Fouzia Khan or Fauzia Tahseen Khan, also known as Fauzia Khan, is an Indian politician of the

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. She is a member of the

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the upper house of

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from Maharashtra. She is the National president of Nationalist Mahila Congress (NCP's Women's wing), an Ex-Minister of State of

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisla ...

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. She was two time M.L.C. i.e. member of Legislative Council the upper house of

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Legislature. Convent-educated Khan is the first Muslim woman in the state who has served as minister in the Maharashtra government.

Portfolio held

She was minister of state (junior minister) with portfolios for School Education, Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, General Administration, Information & Public Relations, Minorities Development (including Aukaf), and Protocol.

Political profile

Fauzia Khan belongs

(NCP) of

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minist ...

. She has been two times served as member of legislative council of Maharashtra. Her paternal home is

Aurangabad, Maharashtra Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the ...

. She moved to

Parbhani Parbhani (, IPA ) is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is one of the largest cities in Marathwada region. Parbhani is around away from regional headquarters of Aurangaba ...

after marriage where she started her political career by contesting the election for the post of President of Parbhani Municipal Council.

Contributions

Fauzia Khan heads the Federation of All Maharashtra Minority Education Organisation (FAME) and runs several educational institutions in

.
In the year 2008 she donated 5 acres of land to develop off-campus educational complex by

Maulana Azad National Urdu University Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's stru ...

(MANUU) at

Aurangabad Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...

.
As a minister in Govt. of Maharashtra she was instrumental in identifying a 332-acre site for

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 ...

(AMU) Maharashtra Center at

Khuldabad Khuldabad () is a city (municipal council) and a Taluka of Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is known as the Valley of Saints, or the Abode of Eternity, because in the 14th century, several Sufi saints chose to reside h ...

near

.AMU Announces Its Choice Of Land For Its Center In Maharashtra State
. Myamu.in (2011-11-04). Retrieved on 2012-06-26.

References

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