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{{short description|Indian social worker and politician}}
{{short description|Indian social worker and politician}}
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{{peacock|date=February 2022}}
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|3|24|}}
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|3|24|}}
| birth_place    = [[Etah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[India]]
| birth_place    = [[Etah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[India]]
| residence      = [[Aligarh]], [[India]]
| residence      = [[Aligarh]], India
| nationality    = Indian  
| nationality    = Indian  
| office          = President of Women's Welfare Society<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QrMZYvwqYDUC&q=Roohi+Zuberi&pg=PA296| title=Mrs Roohi Zuberi| isbn=9788176298292| last1=Fatima| first1=Tanzeem| year=2007}}</ref> and General Secretary of [[Uttar Pradesh]] Congress Committee
| office          = President of Women's Welfare Society<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QrMZYvwqYDUC&q=Roohi+Zuberi&pg=PA296| title=Mrs Roohi Zuberi| isbn=9788176298292| last1=Fatima| first1=Tanzeem| year=2007}}</ref>
| alma_mater      = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]  
| alma_mater      = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]  
| spouse          = Ahmad Ziauddin
| spouse          = Ahmad Ziauddin
| profession      = [[Advocate]], [[Mental health counselor|Counselor]], [[Social Worker]],<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/>[[Politician]], [[Feminist]]<ref>http://awamehind.in/news/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0/</ref> [[Activist]]
| profession      = [[Advocate]], [[Mental health counselor|Counselor]], [[Social worker]], [[Politician]], [[Activist]]
| party          = [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/>
| party          = [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/>
}}
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'''Roohi Zuberi''' is an Indian [[social work]]er,<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.raftaar.in/uttar-pradesh-aligarh/detail/0c99afe925e00b94d8c23e5aba82a1e1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231319/https://news.raftaar.in/uttar-pradesh-aligarh/detail/0c99afe925e00b94d8c23e5aba82a1e1 |title=कांग्रेस नेत्री ने जाना पब्लिक का दर्द |trans-title=Congress leader gets public's pain |archive-date=2015-06-02|access-date=2018-07-20 |work=Raftaar News }}</ref> who has been fighting for [[women's rights]] for more than three decades.<ref name="roohi zuberi">{{cite journal | url=http://roohizuberi.blogspot.in/| title=roohi zuberi}}</ref> Her family has a long political and social lineage, she is also an active [[politician]] herself<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.amarujala.com/news/city/aligarh/Aligarh-20998-6/|title=बिजली संकट के विरोध में बिजलीघर घेरा- Amarujala|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livehindustan.com/mobile/news/deshlocal/deshlocalnews/article1-story-0-0-369131.html|title=राहुल की रैली आज, गरजेंगे प्रदर्शनी मैदान पर|trans-title=Rahul's rally today, on the exhibition grounds |date=9 October 2013  |website=Hindustan Dainik}}</ref> and works with the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="swatantraawaz.com">{{cite journal| url=http://www.swatantraawaz.com/sir_syed_ahmad_iii.htm| title=एएमयू के हंगामाखोरों की मंत्री और कुलाधिपति से शिकायत| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219115644/http://swatantraawaz.com/sir_syed_ahmad_iii.htm| archivedate=19 December 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-8924386.html| title= 'मैडम' विकास की नहीं, पैसों की भूखी : शीला}}</ref> <br>Zuberi had served as a Senior Cabinet Member in the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. Afterwards, she became [[Vice president|Vice President]] and also President of the Students' Union.<ref name="roohi zuberi"/>
'''Roohi Zuberi''' is an Indian [[Social work|social worker]] and [[women's rights]] activist.<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.raftaar.in/uttar-pradesh-aligarh/detail/0c99afe925e00b94d8c23e5aba82a1e1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231319/https://news.raftaar.in/uttar-pradesh-aligarh/detail/0c99afe925e00b94d8c23e5aba82a1e1 |title=कांग्रेस नेत्री ने जाना पब्लिक का दर्द |trans-title=Congress leader gets public's pain |archive-date=2015-06-02|access-date=2018-07-20 |work=Raftaar News }}</ref> Zuberi has also served as a senior cabinet member at [[Aligarh Muslim University]].


