Abdur Rehman Ajmal (born 12 May 1983) is an Indian politician and businessman. He is a member of the

Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

for the Salmara South constituency.

Early life and family

Ajmal was born on 12 May 1983 to a Bengali Muslim family from Hojai in central

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. The family trace their origins to the

Sylhet district Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division. History Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...

eastern Bengal Eastern Bengal may refer to: * East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British ...

. His grandfather, Haji Ajmal Ali, was a rice farmer who moved to Mumbai in 1950 to try to succeed in the perfume industry using the '' oud'' plant. After the opening of the first store in the 1960s, the Ajmal perfume brand quickly grew to become a large brand in the Middle East. Ajmal's father,

Badruddin Ajmal M. Badruddin Ajmal (born 12 February 1950) is an Indian businessman, politician, philanthropist and Islamic theologian from the state of Assam. He is the state-president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for Assam. Biography Ajmal was born on 12 February ...

, is the founder of the

All India United Democratic Front The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and ''Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha'') is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after B ...

political party and the president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Assam.

Career

Ajmal competed in the

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May. BJP was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Ass ...

as an

candidate for Salmara South, defeating

Wazed Ali Choudhury Wazed Ali Choudhury (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is hou ...

by 3756 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajmal, Abdur Rahman 1983 births Living people Assam MLAs 2011–2016 All India United Democratic Front politicians People from Dhubri district 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis