Javed Ali Khan (born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

and a 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

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Early life

Khan was born on October 31, 1962, in Mirzapur Nasrullapur in Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh, to Ashfaq Ali Khan and Mushtaq Begum. Khan completed his primary education in Bahjoi (Sambhal). For higher education he went to Delhi with his father who worked in the government. After enrolling in

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

from Delhi, he earned a diploma in civil engineering. He then graduated from Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. He earned his Masters in political science through correspondence from

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...

, Hyderabad. He married Asima Kishwar in the year 1995.

Political career

Khan became active in student politics, and while studying at Jamia, he joined the left-wing All India Students' Federation and was elected general secretary of the Jamia Students' Union in the academic year 1984–85. He served as president of the leftist student organization All India Youth Federation during 1993-94 and joined the

in 1994. Since then he has continuously worked for the party and organization. In 1999, when

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialism, socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three t ...

, then-President of the Samajwadi Party, contested the Lok Ssabha election from

Sambhal Sambhal (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, sə̃bʰəl) is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi) north-west of the state capit ...

, Khan played an important role in his campaign and became a close associate. He was made the district president of the Samajwadi Party unit Moradabad in 2006 and in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he contested for the from Thakurdwara constituency, where he was defeated. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Khan was momentarily the Samajwadi Party's candidate from the Sambhal constituency, outgoing MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq was instead declared the candidate. Despite being cut, Khan pledged allegiance to the party. He worked in favor of the party. In the November 2014, the Samajwadi Party made him the party's candidate for the

and remained a member until 2020. In 2022, he was reelected. Khan served on the Coordination Committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at its 2023 Mumbai convention.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Javed Ali Living people 1962 births People from Sambhal district Osmania University alumni Jamia Millia Islamia alumni Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh 21st-century Indian politicians