She is always vocal for women's right and gives her opinion on crimes against women and believe that crime should not be mixed with politics. In a rape incident in Aligarh in 2019, she reportedly said that there should be no politics on this very shameful incident. A criminal is a criminal and has no religion. We lost a daughter due to the negligence of the police. When the family went to the police station, then if the activism was shown,  the incident could have been averted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-leaders-may-also-boil-up-about-the-killing-of-girl-aligarh-the-chief-minister-yogi-19293525.html|title = बालिका की हत्या को लेकर नेताओं में भी उबाल, अलीगढ़ आ सकते हैं मुख्यमंत्री योगी}}</ref>
==Career==
<br>As a university student, she became district president of the [[National Students' Union of India]]. Zuberi is an advocate for [[minority rights]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=रुही जुबैरी ने किया कई गांवों का दौरा|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-10488221.html}}</ref> In 1986, she established the Women's Welfare Society in the Northern and Central India (महिला कल्याण समिति). In 2000, she ran for mayor of [[Aligarh]] on the Indian National Congress' ticket. Zuberi advocated that there was the need for enacting a Muslim matrimonial code including the bride's consent to marriage.


==Accomplishments==
On 30 January 2014, she was appointed to the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]'s Executive Committee.
<br>As a student at the university, she became district president of the [[National Students' Union of India]].<br>Zuberi is a vocal advocate of [[minority rights]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=रुही जुबैरी ने किया कई गांवों का दौरा|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-10488221.html}}</ref> In 1986, she established the Women's Welfare Society throughout Northern and Central India (महिला कल्याण समिति).<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi" /> It reinforces women's rights among the poor,<ref name="roohi zuberi" /> provides legal and career counselling and training programmes for women and weaker sections of the [[society]]<ref name="swatantraawaz.com" /> and assists in solving [[domestic violence]] cases free of cost.
[[File:roohi1.JPG|thumb|Roohi Zuberi with President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil]]
 
Zuberi is currently president of the Women's Welfare Society in Uttar Pradesh. She is a member of the Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, and of the Minority Cell of the [[All India Mahila Congress]].
In 2000, she contested for the post of Mayor of [[Aligarh]] on the Indian National Congress<ref>{{cite journal|title=कांग्रेस के नेताओं ने किया टिकट पर दावा अलीगढ़ लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए: 1.पूर्व सांसद चौ. विजेंद्र सिंह 2. रूही जुबैरी उप्र कांग्रेस कमेटी की जनरल सेक्रेटरी 3. एमएलसी विवेक बंसल अलीगढ़ कांग्रेस : लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए टिकट किसे दिया जाए और क्यों|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/385874588158579/permalink/413646755381362/}}</ref> ticket. Zuberi advocated that there was the need of enacting a Muslim matrimonial code, e.g. the bride's consent in marriage negotiations<ref name="Mrs. Roohi Zuberi">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QrMZYvwqYDUC&q=Roohi+Zuberi&pg=PA296| title= Mrs. Roohi Zuberi| isbn= 9788176298292| last1= Fatima| first1= Tanzeem| year= 2007}}</ref> and also of reforming [[Muslim Personal Law]]<ref name="Mrs. Roohi Zuberi"/> within the limit of Shariah.
 
