Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan


Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan is an Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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

Khan was born into the Royal House of Rampur in Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Khan attended the Chandigarh College of Architecture and attained Bachelor of Architecture degree. Then he matriculated to Columbia University and attained a Master of Architecture & Design management degree. Khan has also been accorded with Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) honor.
On 24 December 1986 at Bangalore, Khan married Yaseen Sultan Jahan, the younger daughter of Abdul Rashid Khan of the erstwhile Savanur State. The couple has two sons: Mohammad Khan Wali Ahad Bahadur. On 8 December 2017, at New Delhi, he married Aayat Zamani Begum, née Shazli Noor Zafar, Ernst & Young Consultant, youngest daughter of Iqbal Zafar, of Kanpur, UP, by his wife, Farah Begum.

Political career

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 Bahujan Samaj Party governments. On 14 June 2016 he was expelled from Indian National Congress for cross voting in Rajya Sabha Elections.

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