Syed Hussain (born 16 July 1922) is an Indian former politician who was Member of Parliament

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 ...

, and Chairman of the Legislative Council of Jammu and Kashmir. Hussain was born on 16 July 1922, in ancestral house in Mohalla Mir Maidan in Dooru—Near

Verinag Verinag ( is a town named after and famous for the Verinag spring and Mughal garden, near Anantnag city in Anantnag district of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is a notified area committee with tehsil status (Shahabad Bala V ...

, District

Anantnag Anantnag (/ə'nʌntna:g/ or /-nɑːg/ ), also called Islamabad, is the administrative headquarters of the Anantnag district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located at a distance of 53 kilometres (33 miles) from the u ...

. He holds a Bachelor of Arts A(

Kashmir University The University of Kashmir (U-K, UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate public state university located on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India which was established in 1948 ...

); Bachelor of Law LB ( Aligarh Muslim University); Mufti (Honours; in Persian and Arabic)

Hussain married Farkhundah Begum on 1 October 1940; they have four daughters. Hussain is an advocate; was associated with

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from early student days; was arrested after sustaining serious injuries while leading a demonstration against autocratic rule in the state in 1946; took leading part in organizing popular resistance against Pak-invaders and infiltrators in 1947 and 1965 respectively; one of the founders of Democratic National Conference; Hussain has been the member of: * Executive Committee J&K Pradesh Congress. * Congress Forum for Socialist action. * Executive Committee of J &K, Unit of I.S.C.U.S and * Central Citizen Committee; * Debt Conciliation Board, 1949, 1950 and 1951; * Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir, 1957 until 1962 and was elected to the J&K Legislative Council in 1962; * Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Subordinate Legislation in J & K, Legislature * Member Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the Rajya Sabha; * Rajya Sabha from 16 April 1968 to 5 March 1974. In 1975, he resigned as the chairman of the Legislative Council after his party lost its majority in the Council following assumption of Chief Ministership by

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later re ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussain, Syed 1922 births Possibly living people Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir Chairs of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council People from Anantnag district Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1957–1962 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir Aligarh Muslim University alumni Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians University of Kashmir alumni