On 30 January 2014, she was appointed to the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]'s Executive Committee member.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://uttarpradeshcongress.com/english/organization/office-bearers/executive-committee-member| title= Smt. Roohi Juberi}}</ref>
 
==Present post==
[[File:roohi1.JPG|thumb|Roohi Zuberi With Honorable President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil]]
*President, Women's Welfare Society, Uttar Pradesh<ref name="Mrs Roohi Zuberi"/>
*Mrs. Zuberi is presently a '''Member of Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee'''
*Convener [[All India Mahila Congress]] (Minority Cell)
*Member of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
*Member Congress Working Committee (CWC) (Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee)


[[File:Roohi Zuberi Award 1.jpg|thumb|Mrs Roohi Zuberi Advocate receiving Indian Women Power Award from Shri Harish Rawat Union Minister for her role in Social Work and Politics]]
[[File:Roohi Zuberi Award 1.jpg|thumb|Mrs Roohi Zuberi Advocate receiving Indian Women Power Award from Shri Harish Rawat Union Minister for her role in Social Work and Politics]]
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*Distt. President NSUI, 1972–73
*Distt. President NSUI, 1972–73
*Secretary of Abdullah Girls College, 1972–73
*Secretary of Abdullah Girls College, 1972–73
*Elected Executive Member of Student Union of AMU,1974–75
*Executive Member of Student Union of AMU, 1974–75
*Elected Vice President of [[Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union]], 1980
*Vice President of [[Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union]], 1980
*President (Ad hoc) [[Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union]], 1982
*President (ad hoc) of [[Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union]], 1982
*Founded Women's Welfare Society, 1986
*Founded Women's Welfare Society, 1986
*District President Mahila Congress, Aligarh, 1992
*District President Mahila Congress, Aligarh, 1992
*General Secretary Mahila Congress, U.P, 1993
*General Secretary Mahila Congress, U.P, 1993
*Vice President District Congress Committee
*Vice President of the District Congress Committee
*Member Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (5 times)
*Member of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (5 times)
*Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, 1996–2008 (3 times)<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/september-2002/list4.html | title=Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Office-bearers List}}</ref>
*Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, 1996–2008<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/september-2002/list4.html | title=Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Office-bearers List}}</ref>
*Congress party Candidate for the post of Mayor (Aligarh), 2001
*Congress party Candidate for the post of Mayor (Aligarh), 2001
*General Secretary, UPCC
*General Secretary, UPCC
*Appointed as party's Observer on Various Occasion


==Additional position held==
==Additional position held==
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==Awards==
==Awards==
* Bhartiya Nari Shakti Award for her role in women empowerment on 29 January 2014 at the Constitutional Club of India, New Delhi<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://bhartiyanarishaktiawards.blogspot.in/2013/10/blog-post.html| title= Bhartiya Nari Shakti Awards}}</ref>
* Bhartiya Nari Shakti Award for her role in women empowerment on 29 January 2014 at the Constitutional Club of India, New Delhi<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://bhartiyanarishaktiawards.blogspot.in/2013/10/blog-post.html| title= Bhartiya Nari Shakti Awards}}</ref>
* Rashtriya Gaurav Award, in the field of Social Work by India International Friendship Society (2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cityaajkal.com/news1/index.php/news/aligarh-news/7120-2014-06-13-13-41-44.html |title=रूही जुबेरी ''राष्ट्रीय गौरव सम्मान एवार्ड'' से र्हुइं सम्मानित |trans-title= Roohi Zuberi honored with National Gaurav Gaurav Award |date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603030453/http://cityaajkal.com/news1/index.php/news/aligarh-news/7120-2014-06-13-13-41-44.html |archive-date=2015-06-03 |work=Cityaajkal.com}}</ref>
* Rashtriya Gaurav Award, in the field of Social Work by the India International Friendship Society (2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cityaajkal.com/news1/index.php/news/aligarh-news/7120-2014-06-13-13-41-44.html |title=रूही जुबेरी ''राष्ट्रीय गौरव सम्मान एवार्ड'' से र्हुइं सम्मानित |trans-title= Roohi Zuberi honored with National Gaurav Gaurav Award |date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603030453/http://cityaajkal.com/news1/index.php/news/aligarh-news/7120-2014-06-13-13-41-44.html |archive-date=2015-06-03 |work=Cityaajkal.com}}</ref>


