Abbas Ansari (born 12 February 1992) is an Indian politician and
sport shooter
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, in shotgun shooting.
Abbas has won gold medals in shooting competitions. He is the elder son of politician
Mukhtar Ansari
Mukhtar Ansari (born 30 June 1963) is an Indian gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh. He has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Mau constituency five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidat ...
. Abbas Ansari won the
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 M ...
from
Mau
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Places
Kenya
* Mau Escarpment
* Mau Forest
India
* Mau, Bhind, a town in Madhya Pradesh
* Mau, Mawal, Pune district, Marahrashtra
* Mau, Punjab, a village in Punjab
* Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mau district, Uttar P ...
representing
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is an Indian political party founded in 2002.''Hindustan Times''. Rajbhar: a new dalit force in eastern UP' The party is led by Om Prakash Rajbhar, former Minister of Backward Classes Welfare, Disabled People ...
.
Background
Abbas Ansari is the great-grandson of Dr.
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (25 December 1880 – 10 May 1936) was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement. One of the founders o ...
who was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the
Indian National Congress
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and the
Muslim League Muslim League may refer to:
Political parties Subcontinent
; British India
*All-India Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinah, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan.
** Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the orga ...
during the
Indian Independence Movement
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The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
. One of the founders of the
Jamia Millia Islamia
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University he remained its Chancellor from 1928 to 1936.
Abbas's father
Mukhtar Ansari
Mukhtar Ansari (born 30 June 1963) is an Indian gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh. He has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Mau constituency five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidat ...
is a known criminal turned politician, uncle
Afzal Ansari
Afzal Ansari (born 14 August 1953) is an Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) of India for Ghazipur constituency, Uttar Pradesh. He won the 2004 general Lok Sabha election on the Samajwadi Party tick ...
and
Sibgatullah Ansari have been very active in Indian politics and have held various positions in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
References
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1992 births
Living people
Indian male sport shooters
21st-century Indian Muslims
Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Leaders of political parties in India
People from Ghazipur
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027
21st-century Indian people