C. K. Jaffer Sharief

Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief (3 November 1933 – 25 November 2018)^[1] was an Indian politician. He was one of the senior most Indian National Congress leaders. He was the Railways Minister of the Government of India from 1991 until 1995 when P. V. Narasimha Rao was Prime Minister.^[2] He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1971 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2004.

Sharief died at the age of 85 in Bengaluru from a heart attack on November 25, 2018.^[3]

References

1. Aiyappa, Manu (25 November 2018). "Former Railway minister CK Jaffer Sheriff dead". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. "Leaders' meeting in Hassan". The Hindu. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
3. "Senior Congress leader and former Railway Minister CK Jaffer Sharief dies at 85". Newsd. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.