Fouzia Khan or Fauzia Tahseen Khan, also known as Fauzia Khan, is an Indian politician of the

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. She is a member of the

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the upper house of

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from Maharashtra. She is the National president of Nationalist Mahila Congress (NCP's Women's wing), an Ex-Minister of State of

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. She was two time M.L.C. i.e. member of

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the upper house of

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Legislature. Convent-educated Khan is the first Muslim woman in the state who has served as minister in the Maharashtra government.

Portfolio held

She was minister of state (junior minister) with portfolios for School Education, Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, General Administration, Information & Public Relations, Minorities Development (including Aukaf), and Protocol.

Political profile

Fauzia Khan belongs

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(NCP) of

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. She has been two times served as member of legislative council of Maharashtra. Her paternal home is

Aurangabad, Maharashtra Aurangabad (), officially renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on ...

. She moved to

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after marriage where she started her political career by contesting the election for the post of President of Parbhani Municipal Council.

Contributions

Fauzia Khan heads the Federation of All Maharashtra Minority Education Organisation (FAME) and runs several educational institutions in

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In the year 2008 she donated 5 acres of land to develop off-campus educational complex by

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(MANUU) at

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As a minister in Govt. of Maharashtra she was instrumental in identifying a 332-acre site for

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(AMU) Maharashtra Center at

Khuldabad Khuldabad, also called Rauza, is a city (municipal council) and a Taluka of Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is known as the Valley of Saints, or the Abode of Eternity, because in the 14th century, several Sufi saints ...

near

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References

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