Anisur Rahman (died 2004) was an Indian politician of 3rd Legislative Assembly (1962–67) of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

representing

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He represented 16-

Tanakpur Tanakpur (Kumaoni: टनकपुर) is a city and a municipal board in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 ...

Vidhan Sabha seat which included Tanakpur,

Sitarganj Sitarganj is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Now it is home to the Integrated Industrial Estate Sitarganj (IIE) being developed by State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarak ...

Nanakmatta Nanakmatta is a historical town named after the Sikh pilgrimage site, Gurdwara Nanak Mata Sahib, in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Sikh tradition records that the site was once called Gorakhmata, a centre of Siddh-jogis named after the fou ...

Khatima Khatima is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Khatima is located at . It has an average elevation of 299 metres (980 feet). Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Khatima had a ...

, Amariya. The seat was part of

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

district. He was part of the U.P government under first women chief minister

Sucheta Kripalani Sucheta Kripalani (''née'' Majumdar; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967. Early lif ...

. He belongs to Rayeen tribe of

Sunni Muslims Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

. His native place was Dherum Sukatia village of

Pilibhit Pilibhit is a city and a municipal board of Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of Bareilly division, situated in the Rohilkhand region of the sub-Himalayan Plateau belt next to f ...

. He contested second time from Pilibhit assembly in 1974 and lost by a thin margin of 3887 votes. He remained active in the politics till 2000 and held key posts in the congress committee as PCC member and district vice president and General secretary.

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Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967 20th-century Indian Muslims 20th-century Indian politicians People from Pilibhit 2004 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub

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