Azad
, Shri Ghulam Nabi
[Indian National Congress -Jammu & Kashmir ]
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| Father's Name
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Shri Rahamatullah
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| Mother's Name
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Shrimati Basa Begum
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| Date of Birth
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7 March 1949 |
| Place of Birth
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Village
Soti, Bhadarwah, Distt. Doda (Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Marital Status
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Married
on 27 March 1980 |
| Spouse's Name
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Shrimati Shameem
Dev Azad |
| Children : |
One son
and one daughter |
| Educational Qualifications
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M.Sc.
(Zoology) Educated at Government Degree College Bhadarwah,
G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, S.P. College, Srinagar
and Kashmir University, Srinagar |
| Profession : |
Political
and Social Worker |
| Permanent Address
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House
No. 58, New Rehari, Jammu.
Tel. -
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| Present Address
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5, South
Avenue Lane, New Delhi. 110011
Tel. - 3792052, 3793692
E-mail : mailto:azadg@sansad.nic.in
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| Positions Held
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| 1973-75
Secretary, Block Congress Committee, Bhalesa 1975-77
President, Pradesh Youth Congress, Jammu and Kashmir
1975-85 Member, Congress Executive Committee, J&K
Pradesh Congress 1975-88 President, District Congress
Committee, Doda 1977-80 General Secretary, All India
Youth Congress 1978-81 President, All India Muslim Youth
Conference (Associated with Indian Youth Congress) 1980
onwards Member, Congress Executive Committee, Maharashtra
1980-82 President, All India Youth Congress Member,
Committee on Public Undertakings 1980-84 Member, Seventh
Lok Sabha (from Washim, Maharashtra) 1981-82 Member,
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence 1982
Chairman, Youth Services Committee, IX Asian Games Member,
Special Organising Committee, IX Asian Games Member,
Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting 1982-83 Union Deputy Minister in the
Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs 1983-84
Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting 1985-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (from
Washim, Maharashtra) 31 Dec.1984-11 May 1986 Union Minister
of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs May
1986 - Oct. 1986 Union Minister of State in the Ministry
of Home Affairs Oct. 1986 - Sept. 1987 Union Minister
of State in the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies
1987-92 and Nov. 1996 onwards General Secretary, All
India Congress Committee 1987 onwards Member, Congress
Working Committee (re-elected in Aug. 1997) 1988-89
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
April 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha June 1991 - Jan. 1993
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Jan. 1993 -
May 1996 Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Dec. 1995 - May 1996 Union Minister of Parliamentary
Affairs, Civil Aviation and Tourism Nov. 1996 Re-elected
to Rajya Sabha 1996-97 Member, Consultative Committee
for the Ministry of Home Affairs 1998 Member, Committee
on Energy Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry
of Railways June 1998 onwards Member, Central Disciplinary
Action Committee of A.I.C.C. July 1998 onwards Member,
Rajghat Samadhi Committee Jan. 1999 onwards General
Secretary, All India Congress Committee Dec. 1999 onwards
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism Jan. 2000
onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry
of Home Affairs Member, Informal Consultative Committee
for the Northern Railway Zone May 2000 onwards Member,
Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Functioning of
Wakf Boards |
| Freedom Fighter
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No |
| Books Published
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| Social
and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific
Accomplishments and other Special Interests : |
| Organising
camps, symposia and seminars on the teachings of Mahatma
Gandhi |
| Sports,
Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation : |
| Gardening,
meeting people and cultural activities, secularism and
national integration |
| Countries Visited
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| Sri Lanka,
Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand,
Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., Russia,
Yugoslavia, Egypt, Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, U.S.A.,
Australia, Luxembourg, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain,
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Mauritius,
South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Romania, Indonesia, Vietnam,
Poland, Argentina, Brazil, North Korea, South Korea,
Iran, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar
and Turkey |
| Other Information
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| An outstanding
N.C.C. Cadet in Government Degree College, Bhadarwah,
G.G.M. Science College and S.P. College, Srinagar; courted
arrest more than a dozen times and jailed during the
Janata Government (1977-79) in different parts of the
country; Cultural Secretary and elected representative
of Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Kashmir University,
1970-72; Chairman, First International Youth Conference,
Delhi, 1982; Director, Board of Directors in the Associated
Journals Limited, publishers of National Herald, 1988-90;
Member, (i) Bazam-i-Adab, S.P. College, Srinagar, 1967-68,
(ii) Anti-Copying Front, S.P. College, Srinagar, 1967-68,
(iii) Peace Committee, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu,
1967-69, (iv) National Integration Committee, G.G.M.
Science College, Jammu, 1967-69, (v) Jammu and Kashmir
Gandhi Centenary Committee, 1969, (vi) Publication of
Journals and Beautification of Campus Committee, Kashmir
University, 1970-72, (vii) Jammu and Kashmir Gandhi
Smarak Nidhi (as Member and Organiser of Jammu and Kashmir
Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, 1970-75, organized hundreds of
camps, symposia and seminars on teachings of Mahatma
Gandhi), (viii) Delegation to the 11th World Youth and
Students' Festival, Hawana (Cuba), 1978, (ix) Central
Haj Committee, 1980-82, (x) Governing Council, Rajaji
International Institute of Public Affairs and Administration,
1980-82, (xi) Jammu and Kashmir Bhoodan Committee, (xii)
Parliamentary Delegation to Mexico and Greece and (xiii)
Indian Parliamentary Group; Leader, (i) Indian Delegation
of Sarvodaya to Sri Lanka to visit one thousand Gandhian
model villages, 1973, (ii) Youth Congress Delegation
to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Russia, 1980-82,
(iii) Young M.P.s' Delegation to Iraq, 1981, (iv) Indian
Goodwill Haj Delegation to Saudi Arabia, 1987, (v) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation to Sweden, 1991 as Parliamentary
Affairs Minister, (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation
in the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting held in New
Delhi, 1992 as Parliamentary Affairs Minister and (vii)
a number of Congress Party and Ministry of Civil Aviation
Delegations to more than three dozen countries, 1991-96;
Convener, (i) Central Campaign Committee of A.I.C.C.
for 1998 Parliamentary Elections and (ii) Committee
for Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India's Independence
of A.I.C.C. |
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