JAFRI, SHRI AHSAN, B.Com., LL.B. Congress, (Gujarat—Ahmedabad—1977):  s. of Shri Allabux Jafri; b. at Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh; March 1, 1929; ed. at H. L. College of Commerce, and Sir L. A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad; m. Smt. Zakia Naseem; 2 s. and 1 d.; Advocate previously associated with the Communist Party of India, 1948-50; Was detained under Preventive Detention Act for one year in 1949 for political reasons: has been working on the trade union front in Ahmedabad for the last 25 years; President, Ahmedabad District Congress Committee; President, Hindi High School, Ahmedabad; Vice-President, (i) Ahmedabad Mill Mazdoor Union affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress; and Indo-Soviet Cultural Society, Cultural Society, was Leader of Gujarat Delegation to USSR in 1976.

Favourite  pastime and recreation:  Reading and writing.

Special interests:  Trade Union activities.

Publications:  Poems and short stories in Urdu.

Travels abroad:  U.S.S.R. and Poland.

Permanent address:  19, Golberg Society, Chamanpura Ahmedabad, Gujarat.