India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), a society registered in April 1981.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}
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| * Ahmed formed Humsub Drama Group in 1974 for Urdu theatre.<ref>{{cite news |title=The royal touch |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article77192.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 January 2010 |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103000440/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article77192.ece |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ==Tributes==
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| Shamsul Hasan made a life-size statue of "Ghalib", which had been ordered by Ahmed.<ref>[http://oudh.tripod.com/bhm/bhmpaper.htm The Queen of Oudh - Begum Hazrat Mahal in Papier Mache<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| A train was named after her: the Abida Begum Express: Delhi Jn. - Raxaul. It has since been renamed. It is now called Satyagrah Express.<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-name.html [IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Train Names<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of India]]
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| ==References==
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| * {{cite book| author = Janak Raj Jai| title = Presidents of India, 1950-2003| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r2C2InxI0xAC&pg=PA103| year = 2003| publisher = Daya Books| isbn = 81-87498-65-X| page = 103| chapter = Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed| ref = Ja }}
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| ==External links==
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015180037/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2656.htm 8th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile] Lok Sabha website.
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