Introduction
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Marathi मराठी : शेख़ शमीम अहमद Urdu: شیخ شمیم احمد اعظمی, born 20 March 1938) is a politician and social worker from Bombay, India. In 1980, he was elected as an MLA from the Mumbai Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.
With Prime minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (left) & Dr. Syed Ahmed ( Maharashtra's Ex. Minister & Governor of Jharkhand & Manipur)
Early life
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, the son of Shaikh Azizur Rahman, was born into a family of landlords in the small town of Shudnipur, in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed-1985
Career
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed with Sanjay Gandhi in New Delhi
In 1980, Ahmed was elected as an MLA from the Chinchpokli Constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed with Sanjay Gandhi at New Delhi.
Political and social activities
In 1977 at the call of “Jail bharo andolan” (fill up the jails) in support of Indira Gandhi, (former Prime Minister of India) Ahmed took the initiative and courted arrest with 96 supporters at Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] He was sentenced to three days imprisonment and sent to Varanasi Central jail. He contested general elections for the Assembly in 1978 as a Congress (I) candidate.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed in his election victory rally June-1980.
Positions held :
1978-1980 – General Secretary, B.R.C.C.(I) Minority Cell.
1978-1990 – Vice President Bombay Central South District Congress Committee.
Shaikh Shamim Ahmed in his election victory rally June-1980.
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