Abdul Rahman is an Indian politician, Chairman of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and Former Member of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

from Vellore Constituency,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. He represents the

Indian Union Muslim League The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...

party. IUML and DMK both are friendly parties in Tamil Nadu state, so he represented in DMK election symbol. ADR and India Today combined survey has revealed Abdul Rahman placed in Sixth Rank among Top 20 MPs of the 15th Loksabha in all respects.

Early life

Abdul Rahman was born in

Muthupet Muthupettai (முத்துப்பேட்டை) is a town in the Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Pearlpet. Muthupet comes under the Thiruthuraipoondi assembly constituency which elects a me ...

Tiruvarur Thiruvarur () also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing and mea ...

on 28 May 1959. Abdul Rahman is post graduate in

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from

Jamal Mohamed College Jamal Mohamed College is a Government-aided and self-financed institution founded in 1951 by M. Jamal Mohamed Sahib and N.M. Khajamian Rowther. The college campus is located in Tiruchirappalli, India and is affiliated to Bharathidasan Universi ...

, Tiruchrappalli. Prior to that he did Diploma in Computer Programming from Institute of Business Applications,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

Special Interests

According to the official portal of the Indian Government, the National Portal of India, Rahman describes his special interests as "Working for peace in society; inculcating ethical and spiritual values among the people and striving for communal harmony; spreading the study of comparative religion; to work for harmony of hearts and meeting of minds of our people in different cultures and to see India as the prosperous blissful land of peace".

Posts Held

Other Position and Awards

President, Quaide Millath Forum, Chennai; Vice-President, : (i) The Bank and (ii) Indian Muslim Association, U.A.E.; Founder Member of Indian Community Welfare Committee of Indian Consulate, Dubai; awarded, (i) "Outstanding Personality in Keeping Communal Harmony" award by Tamil Sangam; (ii) Personality award for communal amity conferred by Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; (iii) first prize in State level elocution competition during school and college education

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171654/http://indianunionmuslimleague.in/abdul_rahman * https://web.archive.org/web/20120505220458/http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4537 * https://web.archive.org/web/20130309004632/http://www.mpmla.in/mp.php?stcode=S22&pcno=7 * http://www.abroadindians.com/news/br-a-abdul-rahman-member-of-indian-parliament-brief-visit-to-state-of-kuwait/303 * https://picasaweb.google.com/107459669457968807598/AbdulRahmanMPVellore?authuser=0&feat=directlink {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Abdul 1959 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Indian Union Muslim League politicians People from Muthupet Jamal Mohamed College alumni People from Vellore district