==Family background==
==Family background==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=January 2013}}
[[File:B.M Zuberi Hospital.jpg|thumb|B.M Zuberi Hospital]]
[[File:B.M Zuberi Hospital.jpg|thumb|B.M Zuberi Hospital]]
Roohi Zuberi belongs to a family of [[Marehra]] in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father, the late Mr. Bashir Mahmood Zuberi (Advocate) (1921-1993) was a [[freedom fighter]] in [[Indian Independence Struggle]] against [[British Raj]]. He was also a social worker, a politician and the [[Chairman]] of Marehra Municipal Board. During his life, he gave much of his personal property up for the development and welfare of the local population. The B. M. Zuberi Hospital in Marehra, a civil government hospital, is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=B. M Zuberi Hospital|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.277473015614646.78887.246273858734562&type=3|website=Facebook|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
Roohi Zuberi belongs to a family of [[Marehra]] in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father, the late Mr. Bashir Mahmood Zuberi (Advocate) (1921-1993) was a [[freedom fighter]] in the [[Indian Independence Struggle]] against [[British Raj]]. He was also a social worker, a politician, and the [[Chairman]] of the Marehra Municipal Board. During his life, he gave much of his personal property up for the development and welfare of the local population. The B. M. Zuberi Hospital in Marehra, a civil government hospital, is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=B. M Zuberi Hospital|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.277473015614646.78887.246273858734562&type=3|website=Facebook|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>


Mrs. Zuberi is also related to Maulvi Bashir Uddin<ref name=re>{{cite journal | url= http://aligarhmovement.com/comment/reply/323/802| title= Re:A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad}}</ref> who spent all of his assets to establish Islamia College in [[Etawah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1888 which was a similar effort to establish another university as happened in the case of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]]. He was a Congressite who wore Khadi and also published a highly respected paper al-Bashir.<ref name="re"/> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], but he did not go to receive it, just as he did not go to receive the title of [[Khan Bahadur]].<ref name="re"/> Former President of [[India]] Dr. [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] was also a student of this institution.<ref>{{cite journal | url= http://wikimapia.org/1761350/Hafiz-Muhammad-Siddiq-Islamia-Inter-College-Etawah-Pride-of-Etawah| title= Hafiz Muhammad Siddiq Islamia Inter College Etawah(Pride of Etawah) (Etawah)}}</ref>
Mrs. Zuberi is also related to Maulvi Bashir Uddin<ref name=re>{{cite journal | url= http://aligarhmovement.com/comment/reply/323/802| title= Re:A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad}}</ref> who spent all of his assets to establish Islamia College in [[Etawah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1888 which was a similar effort to establish another university as happened in the case of [[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]]. He was a Congressite who wore Khadi and also published a highly respected paper al-Bashir.<ref name="re"/> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], but he did not go to receive it, just as he did not go to receive the title of [[Khan Bahadur]].<ref name="re"/> Former President of [[India]] Dr. [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] was also a student of this institution.<ref>{{cite journal | url= http://wikimapia.org/1761350/Hafiz-Muhammad-Siddiq-Islamia-Inter-College-Etawah-Pride-of-Etawah| title= Hafiz Muhammad Siddiq Islamia Inter College Etawah(Pride of Etawah) (Etawah)}}</ref>


She is also the daughter-in-law<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-10194523.html | title=..ताकि ये मुहब्बत यूं ही कायम रहे}}</ref> of [[mathematician]] and former [[Member of Parliament|Parliamentarian]] [[Ziauddin Ahmed|Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad]],<ref name="Sir Ziauddin Ahmed">{{cite journal | url=http://aligarhmovement.com/karwaan_e_aligarh/sir_ziauddin| title=Sir Ziauddin Ahmed}}</ref> one of the mentors of [[Aligarh Movement]]<ref name="Sir Ziauddin Ahmed"/> and Vice Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]],<ref name="Details Ahmed">{{cite journal|url=http://aligarhmovement.com/karwaan_e_aligarh/sir_ziauddin/a_critical_biographical_note_naved_masood| title=A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad|publisher=Aligarh Movement}}</ref> who served as [[Vice Chancellor]] for three terms and later became the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of Aligarh Muslim University.
She is also the daughter-in-law<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh-city-10194523.html | title=..ताकि ये मुहब्बत यूं ही कायम रहे}}</ref> of [[mathematician]] and former [[Member of Parliament|Parliamentarian]] [[Ziauddin Ahmed|Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad]],<ref name="Sir Ziauddin Ahmed">{{cite journal | url=http://aligarhmovement.com/karwaan_e_aligarh/sir_ziauddin| title=Sir Ziauddin Ahmed}}</ref> one of the mentors of the [[Aligarh Movement]]<ref name="Sir Ziauddin Ahmed"/> and Vice-Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]],<ref name="Details Ahmed">{{cite journal|url=http://aligarhmovement.com/karwaan_e_aligarh/sir_ziauddin/a_critical_biographical_note_naved_masood| title=A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad|publisher=Aligarh Movement}}</ref> who served as [[Vice Chancellor]] for three terms and later became the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of Aligarh Muslim University.
 
