| 5th President of India | |
|---|---|
| In office 24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977 |
|
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Vice President | B. D. Jatti Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| Preceded by | V. V. Giri |
| Succeeded by | B. D. Jatti (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1905 Delhi, British India (now India) |
| Died | 11 February 1977 (aged 71) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Begum Abida Ahmed |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge Inner Temple |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 February 1977) was the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977 and also the 2nd President of India to die in office.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was born on 13 May 1905 in Muslim Gujjar family at the Hauz Qazi area of Old Delhi, India. His father, Col. Zalnur Ali Ahmed, was the first Assamese person and the first person from northeast India to have an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree. His mother was a daughter of the Nawab of Loharu. Ahmed’s grandfather, Khaliluddin Ali Ahmed, was from Kacharighat near Golaghat, Assam, and hailed from a well-known Assamese Muslim family.
Ahmed was educated at the Government High School in Gonda district, United Provinces, and matriculated from the Delhi Government High School. He attended St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple of London and began legal practice in the Lahore High Court in 1928.
He met Jawaharlal Nehru in England in 1925. He joined the Indian National Congress and actively participated in the Indian freedom movement. In 1942 he was arrested in the Quit India movement and sentenced to 3 1/2 years’ imprisonment.[2] He was a member of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 1936 and of AICC from 1947 to 74, and remained the Minister of Finance, Revenue and labour in the 1938 Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry.
After Independence he was elected to the Rajya Sabha (1952–1953) and thereafter became Advocate-General of the Government of Assam. He was elected on Congress ticket to the Assam Legislative Assembly on two terms (1957–1962) and (1962–1967) from Jania constituency.
Subsequently, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Barpeta constituency, Assam in 1967 and again in 1971. In the Central Cabinet he was given important portfolios relating to Food and Agriculture, Cooperation, Education, Industrial Development and Company Laws.
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