Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed (20 June 1934 – 17 February 2020) was a practicing lawyer before the

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and a politician who served as the

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from Faridabad, Haryana. He was elected as MLA to the Punjab and Haryana assembly five times, and also represented the Faridabad constituency as a member of parliament.Haryana Assembly
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Early life

Khurshid Ahmed was born to Chaudhary Kabir Ahmed and Faizan Begum. After independence, his father was twice elected to Haryana assembly.

Personal life

Khurshid Ahmed married Firdos Begum in 1961. He had three sons and one daughter – Aftab Ahmed, Mehtab Ahmed, Anjum Ahmed and Rukhsana. Aftab Ahmed was elected as MLA from Nuh,

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on the ticket of

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Party and was an ex-Cabinet minister of Haryana. He was Vice-President of

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. Mehtab Ahmed is practicing lawyer, while youngest son Anjum Ahmed is Practicing lawyer in High Court of Punjab & Haryana.

Political career

He was elected to the state assembly five times and twice represented the Faridabad constituency Lok Sabha as well. He also served the party at different levels:73-member HPCC announced

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Kurshid Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana 1934 births 2020 deaths Haryana MLAs 1966–1967 Haryana MLAs 1968–1972 Haryana MLAs 1977–1982 Haryana MLAs 1987–1991 Haryana MLAs 1996–2000 Lok Sabha members from Haryana Supreme Court of India lawyers People from Faridabad