Abdur Rahim Ajmal (born 1 July 1986) is an Indian politician and businessman. He is a member of the

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for the

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constituency.

Early life and education

Ajmal was born on 1 July 1986 in

Mumbai, Maharashtra Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

, to a Bengali Muslim family from Hojai in central

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. The family trace their origins to the

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. His grandfather, Haji Ajmal Ali, was a rice farmer who moved to Mumbai in 1950 to try to succeed in the perfume industry using the '' oud'' plant. After the opening of the first store in the 1960s, the Ajmal perfume brand quickly grew to become a large brand in the Middle East. Ajmal's father,

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, is the founder of the

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political party and the president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Assam. Ajmal completed his ''Fazil'' certification from

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in 2008.

Career

Ajmal competed in a 2014 by-election as an

candidate for

, defeating Congress candidate Bashir Uddin Laskar by 22959 votes. He maintained his position following the

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for ...

.40 pc ‘crorepati’ MLAs in State
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajmal, Abdur Rahim Living people All India United Democratic Front politicians Politicians from Mumbai 1986 births Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis Darul Uloom Deoband alumni