Bashir Hussain Zaidi
Col. Bashir Hussain Zaidi | |
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Members of the United Provinces | |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 July 1898 |
Died | 29 March 1992 |
Political party | Janata Party |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan, 1976 |
Biography
Zaidi was born on 30 July 1898 in Kakrauli, a town of
Zaidi returned to India in 1923. He taught at
A member of the Indian Constituent Assembly from 1947 to 1949, he became a member of the new Parliament in 1950 and a member of the Lok Sabha in 1952. He left Parliament in 1956 to become Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, returning as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1964. From 1967 to 1969, he served on the Indian Committee of Inquiry on Communal Disturbances; also leading a goodwill mission to nine African and Asian nations in 1964 and heading the Indian cultural delegation to Afghanistan in 1965 for its Independence Week celebrations.[5]
Zaidi retired from politics in 1970, continuing to serve as director of several industrial concerns and a publishing house until 1977.
Awards and honours
Zaidi was appointed a CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1941.
He served as a member of the governing committees of
He was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from
In 1976, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.[2]
Personal life
In 1937, Zaidi married Qudsia Abdullah (d. 1960). They had two sons and a daughter, the screenwriter and costume designer Shama Zaidi.
Zaidi died at his secondary home, Zaidi Villa, at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on 29 March 1992, aged 93.[6]
References
- ^ List of Membars of the Constituent Assembly (as in November, 1949) Parliament of India
- ^ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
- ^ Malik Ram:Col. B.H. Zaidi Felicitation Volume, New Delhi, 1980.
- ^ Malik Ram:Col. B.H.Zaidi Felicitation Volume, New Delhi, 1980.
- ^ Who's Who, 1992
- ^ Who's Who, 1993.