Jabir Husain (born 5 June 1945) is an Indian writer, historian and politician. He is a former Member of the

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

representing Bihar. He was affiliated with the

Janata Dal Janata Dal () was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha on 11 October 1988—the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Na ...

and

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

Background

Jabir Husain was born on 5 June 1945 in Nonhi Village,

Rajgir Rajgir, old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings," is an ancient city and university town in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. It was the capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty, the Maurya ...

in a well-to-do

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Muslim family. He started his professional journey as a professor in English language and literature in RD&DJ College

Munger Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern ...

, a constituent college of

Bhagalpur University Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established on 12 July 1960, having local colleges initially associated with Patna University. Its campus is around in ar ...

. In 1974 on call of

Jayprakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and ''Lok Nayak'' (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian politician, theorist and Indian independence activist, independence activist. He is mai ...

, he got deeply involved and actively participated in

Total Revolution The Bihar movement, also known as the JP movement, was a political movement initiated by students in the Indian state of Bihar against misrule and corruption in the state government, in 1974. It was led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprak ...

. As a result, he was persecuted and suspended from University service. He was also an English teacher.

Political career

In 1977 on Janta Party ticket, Prof Husain fought the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

election from

constituency. He won the election by 41441 votes, the highest margin in the state. This stellar result earned him a cabinet berth in the Karpoori Thakur ministry. He was appointed as Health Minister. From October, 1990 to March, 1995 Prof Husain served as Chairman of the Bihar State Minority Commission.

Bihar Vidhan Parishad

In June 1994 the

Governor of Bihar The governor of Bihar is the nominal head of the Indian state of Bihar. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Arif Mohammad Khan is the current governor of Bihar. Former President Zakir Husain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such ...

nominated Prof Husain to

Bihar Legislative Council Bihar Legislative assembly also known as Bihar Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. History A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...

. A year later in April 1995, he was appointed as Acting Chairman of the council. And finally on 26 July 1996 he was elected uncontested the Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council. After competing his term he was reappointed and elected unopposed as Chairman again on 7 May 2000.

Rajya Sabha

Prof. Jabir Husain was elected to the

on 29 March 2006 and subsequently, he relinquished the post of chairman, Bihar Vidhan Parishad on 15 April 2006. He completed his 6-year term on 2 April 2012.

Literary works

Prof. Husain has authored more than two dozen books in Hindi, Urdu and English. He is also credited for editing over 50 rare Urdu-Persian manuscripts.

Honours

Sahitya Akademi Puraskar for "Ret par Khema" in Urdu language category in 2005. Vishwa Hindi Samman at the 9th Vishwa Hindi Conference in Johannesburg in 2012.

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Husain, Jabir 1945 births Living people Indian Muslims Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu People from Nalanda district Members of the Bihar Legislative Council Chairs of the Bihar Legislative Council Janata Party politicians Janata Dal politicians Academic staff of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Health ministers of Bihar