Javed Ali Khan (born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

and a member of the

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, representing

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Early life

Khan was born on October 31, 1962, in Mirzapur Nasrullapur in

Sambhal district Sambhal is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The city lies approximately 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 kilometres (220 mi) north-west of state capital Lucknow. History Sambhal ...

, Uttar Pradesh, to Ashfaq Ali Khan and Mushtaq Begum. Khan completed his primary education in Bahjoi (Sambhal). For higher education he went to Delhi with his father who worked in the government. After enrolling in

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

from Delhi, he earned a diploma in civil engineering. He then graduated from

Rohilkhand University Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJP Rohilkhand University) is a government university in Uttar Pradesh, India and campus spread over . It is an ISO9001:2015 Certified U.P. Government University. The university headquarters is in Ba ...

, Bareilly. He earned his Masters in political science through correspondence from

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

, Hyderabad. He married Asima Kishwar in the year 1995.

Political career

Khan became active in student politics, and while studying at Jamia, he joined the left-wing

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and was elected general secretary of the Jamia Students' Union in the academic year 1984–85. He served as president of the leftist student organization

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during 1993-94 and joined the

in 1994. Since then he has continuously worked for the party and organization. In 1999, when Mulayam Singh Yadav, then-President of the Samajwadi Party, contested the Lok Ssabha election from Sambhal, Khan played an important role in his campaign and became a close associate. He was made the district president of the Samajwadi Party unit Moradabad in 2006 and in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he contested for the from

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constituency, where he was defeated. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Khan was momentarily the Samajwadi Party's candidate from the Sambhal constituency, outgoing MP

Shafiqur Rahman Barq Shafiqur Rahman Barq (born 11 July 1930) is an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha at various times from Moradabad as Samajwadi Party candidate and Sambhal, most recently in 2019. Career He ...

was instead declared the candidate. Despite being cut, Khan pledged allegiance to the party. He worked in favor of the party. In the November 2014, the Samajwadi Party made him the party's candidate for the

and remained a member until 2020. In 2022, he was reelected. Khan served on the Coordination Committee of the

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at its 2023 Mumbai convention.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Javed Ali Living people 1962 births People from Sambhal district Osmania University alumni Jamia Millia Islamia alumni Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh