Begum Abida Ahmed is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n politician, and the wife of the fifth President of India

President of India

The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977.-Early life and background:Fakhruddin's grandfather, Khaliluddin Ali Ahmed, of Kacharighat near Golaghat, Assam, married in one of the families who were the relics of Emperor Aurangzeb's bid to conquer Assam Ahmed was born on...

 (1974–1977), who twice remained member of the Lok sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 from Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha segments...

, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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 in 1980 and 1984.

Early life

Born on July 17, 1923 at Hardoi district

Hardoi District

Hardoi disctrict is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Hardoi town is the district headquarters. Hardoi district is a part of Lucknow division.-Economy:...

, Uttar Pradesh to Mohammad Sultan Hyder 'Josh. She was educated from Women's College, Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

, Aligarh.

Married to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed(age 40) married Abida Ahmed(age 21) of a respectable family of U.P. educated in Aligarh Muslim University. When negotiations for the wedding were under way Ahmed was undergoing a jail term in Jorhat as security prisoner. At a certain stage of the negotiations Abida's family wanted to know what the prospective bride groom was doing. The answer came from one of the relatives of the would-be bridegroom: Fil hal to jail men Hai (At present he is in jail). But Destiny so ordained that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Abida were happily married on 9 November 1945.

Career

• She was member of Lok Sabha
  Lok Sabha
  The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
  
  , elected twice from Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)
  Bareilly (Lok Sabha constituency)
  Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha segments...
  
  , Uttar Pradesh
  Uttar Pradesh
  Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
  
  .
• She founded God's Grace Foundation Registrar of Societies under the Indian Societies Registration Act. Important and devoted persons, Dr. Nazira Mahmood is the Secretary of the Foundation.
• She was member of India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), a Society registered in April, 1981.
• She formed Humsub Drama Group, in 1974 for Urdu theatre.

Play

Galab, a play was Mr. Hasan has also made a life-size statue of "Ghalib", which had been ordered by Begum Abida Ahmed, wife of the President Mr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.

External links

• 8th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile Lok Sabha website.