C. K. Jaffer Sharief

C. K. Jaffer Sharief
C. K. Jaffer Sharief
	Shri CK Jaffer Sharief on strike to save Amanth Bank in Bangalore
Minister of Railways
	In office; 21 June 1991 – 16 October 1995
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Janeshwar Mishra
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1977–1996
Preceded by	K. Hanumanthaiah
Succeeded by	C. Narayanaswamy
	In office; 1998–2004
Preceded by	C. Narayanaswamy
Succeeded by	H. T. Sangliana
Constituency	Bangalore North, Karnataka
	In office; 1971–1977
Preceded by	M. V. Rajasekharan
Succeeded by	M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
Constituency	Kanakapura, Karnataka
Minister of State, Railways
	In office; 1980–1984
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Personal details
Born	Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief; 3 November 1933; Challakere, Chitradurga, Kingdom of Mysore; (present-day Karnataka, India)
Died	25 November 2018 (aged 85)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Amina Beevi
Children	4

Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief (3 November 1933 – 25 November 2018) was an Indian politician. He was one of the senior most Indian National Congress leaders. He was the Railways Minister of the Government of India from 1991 until 1995.^[2]

Political career[edit]

Jaffer Sharief started his career in the Indian National Congress under Nijalingappa. After a split in the Congress, he took the side of Indira Gandhi. In 1980 as Railways minister, he was instrumental in gauge conversion of railways in the state, where all or most of the different gauges of tracks were converted to broad gauges, and thereby saving Railways a lot of money. He was also instrumental in getting the Wheel and Axle Plant in Bangalore.^[3]

In 2012, Sharief was cleared by the Supreme Court of charges relating to expenditure on a trip to London for medical treatment. Sharief had taken several ministry officials with him, which the court found was not inappropriate.^[4] Corruption charges were leveled against him during his tenure as Railway Minister.^[5]

Personal life[edit]

Jaffer Sharief lost three members of his family, with his younger son in 1999, his wife in 2008 and his elder son in 2009, three days before his election to Lok Sabha.^{[citation needed]}

CK Jaffer Sharief died at the age of 85 in Bengaluru on 25 November 2018.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820131-karnataka-cm-gundu-rao-makes-a-comeback-with-a-vengeance-771481-2013-10-21 Karnataka CM Gundu Rao makes a comeback with a vengeance
↑ "Leaders' meeting in Hassan". The Hindu. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Aiyappa, Manu (25 November 2018). "Former Railway minister CK Jaffer Sheriff dead". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
↑ Malik, Surabhi (9 November 2012). "EX-minister Jaffer Sharief gets clean chit from Supreme Court in 1995 corruption case". NDTV. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Why Congress Cannot Claim Credit For The Delhi Metro…". Tehelka. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by M. V. Rajasekharan	Member of Parliament for Kanakapura 1971 – 1977	Succeeded by M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
Preceded by K. Hanumanthaiah	Member of Parliament for Bangalore North 1977 – 1996	Succeeded by C. Narayanaswamy
Preceded by C. Narayanaswamy	Member of Parliament for Bangalore North 1998 – 2004	Succeeded by H. T. Sangliana
Political offices
Preceded by Janeshwar Mishra	Minister of Railways 21 June 1991 – 16 October 1995	Succeeded by Ram Vilas Paswan

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[1] ttps://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820131-karnataka-cm-gundu-rao-makes-a-comeback-with-a-vengeance-771481-2013-10-21 Karnataka CM Gundu Rao makes a comeback with a vengeance

[Leaders’_meeting_in_Hassan-2] "Leaders' meeting in Hassan". The Hindu. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[CKJS-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Aiyappa, Manu (25 November 2018). "Former Railway minister CK Jaffer Sheriff dead". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[NDTV-4] Malik, Surabhi (9 November 2012). "EX-minister Jaffer Sharief gets clean chit from Supreme Court in 1995 corruption case". NDTV. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[5] "Why Congress Cannot Claim Credit For The Delhi Metro…". Tehelka. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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