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Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur is an Indian politician and former member of the

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of India. Khan represented the Bilaspur Assembly constituency and the Suar Assembly constituency over 4 terms. In 2003 he was briefly the state minister for Minority Welfare and Hajj Affairs. Since 2003, he has been the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.

Personal life

Nawab Kazim Ali Khan was born into the Royal House of Rampur in

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, Uttar Pradesh, India. Khan attended the

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and attained Bachelor of Architecture degree. Then he matriculated to

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and attained a

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degree. Khan has also been accorded with

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honor. On 24 December 1986 at Bangalore, Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan (then Heir Apparent, or

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), married Nawab Firda uz-Zamani Yaseen Sultan Jahan Begum Sahiba (born 26 March 1968), the younger daughter of Meherban Nawab Abdul Rashid Khan Sahib Bahadur,

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. The couple has two sons: *

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Ali Mohammad Khan Wali Ahad Bahadur (alias Kaivaan Mian), the

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(born 16 February 1988). On 8 December 2017, at

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, he married Aayat Zamani Begum Sahiba (born at

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, UP, 28 June 1990), ''née'' Shazli Noor Zafar,

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Consultant, youngest daughter of Iqbal Zafar, of

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, UP, by his wife, Farah Begum. *

Haider Ali Khan Bahadur (alias Hamzah Mian) (born 18 March 1990).

Political career

Nawab Kazim Ali Khan was a MLA for four straight terms. During his first term, he represented the Bilaspur assembly constituency. He then represented the Suar constituency for three terms. He has twice been Minister in Samajwadi as well as

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governments. On 14 June 2016 he was expelled from

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6 MLA's Expelled from INC
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Posts held

Awards and honours

* Order of the Griffon *Knight Grand Cross of the

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*Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (Kongo)

Titles

*1960-1992:

Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur *1992-:

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'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara,

Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang,

Nawab of Rampur Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as ...

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