Aziz Imam (25 February 1925 – 1980) was an Indian politician, agriculturist, and parliamentary secretary. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. He then represented the Mirzapur constituency after elected to the fifth and the seventh general elections, collectively from 1971 to 1980. Affiliated with the

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, he served member of the

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and

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Biography

Aziz Imam was born to Yusuf Imam in

United Provinces of British India The United Provinces of British India, more commonly known as the United Provinces, was a province of British India, which came into existence on 3 January 1921 as a result of the renaming of the ''United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''. It corre ...

(in present-day

Mirzapur Mirzapur () is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, 827 km from Delhi and 733 km from Kolkata, almost 91 km from Prayagraj (formally known as Allahabad) and 61 km from Varanasi. It is known for its carpets and brassware industries, and the folk ...

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) on 25 February 1925. He was married to Ashraf-un-Nisa on 20 February 1949, with which he had five children. He did his

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and

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from the

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

. Imam served at multiple posts at during his political career. He was appointed to the

government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

as a minister of education in 1962. He also served as

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of U.P.C.C. and A.l.C.C. and later, he was appointed as a Chairman for Minority Board A.I.C.C and vice-president of the U.P.C.C. Later, he served president of Chapra Mazdoor Sabha, E.Hill Carpet Mazdoor Sabha, and Kasar-batti Mazdoor Sabha. He also served vice-president of D.C.D.F. and the member of

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

from 1952 to 1966, and

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from 1971 to 1977 and

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from 1980 until his death later that year. Imam died in office in 1980, at the age of 55.

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Aziz Imam
at Latestly {{DEFAULTSORT:Imam, Aziz 1925 births 1980 deaths India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1980–1984 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962 Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh