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Khurshed Alam Khan | |
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| 7thGovernor of Karnataka | |
| In office 6 January 1992 – 2 December 1999 | |
| Chief Minister | Sarekoppa Bangarappa Veerappa Moily H. D. Deve Gowda J. H. Patel S. M. Krishna |
| Preceded by | Bhanu Pratap Singh |
| Succeeded by | V.S. Ramadevi |
| 2ndGovernor of Goa | |
| In office 18 July 1989 – 17 March 1991 | |
| Chief Minister | Pratapsingh Rane Churchill Alemao Luis Proto Barbosa Ravi Naik |
| Preceded by | Gopal Singh |
| Succeeded by | Bhanu Prakash Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Daya Ram Shakya |
| Succeeded by | Santosh Bhartiya |
| Constituency | Farrukhabad |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 5 July 1980 – 6 December 1984 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 16 April 1974 – 15 April 1980 | |
| Constituency | Delhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khurshed Alam Khan (1919-02-05)5 February 1919 |
| Died | 20 July 2013(2013-07-20) (aged 94) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Saeeda Khurshid |
| Relations | Zakir Husain (father-in-law) Shah Jahan Begum (mother-in-law) |
| Children | Salman Khurshid[1] |
| Alma mater | Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Politician |
Khurshed Alam Khan (5 February 1919 – 20 July 2013) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of theIndian National Congress political party.[2][3]
He was Governor ofKarnataka from 1991 to 1999 and governor of Goa from 1989 to 1991. Before that, he was Union minister of External affairs inGovernment of India. He was associated withJamia Millia Islamia.
Khurshed Alam Khan was born on 5 February 1919 in Pitaura,Kaimganj,Farrukhabad District ofUttar Pradesh into aMuslim family ofPashtun descent, tracing their lineage to theAfridi andKheshgi Tribes ofAfghanistan.[4] After his early education, he joined theAgra University as a student ofSt. John's College, where, he obtained bachelor's and master's degree in History. He was also a student at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., where he completed a course in Management Studies.
Khan had an interest in education. He was a member of the Governing Body of Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial College,New Delhi. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of theYMCA Institute of Engineering,Faridabad. His abiding interest had been in theJamia Millia Islamia University at Delhi.
It was through the efforts of Khan that Parliament enacted a Law whereby the Jamia Millia Islamia became an independent University. Khurshed Alam Khan was the Chancellor of this university. He was also member of Council of Indian Institutes of Technology.
Khurshed Alam Khan was a Parliamentarian for over 15 years as amember of theRajya Sabha and theLok Sabha. He was the member of the Rajya Sabha from 1974 to 1984 and themember of the8th Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1989, representingFarrukhabad constituency. He was a Member of the Union Council of ministers and has handled various portfolios, namely, External Affairs, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Textiles and Commerce.
As minister for External Affairs, he toured extensively in the world. He addressed the United Nations Security Council on several occasions. The Foreign ministers' Conference of Non-Aligned Countries at Delhi and Luanda was presided over by him. In 1988, he represented India at the Republican Party Convention of the U.S.A.
He resigned his Lok Sabha seat when he was appointed the Governor of Goa on 18 July 1989. He also officiated as the Governor of Maharashtra. He has been theGovernor of Karnataka since 6 January 1991. He also officiated as theGovernor of Kerala.
The areas of special interest to Khurshed Alam Khan were education, tourism, transport and urban development. Reading and Horticulture were favorite pastimes to which he devoted considerable time. Khurshed Alam Khan was the son-in-law ofDr. Zakir Hussain, the thirdPresident of India, married to his older daughter, Saeeda Khurshid.Salman Khurshid, former Union Minister for External Affairs (Indian Foreign Minister), is the son of Khurshed Alam Khan. He also has three daughters. He also has several grandchildren, and was also present for a large part of his great-grandchildren's lives.
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