Sayeedullah Nongrum is an Indian politician and philanthropist. He was a three-time MLA for Rajabala constituency at the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.

Early life and education

Khan was born on 25 November 1945 to a

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family in Meghalaya. His father was S.K. Abdullah. He began his studies in Shillong, completing his matriculation from the city's Islamia High School in 1960. He graduated from Gauhati University in 1964, and completed a Master of Arts degree in Urdu in 1969.

Career

Nongrum began his career as a time scale clerk in the Department of Telecommunications Department in 1967. He later served as Public Relations Officer before retiring in 1992. He was the president of the Shillong Muslim Panchayat. Nongrum was also the secretary of Islamia High School's managing committee from 1983 to 1985 and elected secretary of the Meghalaya Waqf Board. He was the inaugural vice-president of Unishyrpi College's governing body. In 1990, he was the founding president of Qazi and Zaman College in Bhaitbari and ten years later, the Jinjiram College in Rajabala. Despite being an independent candidate, he defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate

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at the

1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 19 February 1993. Following the election a coalition government called the Meghalaya United Front was formed between the Indian National Congress and a split from the Hill State People' ...

for Rajabala constituency. However, he was defeated by Indian National Congress candidate

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at the

1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 February 1998. Results The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the Hill People's Union (HPU), some members of the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) and the Publi ...

. Nongrum made a comeback at the

2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The 2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 26 February 2003. The north-east Indian state's seventh Legislative Assembly election saw major changes with 28 sitting members and two former Chief Ministers losing their seats. The ...

, defeating Clement Marak of the Nationalist Congress Party. He managed to preserve his seat at Rajabala during the

2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2008 took place in a single phase on 3 March 2008 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Meghalaya, India. Counting of votes ha ...

, but was defeated in the

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2013 was held on 23 February 2013 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in the state of Meghalaya in India. Background The 8th ...

. At the

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 27 February 2018 to elect 59 of 60 members to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, with the results declared on 3 March. The scheduled election in Williamnagar constituency was delayed to a ...

, Nongrum contested for the Tikrikilla constituency but was unsuccessful. A by-election was held in April 2019 for the Selsella constituency and Nongrum contested as a United Democratic Party candidate but did not win the election. Nongrum is also a co-ordinator of the Assam-Meghalaya Boundary Settlement Committee, and chairman of the Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation and the Meghalaya Land Revenue Review Committee. As the General Secretary of the

Shillong Muslim Union Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the 330th most populous city in India with a p ...

since 1982, he played an important role in the establishment of Madina Mosque, Shillong, India's first glass mosque.

Personal life

Nongrum is married to Fatima Begum Dkhar (Florabell Dkhar), and they have two sons and two daughters. He is also a polyglot; fluent in

, English, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Tamil,

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nongrum, Sayeedullah Indian National Congress politicians from Meghalaya Meghalaya MLAs 1993–1998 1945 births People from West Garo Hills district 20th-century Indian Muslims Indian Sunni Muslims Khasi people Gauhati University alumni Living people