Shri Syed Shahabuddin

[J.D. – Kishanganj (Bihar)]

Place of Birth

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Children

Educational Qualifications

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Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

July, 1979-April, 1984

July, 1979-Oct., 1989

1979-86

May, 1980-86

1985

Oct. 1986-March, 1991

1991

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Sports and Clubs

Countries visited

Other Information

Vill. Itki in Distt. Ranchi (Bihar)

Married on 30th January, 1958

Smt. Shaher Bano (MajidJ

One son and five daughters

M.Sc., B.L.

Educated at Haridas Seminary, Gaya; St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi; Science College, Patna; and Law College, Patna

Physicist, Teacher, Diplomat, Advocate, Political Worker and Journalist

Kahkashan House, Mohalla Karimganj, Gaya (Bihar)

14, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782128

Member, Rajya Sabha

Member, Janata Party National Executive

Convenor, National Minorities Committee, Janata Party

General Secretary, Janata Party

Elected lo Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Founder President, Insaf Party

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Contributed many articles in the National Press; Editor, ‘Muslim India’ monthly since 1983

Minority problems and Foreign Affairs

Reading and photography

Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club

Widely travelled

Stood first in Bihar State in Matriculation; first in the University in I.Sc; General Secretary, Bazme-Sukhan, Science College Patna, 1953-54; Vice-President Science College Debating Society, Patna, 1954-55; Convenor, Patna University Students Action Committee, August 1955; General Secretary, Bihar State Students Council of Action, December, 1955; Member, Patna University Students Union Steering Committee; represented Patna University in English and Urdu Debates; Secretary, Patna University Students Relief Committee, Literary Society, United Nations Students Association, 1955-56; Secretary, World University, Service National Committee, 1955-56; Lecturer in Physics, Patna University, 1956-58; Member of the Indian Foreign Service, 1958-78; served in Indian Missions in New York, Rangoon and Jeddah, as Charged affairs Caracus, Venezuela, 1969-72, and as Ambassador of India to Algeria and concurrently to Mauritania, 1973-75; Deputy Secretary, 1966-69 and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of S.E. Asia, 1975-78; Opted for pre-mature voluntary retirement from the Indian Foreign Service in November, 1978; Member, Aligarh Muslim University Court, 1981; Vice-Chairman, Haj Committee, Bombay, 1981-84; Vice-President/Acting President, All India Muslim Majhi-e-Mushawarat, 1981-90; Convenor Babri Masjid Movement Coordination Committee, 1986 onwards; Member, Working Committee; All India Personal Law Board, 1980 onwards; invited to deliver Inaugural Address by East-West University, Chicago, November, 1980; invited to address University of Oxford on Power Politics, July, 1982 and Islamic Medical Association of the USA.