Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur is an Indian politician and was a member of the

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of India. Muhammad Kazim Ali served as an MLA in the Swar Tanda Uttar Pradesh state assembly; in 2003 he was briefly the state minister for Minority Welfare and Hajj Affairs. Since 2003, he has been the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. Khan represents the Suar constituency of

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and is a member of the BSP political party. Khan has been MLA for four straight terms.

Personal life

Nawab Kazim Ali Khan was born into the Royal House of Rampur in

Rampur district Rampur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters. Rampur district is a part of Moradabad division. The district occupies an area of . Demographics According to the 2011 C ...

, Uttar Pradesh, India. Khan attended the

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and attained

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degree. Then he matriculated to

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and attained a

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degree. Khan has also been accorded with

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honor. On 24 December 1986 at Bangalore, Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan (then Heir Apparent, or

Nawabzada Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...

), married Nawab Firda uz-Zamani Yaseen Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba (born 26 March 1968), the younger daughter of Meherban Nawab Abdul Rashid Khan Sahib Bahadur, the Nawab of Savanur and the couple has two sons, namely; *

Sayyid ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamma ...

Ali Mohammad Khan Wali Ahad Bahadur (alias Kaivaan Mian), the

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(born 16 February 1988) *

Haider Ali Khan Bahadur (alias Hamzah Mian) (born 18 March 1990).

Political career

Nawab Kazim Ali Khan has been a MLA for five straight terms. He represented the Suar constituency. He has twice been Minister in Samajwadi as well as Bahujan Samaj Party Government. During his first term, he represented the Bilaspur assembly constituency (now non-existent). On 14 June 2016 he has been expelled from INC 6 MLA's Expelled from INC
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Posts held

Awards and honours

* Order of the Griffon *

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Titles

*1960-1992:

Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur *1992-:

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'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara,

Nawab Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...

Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang,

Nawab of Rampur Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Bena ...

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