Syed Ahmed (6 March 1943 – 27 September 2015) was an Indian
politician
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,
author
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and a member of the
Congress Party
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. He was sworn in as the
Governor of Manipur
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on 16 May 2015, but only served four months before dying in office on 27 September. During his short tenure as governor, the Manipur Tenants, Visitors and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 was passed by the Manipur Assembly on 15 March.
He died of cancer on 27 September 2015 at Lilavati Hospital Bandra, Mumbai, India at the age of 72 whilst in office as a state governor. He was survived by his wife and two children, an only son as well as an only daughter.
Early life
Ahmed held two
master's degree
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s in both
Hindi
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and
English
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as well as a
doctorate
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constituency
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Maharashtra
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.
On 26 August 2011,
Indian President
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Pratibha Patil appointed Ahmed as the eighth Governor of the northern state of Jharkhand. He was chosen to succeed
M. O. H. Farook
M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar (6 September 1937 – 26 January 2012) was a three-time Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He was the youngest chief minister of any Union Territory of India. He served from 9 April 1967 to 6 M ...
, who was appointed Governor of Kerala on the same day by President Patil. Syed Ahmed was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on 4 September 2011. Ahmed was administered the oath of office by acting Jharkhand Chief Justice Prakash Chandra Tatiya at the state Raj Bhavan. Dr. Syed Ahmed was shifted to Manipur in May 2015.
On 16 May 2015, Dr. Syed Ahmed was sworn in as the
Governor of Manipur
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Manipur High Court
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,
Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra
Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra (born 10 June 1954) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.
Career
Mohapatra was born in 1954. He passed Law from M S Law College of Cuttack in 1977 and started practice on Civil, Criminal, Ser ...
administered the oath of office and secretary to Dr. Syed Ahmed.