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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Abbasia_Begum_Mecci.png
| office              = Member, [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| termend             = 1970
| termstart           = 1966
| birth_date          = November 1922
| birth_place         = [[Bangalore]]
| death_date          = {{Death year and age|1970|1922}}
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = M. S. Mecci
| children            = One son and two daughters
| education           = M.Sc.
| party               = [[File:Hand INC.svg|25px]][[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Abbasia Begum Mecci''' (1922–1970) was a member of the legislative council of the [[India]]n state of [[Mysore State|Mysore]] (now [[Karnataka]]) during the 1960s.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1970 |title=Demise of Smt. Abbasia Begum Mecci |journal=Debates: Official Report |publisher=Mysore Legislative Assembly |volume=44 |pages=459 |issn=0580-423X }}</ref>  She is one of the very few [[Muslim]] women of her days to have achieved that status. She took M.Sc. Degree from Central College in 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Council|first=Mysore (India : State) Legislative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S84GAAAAMAAJ&q=Abbasia+Begum+Mecci|title=Who's who|date=1965|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|language=en}}</ref>

== Positions held ==

* worked as Superintendent, Government Vigilance Shelter, Bangalore, for a year.
* Elected to the Legislative Council during April 1960.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Assembly|first=Mysore (India : State) Legislature Legislative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fc0IAQAAIAAJ&q=Abbasia+Begum+Mecci|title=Debates; Official Report|date=1970|language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Council|first=Mysore (India : State) Legislature Legislative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EP4IAQAAIAAJ&q=Abbasia+Begum+Mecci|title=Debates. Official Report|date=1970-02-23|language=kn}}</ref>

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