Matin Zuberi,<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com">{{cite journal| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume21/zuberi.html/| title=The Nuclear Breakthrough |first1= Matin |last1=Zuberi |journal=Security Research Review | url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110180221/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume21/zuberi.html| archivedate=10 January 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.idsa-india.org/an-oct9-6.html/| title=Stalin and The Bomb, Dr. Matin Zuberi, Member, Advisory Board of the National Security Council| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513230822/http://www.idsa-india.org/an-oct9-6.html| archivedate=13 May 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref> was her maternal uncle and a scholar of international relations. Professor Zuberi was born at Marehra in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on 15 July 1930. After obtaining his Master's degree from Aligarh Muslim University, he went to St. Anthony's and Balliol colleges at the University of Oxford. On his return, he was appointed senior fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He joined JNU in 1978 and continued there till 1995.<br>


Matin Zuberi,<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com">{{cite journal| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume21/zuberi.html/| title=The Nuclear Breakthrough |first1= Matin |last1=Zuberi |journal=Security Research Review | url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110180221/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume21/zuberi.html| archivedate=10 January 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.idsa-india.org/an-oct9-6.html/| title=Stalin and The Bomb, Dr. Matin Zuberi, Member, Advisory Board of the National Security Council| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513230822/http://www.idsa-india.org/an-oct9-6.html| archivedate=13 May 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref> was her maternal uncle and a scholar of international relations. Professor Zuberi was born at Marehra in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on 15 July 1930. After obtaining his master's degree from Aligarh Muslim University, he went to St. Anthony's and Balliol colleges in the University of Oxford. On his return home, he was appointed senior fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He joined JNU in 1978 and continued there till 1995.<br>As a professor of international politics and disarmament studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Zuberi was an academic observer of international nuclear developments.<ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away">{{cite journal | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/11/stories/2006031106521200.htm/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808125135/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/11/stories/2006031106521200.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=2007-08-08| journal=[[The Hindu]]| date=2006-03-11| title=Matin Zuberi passes away}}</ref> His contributions went beyond academics.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com"/><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away"/> In three stints — 1990–91, 1998–99 and 2000–01 — he was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. On the last occasion he participated in the preparation of the Draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com"/><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away"/> Earlier, he was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and Development.<ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away"/> Prof. Zuberi was also a member of the executive council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and the governing body of the Society of Indian Ocean Studies.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com"/><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away"/>
As a professor of international politics and disarmament studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Zuberi was an academic observer of international nuclear developments.<ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away">{{cite journal | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/11/stories/2006031106521200.htm/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808125135/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/11/stories/2006031106521200.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=2007-08-08| journal=[[The Hindu]]| date=2006-03-11| title=Matin Zuberi passes away}}</ref> His contributions went beyond academics.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com" /><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away" /> In three stints — 1990–91, 1998–99 and 2000–01 — he was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. On the last occasion, he participated in the preparation of the Draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com" /><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away" /> Earlier, he was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and Development.<ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away" /> Prof. Zuberi was also a member of the executive council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and the governing body of the Society of Indian Ocean Studies.<ref name="bharat-rakshak.com" /><ref name="Matin Zuberi passes away" />


==Education qualification==
==Education qualification==
She started her education in her hometown Marehra and thereafter moved to Aligarh for higher education. Her alma mater is [[Aligarh Muslim University]], Aligarh, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].
She started her education in her hometown Marehra and thereafter moved to Aligarh for higher education. Her alma mater is [[Aligarh Muslim University]], Aligarh, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].


