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| name = Khurshed Alam Khan
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| office = 12th [[Governor of Karnataka]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Sarekoppa Bangarappa]] [[Veerappa Moily]] [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[J. H. Patel]] [[S. M. Krishna]]
| term_start = 6 January 1992
| term_end = 2 December 1999
| predecessor = [[Bhanu Pratap Singh]]
| successor = [[V.S. Ramadevi]]
| office2 = 2nd [[Governor of Goa]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]] [[Churchill Alemao]] [[Luis Proto Barbosa]] [[Ravi Naik]]
| term_start2 = 18 July 1989
| term_end2 = 17 March 1991
| predecessor2 = [[Gopal Singh (politician)|Gopal Singh]]
| successor2 = Bhanu Prakash Singh
| constituency3 = [[Farrukhabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Farrukhabad]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 1984
| term_end3 = 1989
| predecessor3 = Daya Ram Shakya
| successor3 = Santosh Bhartiya
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 5 July 1980
| term_end4 = 6 December 1984
| constituency4 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| term_start5 = 16 April 1974
| term_end5 = 15 April 1980
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| constituency5 = [[Delhi]]
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| birth_place = [[Farrukhabad]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British India]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
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| children = [[Salman Khurshid]]
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'''Khurshed Alam Khan''' (5 February 1919 – 20 July 2013) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] political party.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-union-minister-khurshed-alam-khan-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/21187019.cms |title=Former Union minister Khurshed Alam Khan passes away at 95 – The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=1994-12-11 |accessdate=2013-07-21}}</ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023153300/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Salman-Khurshid-India-s-illustrious-new-Muslim-foreign-minister/Article1-951358.aspx]

He was Governor of [[Karnataka]] from 1991 to 1999 and governor of Goa from 1989 to 1991. Before that, he was Union minister of External affairs in [[Government of India]]. He was associated with [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].

==Early life==
Khurshed Alam Khan was born on 5 February 1919 in Pitaura Village [[Farrukhabad District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. After his early education, he joined the [[Agra University]] as a student of the prestigious [[St. John's College, Agra|St. John's College]], where, he obtained a bachelor's degree with distinction and a master degree in History. He was also a student at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], U.S.A., where he successfully completed a course in Management Studies.

Khan had an abiding interest in education. He was a member of the Governing Body of Dr.Zakir Husain Memorial College, [[New Delhi]]. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[YMCA Institute of Engineering]], [[Faridabad]]. His abiding interest had been in the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] University at Delhi.

==Political career==
It was through the efforts of Khan that Parliament enacted a Law hereby the Jamia Millia Islamia became an independent University. Khurshed Alam Khan was the Chancellor of this university. He was also member of Council of Indian Institutes of Technology.

Khurshed Alam Khan had the distinction of being a distinguished Parliamentarian for over 15 years as a [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|member]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]] and the [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]]. He was the member of the Rajya Sabha from 1974–84 and the [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member]] of the [[8th Lok Sabha]] from 1984–89, representing [[Farrukhabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Farrukhabad constituency]]. He was a Member of the Union Council of ministers and has handled various portfolios, namely, External Affairs, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Textiles and Commerce.

As minister for External Affairs, he toured extensively in the world. He had the distinction of addressing the United Nations as also the Security Council on a number of occasions. The Foreign ministers' Conference of Non-Aligned Countries at Delhi and Luanda was presided over by him. In 1988, he represented India at the Republican Party Convention of the U.S.A.

He resigned his Lok Sabha seat when he was appointed the Governor of Goa on 18 July 1989. He also officiated as the Governor of Maharashtra He has been the [[Governor of Karnataka]] since 6 January 1991. He also officiated as the [[Governor of Kerala]].

The areas of special interest to Khrushed Alam Khan were education, tourism, transport and urban development. Reading and Horticulture were favorite pastimes to which he devoted considerable time. Khurshed Alam Khan was the son-in-law of [[Dr. Zakir Hussain]], the third [[President of India]], married to his older daughter, Saeeda Khurshid. [[Salman Khurshid]], former Union Minister for External Affairs (Indian Foreign Minister), is the son of Khurshed Alam Khan. He also has three daughters. He also has several grandchildren, and was also present for a large part of his great-grandchildren's lives.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233727/http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/KhurshedAlamKhan.htm Rajbhavan Karnataka]

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