Nadira Sultan is an Indian politician. She was elected to

Patiyali Patiyali is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kasganj District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the banks of River Ganga. It is the birthplace of Amir Khusrau (1253-1325 CE). Patiyali is a constituency of District Kasganj. Mem ...

in the

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as a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Personal life

Nadira Sultan was born in Sahawar Town on 11 November and is the only child of politician and freedom fighter Late Mushir Ahmad Khan and Late Saad Fatima Khan. Her Father was twice MP from Etha and kasganj. Her Unlce Late Mohammad Zamir Khan was MLA and her maternal Uncle Late Ahmed Loot Khan was Minister in Uttar Pradesh. She was married to Dr Abdul Hafeez Khan from Rampur whoes Uncle is Ex Minister Mohammad Azam Khan.

Political career

In the

, Nadira Sultan represented

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as a candidate from Patiyali and went on to defeating three times sitting MLA of

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's Mamtesh Shakya. On 27 December 2022, she was awared the membership of "Joint Committee for Women and Child Development" in Uttar Pradesh.

References

Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Samajwadi Party politicians 1956 births 21st-century Indian women politicians {{India-politician-stub