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| Office | 13th Chief Minister of Bihar |
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| Office | Minister for Works and Housing |
| Office | Minister of Urban Development |
| Office | Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council
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| Term start | 2 July 1973 |
| Term end | 11 April 1975 |
| Predecessor | Kedar Pandey |
| Successor | Jagannath Mishra
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| Born | Template:Birth year |
| Born | Sareya Akhteryar, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Patna, Bihar, India
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Abdul Ghafoor (1918 – 10 July 2004) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Bihar[1] from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975;[2] and served as cabinet minister in Rajiv Gandhi's government. He participated actively in freedom struggles and served jail terms.
Early life and education
He was born in a small village of Gopalganj District, Sareya Akhteryar, in a humble farm family. Having completed his initial education from the district, he moved to Patna and subsequently to Aligarh for higher education. He completed his MA and Law at Aligarh Muslim University.[3]
Ghafoor was a part of the Young Turks of Bihar Congress during the independence movement along with Bindeshwari Dubey, Bhagwat Jha Azad, Chandrashekhar Singh, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Kedar Pandey all future chief ministers and Sitaram Kesri, future national president of Indian National Congress.Template:Citation needed
Political career
Abdul Ghafoor was Chief Minister of Bihar from 2 July 1973 to 11 April 1975.[4] He was also minister for urban development in Rajiv Gandhi Cabinet in 1984. He was elected to Lok Sabha thrice in years 1984, 1991 and 1996 on Congress and Samata Party[5] tickets from Siwan and Gopalganj Parliamentary constituencies respectively. He was also a former chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council. He became member of state legislature for first time in the year 1952.[4]
He died in Patna on 10 July 2004.Template:Citation needed His political legacy is being carried forward by Asif Ghafoor, his grandson. Asif Ghafoor is member of AICC and general secretary of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, contested the 2010 and 2020 Bihar Assembly election from Barauli and Gopalganj constituency in Gopalganj district of Bihar as Indian National Congress nominee.Template:Citation needed
See also
References
- ↑ Paswan's Muslim CM issue impractical: Cong Template:Webarchive, ExpressIndia.com, accessed March 2009
- ↑ Chief Minister list Template:Webarchive, cm.bih.nic.in, accessed March 2009
- ↑ Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha. loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 EX-Bihar CM Abdul Ghafoor passes away(10 July 2004). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ Samata Party to move Delhi HC against Thackeray faction's 'flaming torch'. Hindustan Times(2022-10-14). Retrieved 2022-11-26.