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| name = Anwara Taimur<br />
| honorific_suffix = <br />
| image = Anwara Taimur.jpeg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|24|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Assam Province|Assam]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|09|28|1936|11|24|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Australia]]<br />
| predecessor = [[President's rule]]<br />
| successor = [[President's rule]]<br />
| office = 8th [[Chief Minister of Assam]]<br />
| term_start = 6 December 1980<br />
| term_end = 30 June 1981<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| party = [[All India United Democratic Front]] <small>(2011–present)</small><br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] <small>(before 2011)</small><br />
| spouse = Md. Muhibuddin Tainur<br />
| children = <br />
| honorific-prefix = <br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br />
| term8 = 1972 - 1978<br />
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata5 = [[Sarat Chandra Singha]]<br />
| office6 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term6 = 1991 - 1996<br />
| constituency6 = [[Dalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalgaon]]<br />
| term7 = 1978 - 1985<br />
| term5 = 1975 - 1978<br />
| predecessor6 = Abdul Jabbar<br />
| constituency8 = [[Mangaldoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangaldoi]]<br />
| predecessor8 = Md. Matlibuddin<br />
| successor8 = [[Anil Das]]<br />
| predecessor7 = Hashimuduin Ahmed<br />
| successor7 = Abdul Jabbar<br />
| successor6 = Abdul Jabbar<br />
| office5 = Minister for Education, [[Government of Assam]]<br />
| nominator2 = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br />
| term4 = 1983 - 1985<br />
| constituency2 = [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]]<br />
| 1blankname = [[List of governors of Assam|Governor]]<br />
| 1namedata = [[Lallan Prasad Singh]]<br />
| father = Syed Yusef Ali<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 2004 - 2010<br />
| term2 = 25 November 1988 – 8 May 1990<br />
| appointer2 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]<br />
| office3 = Minister for Agriculture, [[Government of Assam]]<br />
| term3 = 1991 - 1996<br />
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]<br />
| office4 = Minister for Public Works, [[Government of Assam]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister]]<br />
| constituency7 = [[Dalgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalgaon]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Syeda Anwara Taimur''' (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of [[Assam]] from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110321/jsp/northeast/story_13741315.jsp|title='Spurned' Taimur in AIUDF - Denied a ticket, one deserts, the other turns mentor}}</ref> She died in Australia on 28 September 2020.<ref name="thenewsmill.com">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Assam's lone female chief minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away|url=https://thenewsmill.com/assams-lone-female-chief-minister-syeda-anwara-taimur-passes-away/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The News Mill|language=en-US}}</ref> She was a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] party in Assam and a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC).<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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She graduated from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] with economics honors.<br />
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Anwara was lecturer in Economics in Debicharan Barua Girls College, [[Jorhat]] in 1956.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
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In the history of Assam, she was the only [[female]] and [[Muslim]] Chief Minister of the state.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1">{{cite news |title=Assam's only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away in Australia at 83 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-s-only-woman-cm-syeda-anwara-taimur-passes-away-in-australia-at-83/story-FYokGRyun9lOBbkP8FgqaI.html |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=28 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She was Chief Minister of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /> In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ThLJaAlCSB4bZmCKExFFIO/Kudos-to-Mehbooba-Mufti-but-where-are-Kashmirs-female-poli.html|title=Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?|date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under [[President's rule]] for six months.<br />
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From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state.{{fact|date=September 2021}}<br />
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She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]) in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2" /> In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament ([[Rajya Sabha]]).<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219102531/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1991 she was appointed to the post of Minister for Agriculture in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sevendiary.com/anwara-taimur-lady-cm-assam/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713231116/http://sevendiary.com/anwara-taimur-lady-cm-assam/ |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/Alumni.pdf</ref><br />
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Anwara joined [[All India United Democratic Front]] in 2011.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /> Anwara is among the notable names not included in the final draft of 2018 [[National Register of Citizens]] (NRC), for which, she later clarified that her family members may not have applied to get her name included in the list.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Taimur died on 28 September 2020 in Australia due to cardiac arrest,where she stayed with her son for last four years.<ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference1" /><ref name="Syeda Anwara Reference2">{{cite news |last1=Bikash |first1=Singh |title=Syeda Anwara Taimur, the only woman chief minister of Assam, breathed her last on Monday |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/syeda-anwara-taimur-the-only-woman-chief-minister-of-assam-breathed-her-last-on-monday/articleshow/78369520.cms?from=mdr |access-date=21 February 2021 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newslivetv.com/former-assam-cm-anwara-taimur-no-more/|website=News Live|title=Former Assam CM Anwara Taimur no more|date=28 September 2020|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="thenewsmill.com"/><br />
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==Positions held==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
| 1972–1978<br />
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|5th Assam Assembly]]<br />
* Cabinet Minister - Education (1975–78)<br />
|-<br />
| 1978–1983<br />
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|6th Assam Assembly]]<br />
* [[List of chief ministers of Assam|8th Chief Minister of Assam]] (1980–81)<br />
|-<br />
| 1983–1985<br />
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|7th Assam Assembly]]<br />
* Cabinet Minister - Public Works<br />
|-<br />
| 1988–1990<br />
| Nominated to [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1991–1996<br />
| Elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly|9th Assam Assembly]]<br />
* Cabinet Minister - Agriculture, Haj and Wakf Property<br />
|-<br />
| 2004–2010<br />
| Elected to [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
* Chairperson - Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (2004–10)<br />
* Member - Committee on Urban Development (2004–10)<br />
* Member - Committee on Empowerment of Women (2004–10)<br />
* Member - General Purposes Committee (2004–10)<br />
* Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–10)<br />
* Vice President - India-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group (2005–10)<br />
* Member - National Advisory Committee of Minority Department (2006–10)<br />
|}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volumes by P. K. Mohanty Page 124.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210200/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=707 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]<br />
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