*[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] in Political Science from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].
*[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University.
*[[Master of Arts|M.A]] in Political Science from [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
*[[Master of Arts|M.A]] in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University
*[[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B]] from [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
*[[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B]] from Aligarh Muslim University


==Personal life and family==
==Personal life and family==
Roohi Zuberi is married to Ahmad Zia-ud-din and they have three sons, Md. Zia-ud-din(Rahi), Shahbaz Zia-ud-din, Sheeraz Ahmad <ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.amu.ac.in/centres/amucentres4.htm | title=AMU Centres | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123060715/http://www.amu.ac.in/centres/amucentres4.htm | archivedate=23 November 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a daughter Sadaf Ahmad.
Roohi Zuberi is married to Ahmad Zia-ud-din and they have three sons, Md. Zia-ud-din (Rahi), Shahbaz Zia-ud-din, Sheeraz Ahmad <ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.amu.ac.in/centres/amucentres4.htm | title=AMU Centres | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123060715/http://www.amu.ac.in/centres/amucentres4.htm | archivedate=23 November 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a daughter, Sadaf Ahmad.


==References==
==References==

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Roohi Zuberi
President of Women's Welfare Society[1]
Personal details
Born (1959-03-24) 24 March 1959 (age 67)
Etah, Uttar Pradesh India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress[1]
Spouse(s)Ahmad Ziauddin
ResidenceAligarh, India
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
ProfessionAdvocate, Counselor, Social worker, Politician, Activist

Roohi Zuberi is an Indian social worker and women's rights activist.[1][2] Zuberi has also served as a senior cabinet member at Aligarh Muslim University.

Career[edit | edit source]


As a university student, she became district president of the National Students' Union of India. Zuberi is an advocate for minority rights.[3] In 1986, she established the Women's Welfare Society in the Northern and Central India (महिला कल्याण समिति). In 2000, she ran for mayor of Aligarh on the Indian National Congress' ticket. Zuberi advocated that there was the need for enacting a Muslim matrimonial code including the bride's consent to marriage.

On 30 January 2014, she was appointed to the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee's Executive Committee.

Roohi Zuberi with President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil

Zuberi is currently president of the Women's Welfare Society in Uttar Pradesh. She is a member of the Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, and of the Minority Cell of the All India Mahila Congress.

Mrs Roohi Zuberi Advocate receiving Indian Women Power Award from Shri Harish Rawat Union Minister for her role in Social Work and Politics

Political career history[edit | edit source]

  • Distt. President NSUI, 1972–73
  • Secretary of Abdullah Girls College, 1972–73
  • Executive Member of Student Union of AMU, 1974–75
  • Vice President of Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union, 1980
  • President (ad hoc) of Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union, 1982
  • Founded Women's Welfare Society, 1986
  • District President Mahila Congress, Aligarh, 1992
  • General Secretary Mahila Congress, U.P, 1993
  • Vice President of the District Congress Committee
  • Member of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (5 times)
  • Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, 1996–2008[4]
  • Congress party Candidate for the post of Mayor (Aligarh), 2001
  • General Secretary, UPCC

Additional position held[edit | edit source]

  • Ex-Member Railway Board
  • Ex-Member Telephone Advisory Board
  • Ex-Member Lok Adalat, Aligarh
  • Ex-Member District Consumer Forum
  • Vice President Akansha Samiti, Formed by District Magistrate

Awards[edit | edit source]

  • Bhartiya Nari Shakti Award for her role in women empowerment on 29 January 2014 at the Constitutional Club of India, New Delhi[5]
  • Rashtriya Gaurav Award, in the field of Social Work by the India International Friendship Society (2014)[6]

