Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan (15 May 1964 – 10 December 2008) was an MP and political activist during Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government between 2003 and 2007.

Personal life

Munawwar was born in a

Gujjar Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as ''Gujar, Gurjara and Gujjer'') is an ethnic nomadic, agricultural and pastoral community, spread mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were tradit ...

family, has four brothers, was married to

Begum Tabassum Hasan Begum Tabassum Hasan (b 1970) is a Samajwadi Party political activist, former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and wife of former MP late Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan. She has been with ...

, and had one son (

Nahid Hasan Nahid Hasan is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly, 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar P ...

) and one daughter (Iqra Hassan).

Political life

Munawwar was elected to the State Legislative assembly from

Kairana Assembly constituency Kairana Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Shamli district (prior to 2012, Kairana was a tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district) and one of the five assembly co ...

in 1991 and 1993 by defeating

Hukum Singh Hukum Singh (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the 16th L ...

. Hasan then elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 on a

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 ...

ticket. He was again elected on a

ticket from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in 2004, but rebelled at the time of 22 July trust vote. He was expelled by the

, which also filed a petition seeking his disqualification from the House. The petition was pending with the Lok Sabha Speaker. He later joined the

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

. SP chief

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. In the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as ...

send Hasan to

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

in 1998 after he lost

lok sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

election from

Virendra Verma Virendra Verma (18 September 1916 – 2 May 2009) was an Indian politician, born in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. He served as the Governor of Punjab and the Administrator of Chandigarh (1990) as well as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1990–1993) ...

Death

He was killed in a road accident near

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in the state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

Positions held

Elections contested

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Chaudhary Munawwar 1964 births 2008 deaths Indian Muslims Road incident deaths in India People from Muzaffarnagar district India MPs 2004–2009 Janata Dal politicians Samajwadi Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1996–1997 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh