Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (20 March 1938 – 22 September 2019) was an Indian politician and social worker. In 1980, he was elected as an MLA from the Mumbai

Chinchpokli Chinchpokli () is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Historical British era spellings include Chinchpugli and Chinchpooghly. The neighbourhood is named ...

Constituency as an

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candidate.

Early life

Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, the son of Shaikh Azizur Rahman, was born into a ''

Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

'' family in the small town of Sudanipur (Shudnipur), in

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district, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

In 1980, Ahmed was elected as an MLA from the

Constituency as an

candidate. He was a Member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

from 1980 to 1985.

Political and social activities

In 1977 at the call of "Jail bharo andolan" (fill up the jails) in support of

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

, (former Prime Minister of India) Ahmed took the initiative and courted arrest with 96 supporters at

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. He was sentenced to three days imprisonment and sent to

Varanasi Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.* * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...

Central jail. He contested general elections for the Assembly in 1978 as a Congress (I) candidate.

Elections contested

*(1) 5th Lok Sabha Elections Feb-1971 (as Independent candidate) from 5 Bombay Central South, constituency. *(2) Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections 1978, as Congress (I) Candidate, from Chinchpokli, Mumbai, constituency *(3) Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections 1980, as Indian National Congress, Candidate, from Chinchpokli, Mumbai, constituency.

Positions held

*1) 1978–1980 – General Secretary, B.R.C.C. (I) Minority Cell. *2) 1978–1990 – Vice President Bombay Central South District Congress Committee. *3) Special Executive Magistrate (1988–1990) *4) Special Executive Officer (2004–2008)

Maharashtra Assembly Results 1980

*Constituency : 25 – Chinchpokli * Elector : 115834 Voters : 34346 Poll percentage : 29.65% Valid votes: 33899 File:Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (left), With Mrs. Indira Gandhi.jpg, Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (left), with Mrs.

(former Prime Minister of India) during his Assembly election campaign at Byculla, Bombay on 14 May 1980. File:Victory Rally -- Shaikh Shamim Ahmed.jpg, Victory Rally: Shaikh Shamim Ahmed s/o Shaikh Azeezur Rahamn wins Maharashtra State General Assembly Election from Chinchpokli (Byculla), Mumbai on 28 May 1980. File:B.D. Zute, Shaikh Shamim Ahmed %26 Madhu Chauhan.jpg, One Constituency (Chinchpokli) & three M.L.A's. B.D. Zute, Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, and Madhu Chavan on 28 May 1980. File:Victory-shamim-ahmed-16.jpg, Victory Rally: Shaikh Shamim Ahmed s/o Shaikh Azeezur Rahamn wins Maharashtra State General Assembly Election from Chinchpokli (Byculla), Mumbai on 28 May 1980. File:Shaikh Shamim Ahmed.jpg, Shaikh Shamim Ahmed M.L.A. addressing a public meeting in his constituency Chinchpokli, Bombay.

References

Maharshtra Assembly Elections Result - 1980GENERAL ELECTIONS - INDIA, 1971Maharshtra Assembly Elections Result - 1978
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Shaikh Shamim 1938 births 2019 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Politicians from Azamgarh district Maharashtra MLAs 1980–1985 20th-century Indian Muslims