8th Chief Minister of Assam
Syeda Anwara Taimur (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.[1] She died in Australia on 28 September 2020.[2] She was a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Assam and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Personal life
She graduated from Aligarh Muslim University with economics honors.
Anwara was lecturer in Economics in Devicharan Barua Girls' College, Jorhat in 1956.
Political career
In the history of Assam, she was the only female and Muslim Chief Minister of the state.[3] She was Chief Minister of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981.[4][3] In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state.[5] Her term as chief minister ended when the state was put under President's rule for six months.
From 1983 to 1985 she was the PWD minister of the same state.[citation needed]
She was an elected member of the Assam Assembly (MLA) in 1972, 1978, 1983, and 1991.[3][4] In 1988 she was nominated to the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha).[3][6] In 1991 she was appointed to the post of minister for agriculture in Assam.[7][8]
Anwara joined All India United Democratic Front in 2011.[3] Anwara is among the notable names not included in the final draft of 2018 National Register of Citizens (NRC), for which, she later clarified that her family members may not have applied to get her name included in the list.[3]
Death
Taimur died on 28 September 2020 due to cardiac arrest in Australia, where she stayed with her son for her last four years.[2][3][4][9]
Positions held
| Year
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Description
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| 1972–1978
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Elected to 5th Assam Assembly
- Cabinet Minister - Education (1975–78)
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| 1978–1983
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Elected to 6th Assam Assembly
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| 1983–1985
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Elected to 7th Assam Assembly
- Cabinet Minister - Public Works
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| 1988–1990
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Nominated to Rajya Sabha
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| 1991–1996
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Elected to 9th Assam Assembly
- Cabinet Minister - Agriculture, Haj and Wakf Property
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| 2004–2010
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
- Chairperson - Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (2004–10)
- Member - Committee on Urban Development (2004–10)
- Member - Committee on Empowerment of Women (2004–10)
- Member - General Purposes Committee (2004–10)
- Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2004–10)
- Vice President - India-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group (2005–10)
- Member - National Advisory Committee of Minority Department (2006–10)
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Notes
Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volumes by P. K. Mohanty Page 124.
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