AKBAR, SHRI MOBASHAR JAWED, B.A. (Hons.) [Congress (I)—Bihar, Kishanganj, 1989]:  s. of Sheikh Akbar Ali; b. at Teliuipara, Hooghly District, West Bengal, January 11, 1951; ed. at Presidency College, Calcutta; m. Mallika Akbar, June 13, 1975, 1 s. and 1 d; Writer;

Committee Experience:  Member, Consultative  Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs, 1990;

Favourite Pastime and Recreation:  Reading, writing, music, cricket;

Publications:  India : The Siege Within; Riot After Riot; Nehru: The Making of India; Editor, ‘The Telegraph’ ‘The ‘Sunday’ and ‘The Onlooker’;

Travels Abroad:  USA, USSR, UK, France, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and most of European and West Asian countries; 

Special Interests:  Indian History;

Sports and Clubs:  Associated with Mohammedan Sporting Club, Bengal Club and Tollygunge Club;

Other Information:  Member, Indo-US Sub-Commission on Education and Culture; Member, Press Council of India, January 19, 1990;

Permanent Address:  Post Office Teliuipara, District Hooghly, West Bengal.