Family background[edit | edit source]

B.M Zuberi Hospital

Roohi Zuberi belongs to a family of Marehra in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father, the late Mr. Bashir Mahmood Zuberi (Advocate) (1921-1993) was a freedom fighter in the Indian Independence Struggle against British Raj. He was also a social worker, a politician, and the Chairman of the Marehra Municipal Board. During his life, he gave much of his personal property up for the development and welfare of the local population. The B. M. Zuberi Hospital in Marehra, a civil government hospital, is named after him.[7]

Mrs. Zuberi is also related to Maulvi Bashir Uddin[8] who spent all of his assets to establish Islamia College in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh in 1888 which was a similar effort to establish another university as happened in the case of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. He was a Congressite who wore Khadi and also published a highly respected paper al-Bashir.[8] He was awarded Padma Shri, but he did not go to receive it, just as he did not go to receive the title of Khan Bahadur.[8] Former President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain was also a student of this institution.[9]

She is also the daughter-in-law[10] of mathematician and former Parliamentarian Dr Sir Ziauddin Ahmad,[11] one of the mentors of the Aligarh Movement[11] and Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University,[12] who served as Vice Chancellor for three terms and later became the Rector of Aligarh Muslim University.

Matin Zuberi,[13][14] was her maternal uncle and a scholar of international relations. Professor Zuberi was born at Marehra in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on 15 July 1930. After obtaining his Master's degree from Aligarh Muslim University, he went to St. Anthony's and Balliol colleges at the University of Oxford. On his return, he was appointed senior fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He joined JNU in 1978 and continued there till 1995.

As a professor of international politics and disarmament studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Zuberi was an academic observer of international nuclear developments.[15] His contributions went beyond academics.[13][15] In three stints — 1990–91, 1998–99 and 2000–01 — he was a member of the National Security Advisory Board. On the last occasion, he participated in the preparation of the Draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine.[13][15] Earlier, he was a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament and Development.[15] Prof. Zuberi was also a member of the executive council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and the governing body of the Society of Indian Ocean Studies.[13][15]

Education qualification[edit | edit source]

She started her education in her hometown Marehra and thereafter moved to Aligarh for higher education. Her alma mater is Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.

  • B.A in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University.
  • M.A in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University
  • L.L.B from Aligarh Muslim University

Personal life and family[edit | edit source]

Roohi Zuberi is married to Ahmad Zia-ud-din and they have three sons, Md. Zia-ud-din (Rahi), Shahbaz Zia-ud-din, Sheeraz Ahmad [16] and a daughter, Sadaf Ahmad.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fatima, Tanzeem (2007). Mrs Roohi Zuberi. ISBN 9788176298292.
  2. ↑ "कांग्रेस नेत्री ने जाना पब्लिक का दर्द" [Congress leader gets public's pain]. Raftaar News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "रुही जुबैरी ने किया कई गांवों का दौरा". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Office-bearers List". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ "Bhartiya Nari Shakti Awards". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "रूही जुबेरी राष्ट्रीय गौरव सम्मान एवार्ड से र्हुइं सम्मानित" [Roohi Zuberi honored with National Gaurav Gaurav Award]. Cityaajkal.com. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "B. M Zuberi Hospital". Facebook. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Re:A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "Hafiz Muhammad Siddiq Islamia Inter College Etawah(Pride of Etawah) (Etawah)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ "..ताकि ये मुहब्बत यूं ही कायम रहे". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Sir Ziauddin Ahmed". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ↑ "A critical biographical note on Dr (Sir) Ziauddin Ahmad". Aligarh Movement. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Zuberi, Matin. "The Nuclear Breakthrough". Security Research Review. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
  14. ↑ "Stalin and The Bomb, Dr. Matin Zuberi, Member, Advisory Board of the National Security Council". Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Matin Zuberi passes away". The Hindu. 11 March 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
  16. ↑ "AMU Centres". Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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